About Us: Building Systems Magazine

A Brief History Building Systems Magazine (BSM) is a United States-based trade magazine read by builders, developers and general contractors using or considering using innovative construction technologies. Using these systems, builders are able to offer their buyers quicker completion times, precision design and engineering, and the highest quality construction in controlled environments.

Building Systems Magazine is part of the Home Buyer Publications Group, which includes the Log Home Living, Timber Home Living magazines, and the The Log & Timber Home Shows and Seminars. Building Systems Magazine is published six times a year and owned by Builder/Dealer Management Services Inc. Building Systems Magazine has been in existence since 1980, under various forms and titles. It was purchased from Petersen Publishing by Home Buyer Publications in 1995.

The magazine's mission is to convince conventional site builders to switch to new building technologies -- a task once best accomplished with a club in one hand and wad of cash in the other. However, today's builders realize they need to work smarter, not harder, or risk having to go to work for the competition. Today, Building Systems Magazine is widely regarded as the trade publication for the systems industry, with more than 25,000 subscribers nationwide reading it every other month.

Building Systems Magazine profiles labor-saving technologies in construction, including log, modular, panelized and structural insulated panel (SIP) building systems. Each issue features builders and contractors who have made the switch to building systems and as a result are enjoying increased home sales, quicker cycle times for completed homes and higher profit margins. We also cover the people and events making news in the industry, including new manufacturing facilities around the U.S., mergers, promotions and news about financial programs specifically for those building or buying these homes. Our editorial departments profile strategies and solutions for success in the field or in the factory.