Q. I’m building a deck and have discovered that the wooden posts can’t rest on the soil. I need deck piers. What are they, and how are they installed?A. There are very few situations ...

CMUs are arguably the best type of concrete to use if you're adding a retaining wall to your sloped backyard.Ease of ...

Cast-in-place concrete step installation involves pouring a footing, followed by building removable forms to mold the rest of the steps (formwork alone accounts for 40 to 60 percent of the cost of ...

concrete single-family homes are rare in the U.S. That’s because most concrete structures are built using a process called cast-in-place. In this technique, the concrete is formed and poured directly ...

Traffic should start flowing again soon on a closed section of East Moulton Street as the Lego-like assembly of the downtown parking deck's prefabricated parts nears completion, but the target ...

Bob Harris reviews the issues a contractor should consider when choosing between a precast and a cast-in-place concrete countertop installation. Bob Harris. Apr 24, 2009.

It's also the first cast-in-place, board-formed concrete house in Sarasota. In fact, the home is comprised of three primary materials: board-formed concrete, cedar wood and impact glass.

Contractors can use Sonovoid round concrete void forms to create voids in concrete floor and roof slabs, bridge decks, beams, ... Use on cast-in-place or precast concrete; ...

A working group of the American Concrete Institute’s (ACI) Committee 131 on Building Information Modeling (BIM) is actively developing an Information Delivery Manual (IDM) for cast-in-place concrete.

Meet the Cast of Season 3 of Below Deck Down Under. As you can see, Captain Jason, Tzarina, and Harry are back! They are also joined by several new yachties, and we have some key details about ...

The company estimates that houses built using this technique can be erected in less than an hour and cost about one-fifth the price of more traditional, cast-in-place concrete methods that are ...