Q: I’m thinking of buying a dilapidated old frame house in the country. It has a stone foundation that seems to me to be too close to the ground. Are stone foundations adequate and strong? Is it ...

Concrete is a huge contributor to worldwide CO2 emissions, and Concrete Masonry Units (aka cinder blocks or breeze blocks) make up a significant part of this. However, a new project by Skidmore, ...

Poor quality, often homemade concrete led to widespread building damage in Port-au-Prince following last month’s earthquake in Haiti, says Ken Hover, an engineering professor at Cornell University who ...

WE GET WELL BEYOND SUNSET. BACK TO YOU. BILL, THANK YOU. A RESEARCH TEAM AT UNLV BELIEVES THEY DISCOVERED ANOTHER BUILDING BLOCK TO HELP MEET THE WORLD’S CONSTRUCTION DEMANDS. IT’S A CONCRETE BLOCK ...

The Port-Colborne-based block manufacturer has begun producing decarbonized concrete blocks made with CarbiCrete technology PORT COLBORNE, ON, Oct. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - CarbiCrete, a leading firm in ...