In 1913, a Pittsburgh brick mason named Francis Straub perfected a method of combining those cinders with cement to form ...

Concrete blocks and cement blocks are preformed, manufactured concrete structures that are ready for on-site installation. They are manufactured, cast, and cured in factories or other production ...

Step 3: Stack cinder blocks on top of the wood in the formation of your bench’s design. Once stacked, pour the concrete inside the cement blocks. Because cement hardens, pour little by little. Step 4: ...

Hollow Block Materials are supplied or available as hollow tubes ... to replace a portion of the Portland cement in a concrete mixture; this creates a more consistent mix. Slag cements fall under the ...

Sagging rooflines and toppled cinder block walls are the order of the day in the River Arts District right now, but a ...

The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah has erupted, displacing more than a million people. Many in Lebanon fear a ...

The Klamath Falls mayor said she didn’t know about the makeshift cell built inside the garage of a home she rented to a man ...

(Updated from an original article written by Shelby Bollwahn.) ...

Business owners said the nearby encampment has been cleaned up repeatedly by the city, only for it to pop right back up.

Cinder blocks are slightly cheaper than brick, but they aren’t as strong and often need added support like rebar and concrete filling. Corten steel is the most expensive material for building a ...

For those unfamiliar with Brutalism, the origin of the word has been traced back to the French “béton brut,” meaning “raw ...