Straub's patented cinder blocks were so porous you could drive a nail through them, and he used this to search for cases of patent infringement in competitor's products. He would visit a ...

Portland cement may be modified with polymer additions to improve plasticity or water resistance, or to allow for use during cold weather conditions. Concrete blocks and cement blocks are used in a ...

At each end of the wall, set an 8″ x 8″ x 8″ cinder block, smooth side facing out. Known as half blocks, these smaller blocks ...

The concave concrete structures were designed to pick ... this sound mirror at Warden Point on the Isle of Sheppey used to be mounted on the neighbouring cliff, but has since fallen into the ...

The computer models are used by authorities and geologists to ... To do this, they equipped the blocks of concrete weighing between 45kg and 200kg with sensors. They use them to measure various ...

The construction industry, for the longest time, used red clay bricks. The fundamental issue ... clay bricks 17.6 kg of CO2, concrete walls 14 kg of CO2). Aiding further, the lightweight of NXTBLOC ...

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have uncovered a groundbreaking technique for converting sand found on Mars and the ...

who a Texas sheriff says was killed with a machete and concrete block. Richard Tanner Ozment is charged with first-degree murder and as of Thursday morning, Sept. 26, was being held at McLennan ...

Rock the Block” formally kicked off a housing project that will build 12 homes in South Vernon. Two houses are underway.

Learn about Enel Green Power's pioneering use of 3D printing to construct permanent concrete structures in a seismic zone.

The Israeli occupation army demolished on Thursday two homes in al-Burj and al-Aqaba areas in the northern Jordan Valley.

Work has been finishing up on a project extending the Charley Western Recreational Trail along 11th Avenue from 11th Street ...