It has been nearly 12 hours since the concrete was poured on the Punta Gorda, Florida, storm-ready house. The crew from Solid Wall Systems is on site to strip the forms, scrape them, and reoil ...
Aluminum forms customized to a certain niche in the concrete market are also available. Charles Engelken, president of Wall Ties & Forms, says the ability to easily shape aluminum has allowed his ...
In the 1990s, he invented a concrete wall system called E-Max—an insulated wall system which fits inside aluminum wall forms. E-Max is now sold by Western Forms. “I grew up in the poured wall ...
Mark Newton of Solid Wall Systems joins Bob as the pour ... We watch as the concrete is pumped into the forms, which are braced at the top by two-by-fours that hold the tops of the forms square ...
Building a "big, beautiful wall" between the US and Mexico was the signature promise of President Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign. A concrete barrier, he said, would serve to stop what he ...
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Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...