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 ...

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 ...

A witness in a Klamath Falls man's federal criminal trial says he owns a gun reportedly used in a woman's kidnapping.

Concrete expands and contracts with the heat and cold which ... You could stack them horizontally instead, but that means you'll need more cinder blocks to achieve a suitable height. You could also ...

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

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 ...

(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.

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

Justice and Jamie XX powered opening night of this new off-shoot of the Life is Beautiful festival, which is taking the year ...