Each wall system brings specific characteristics to a project...Evaluating factors like structural demands, energy ...

Green building is on the rise, along with energy prices and customer demand for buildings that can hold up to severe weather. As a result, many customers are turning to concrete for their homes and ...

Build With Strength (BWS), a coalition of the National Ready Mix Concrete Association (NRMCA), has partnered with the Commonwealth of Kentucky–Office of Energy Policy to host three training events on ...

On the lookout for ever more energy-efficient building envelope solutions, a growing number of Building Teams are turning to insulating concrete forms as an alternative to light-gauge steel frame, ...

Precast concrete is a construction product made by curing concrete in a reusable mold or form. Produced in a controlled factory environment, precast concrete can be closely monitored during cure, ...

Concrete is one of the most expensive and widely used materials in construction. It forms foundations, slabs, columns, beams, driveways, and structural frames. Because of its large volume in ...

Like its namesake, the Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital in San Antonio is known to be first among its peers in serving. Audie Murphy was the most decorated soldier in World War II. The ...

WESTPORT — Paul Gudas had planned to build an 8,000-square-foot wood-framed home a few months ago, before he learned about a decades-old but relatively unknown construction method. After several ...

Metal Forms Corporation engineers, supplies and services three important segments of the concrete construction industry: concrete forming, material handling and concrete finishing. The concrete ...

Question: My wife has instructed me that I no longer can put off the deck project. I’ve got the confidence to do all the work above ground, but I’m worried about the deck foundation. What do I need to ...