For Construction Pros

Why Wait to Form Walls on Footings?

Contractors regularly look at the basic U.S. residential concrete foundation as being a three-day process. Excavation, footing forming and concrete placement on day one; wall forming and concrete ...
Reader's Digest

Here’s Why Highways Have Those Concrete Walls Alongside Them (It’s Not What You Think!)

They're massive, they're everywhere and they're surprisingly misunderstood—here's what a highway wall is really for “These walls really only have one purpose, and it’s definitely not to be a crash ...
Columbus Dispatch

Properly built concrete walls work like steel beams

Q: I’m building a new home and visited the job site a few days ago. I was aghast at a possible defect in my foundation. Parts of the concrete foundation are suspended in midair. The walls are only ...

From concrete walls to living edges, here's how riverside habitats are being restored along the Thames

The Thames estuary in southeast England—the tidal stretch of the river—once supported extensive saltmarshes, seagrass meadows ...
Engineering News-Record

Tests of Concrete Walls with High-Strength Rebar Lay Foundation for Code Change

If structural engineers have their way, building codes will take a leap forward in the next couple of years to allow the use of higher-strength 80-ksi reinforcing steel in concrete shear walls in high ...
Yahoo Finance

ClearCreek Concrete Log Siding Offers Class 1/A Fire Rating

ClearCreek Siding has achieved a Class 1/A fire rating on its concrete log siding product. Every year brings more concerns about increasing wildfire damage and the destruction it can bring to ...
Fast Company

Inside the complicated paradox of building concrete sea walls

Japanese authorities, wanting to better protect communities in future, chose to build bigger defenses. Concrete walls that span 400km and reach nearly 15 meters high in places now line the coast to ...
Columbus Dispatch

Ask the Builder: Poured or block, concrete walls need reinforcement

Q: I've been researching foundation types for both new homes and room additions. I've narrowed it down to either poured concrete or concrete block. Many websites say poured concrete is better than ...
The Atlantic

The Simple, Ancient Idea That Can Replace Concrete Walls

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. A dry stone wall is a purposeful pile of rocks, held in place by friction and gravity rather than mortar. It’s one of the oldest building methods known to ...
For Construction Pros

Homeowner Claims New Concrete Walls Placed During Winter 'Leak'

Question: Last winter we installed several foundations for a builder in one development. He called this week asking us to provide inspection and support for a home owner claiming to have moisture ...
New Atlas

Carbon-capturing concrete walls conceal a quirky Japanese house

The production of the cement used in concrete is a major contributor to worldwide CO2 emissions and since we're reliant on the stuff for our infrastructure, this is a serious problem. However, Nendo ...