The odds are that you don't live in an indestructible house. So you might wonder if you have anything to worry about if it ...

The term "cinder block" is used to describe various types of blocks today, but none of them are made from the same material ...

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Although many people use the terms concrete block and cinder block as if they were synonyms, they are actually different construction materials. At first glance they may look almost identical, but ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. As climate change reshapes life in Puget Sound, from ...

THIS work is a reprint in full of the two prize papers on concrete block construction in connection with a competition instituted by the Engineering News and the Cement Age, and, in addition, ...

Loren Burnett, the CEO of Prometheus Materials in Longmont, thinks it's time to reconsider the concrete block. His company's proposed alternative is a "bio-cement" first developed at the University of ...

Sure, you can go with your standard concrete block for that retaining wall. But there are so many other materials worth ...

Cement has been used for thousands of years, but making the modern-day version generates huge amounts of greenhouse-gas emissions, further jeopardizing global climate goals. Now, innovators are racing ...

Right now it appears David Horobin is building a dream igloo, instead of a dream house, in Alta Heights. Few curious onlookers realize that the white foam blocks — technically known as insulated ...

After a year of apartment life, Monica Hunt revels in the quiet space she’s found in the duplex she recently moved into in Central Longview. She moved to the city with her job with Christus Good ...