In most cases, you’ll measure from the lot line to position the slab parallel to it. Start to prepare the site for concrete ...

Amber Boyce loved working with her husband and children in the construction industry, pouring concrete. Traditionally, it’s hard and heavy work, setting up forms and pulling them down again. “It was ...

This "one concept" approach to slab production eliminates the materials, transportation and clean-up of temporary forming methods and form anchors as well as the need for any dowel placement ...

Concrete is the unsung hero of residential construction. From driveways and sidewalks to patios and, most importantly, ...

Wood has been the concrete contractor’s formwork of choice for years. It’s relatively inexpensive and easy to understand, light weight, can be easily cut to size, and easy to replace and dismantle.

Q. I've heard all kinds of things from friends about concrete foundation piers. To say the least, I'm confused. Some say you just dig a hole and fill it with concrete. Others say you need to be sure ...

DEAR TIM: My concrete driveway has eight large slabs. The driveway slopes down from my garage to the street. The straight-line gaps between the slabs has enlarged, and some cracks are as wide as 2 ...

Two concrete columns hold up a curving concrete roof of this pavilion that architecture firm SOM has built using a method it says could reduce the carbon footprint of high-rise concrete buildings.

From its earliest mechanization in the 1910s into the 1960s, concrete paving involved quite the complicated process. The same work was done as today, but with much different equipment. This image, ...