Scrap tires could gain a new purpose as ingredients for construction materials, thanks to research at Missouri University of Science and Technology. Discarded tires are a big problem. Landfills are ...

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SALISBURY — Johnson Concrete of Salisbury has developed a new masonry block — ProBlock — that is lighter, safer, more energy efficient and reshaped for optimum productivity. The company sent a team to ...

Q: I’m thinking of buying a dilapidated old frame house in the country. It has a stone foundation that seems to me to be too close to the ground. Are stone foundations adequate and strong? Is it ...

Producers of concrete blocks have gone to Congress to get authorization for a new federal program to advertise and promote their product. If the authorization is passed and works as intended, it will ...

DEAR TIM: I live in a very common home here in Florida. Most are built from concrete block. Twenty years ago, a room was added to the home and the rear exterior concrete block wall became an interior ...