We didn’t notice [Nikita]’s post about building a concrete 3D printer, a few months ago, but the idea seems sound: build a basic CNC XY axis and then add a mortar pump and hose to deposit ...

With these retaining walls, the concrete is cast in a mold or form, cured in a controlled environment ... Gravity retaining walls are thicker at their base than at the top. By design, the weight of ...

There are different accounts of where and when the first residential blocks of flats were built in Poland. Even though popular opinion has it that Le Corbusier was their ‘inventor’, the idea of ...

He’s come up with a pretty good how to on making some simple block and dowel building blocks similar to the Tinkertoy building set s. This is a fairly simple build if you have the shop tools ...

Build up the ends of your wall, making sure they are plumb and meet the marked line of your courses. Take care that the ...

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Concrete, the second-most-used material on ... shallow seas rich with the lime for building their shells. It is this solidified soup of ancient oyster bits that when mixed with shales or clay ...

Later that afternoon I returned and found the previously mold-darkened areas looking light and powdery. I used a stiff dry brush to remove the powder, and the concrete blocks beneath looked clean ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Hailstone is a U.K-based reporter, who covers sustainability. Every sector has its own set of challenges when it comes to reducing ...

Building up towers of building blocks and knocking them all down again is a real favourite playtime activity of toddlers. But did you realise what this sort of play teaches them about their place ...

Reverse flyes on the machine are an excellent exercise to strengthen your back, especially the rear deltoids, trapezius, and ...