Gravity retaining walls are thicker at their base than at the top. By design, the weight of interlocking building materials such as bricks or concrete blocks is greater than the force of the earth ...

One of the topics of the Innovation in Construction Symposium this year was insulated concrete form buildings.

Tests by MIT showed that one glass brick can handle pressure similar to that of regular concrete blocks. In a real-world test ...

Whether you want to secure shelves in your garage, hang artwork on an interior concrete wall, or frame walls in your basement, drilling holes in concrete is possible with the right tools and bits.

Move over, 3D printed houses. There’s a new game in town, and it is able to use standard concrete blocks to build the walls of a house in just one day. Australian company FBR’s Hadrian X is a ...

The concave concrete structures were designed to pick up sound waves from enemy aircraft, making it possible to predict their flight trajectory, giving enough time for ground forces to be alerted ...

I used a stiff dry brush to remove the powder, and the concrete blocks beneath looked clean with no dark or stained areas. To be sure, I went back a few days later, after it had rained ...

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 ...

Plans to build a new homes sales centre, after the last one was issued with a removal notice by the council is among the ...

Students from Bilkent University have completed a community centre for Syrian refugees in Hatay, Turkey, in collaboration with their professor Chen-Yu Chiu and his architecture firm Studio Cho.

Anand fire officer Dharmesh Gor told reporters that two workers died on the spot who had been trapped beneath the concrete blocks. The third victim died at the hospital.