Every generation witnesses its own advances in building technology. Balloon-frame construction was a major advance over the previous method of post-and-beam construction, whereby skilled carpenters ...

As climate change reshapes life in Puget Sound, from heavier winter storms to smoky summer skies, the call for climate-smart building construction is louder than ever. Builders, architects and city ...

Despite being one of our most useful day-to-day tools, glass is a material that's rarely recycled due to complicated ...

Once a harmless drifter in the Sargasso Sea, an algae known as sargassum is now flooding tropical beaches, from Brazil to the ...

Explore how 'Industrial Legos' are revolutionizing the construction industry, providing a new and efficient approach to ...

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 Longview with her job with Christus Good ...

A new article demonstrates a concept of creating concrete structures on the lunar surface without the use of water. Dr. Houssam Toutanji, a professor at The University of Alabama in Huntsville, has ...

Zappala Block has been added to the New York State Historic Business Preservation Registry. The masonry fabrication company was founded in 1922 by Italian immigrant Salvatore Zappala. Zappala worked ...

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 ...

According to officials, the factory currently produces 14 types of blocks, including solid concrete bricks, concrete hollow blocks, pavers, erosion-control blocks, double interlocking I-blocks, ...