There's no shortage of materials for garden benches. Each has its own aesthetic and practical advantages. However, two materials often come to mind here: concrete and wood. To figure out which one is ...

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Before you start on your first concrete project, take some time to learn the best way to mix concrete. This will ensure that your project doesn’t crumble when you take it out of the form and that it ...

Encinitas will take out all of its remaining U-shaped, concrete seating spaces along Coast Highway 101 in downtown because of complaints about them becoming trash-filled, “public nuisances.” In a 4-1 ...

Workers on Tuesday demolished a concrete retaining wall on a busy corner of Anchorage’s Spenard neighborhood that police and business owners said had become a magnet for public drinking and other ...