On the lookout for ever more energy-efficient building envelope solutions, a growing number of Building Teams are turning to insulating concrete forms as an alternative to light-gauge steel frame, ...

Build With Strength (BWS), a coalition of the National Ready Mix Concrete Association (NRMCA), has partnered with the Commonwealth of Kentucky–Office of Energy Policy to host three training events on ...

C oncrete has long built our cities, but researchers now see it as a future power source, too. A new form of ...

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 concrete.

On October 29, 2012 Hurricane Sandy battered the Jersey Shore area in New Jersey, bringing in four-foot tidal surges that dislodged many homes from their foundations. Homes slid into the bay, floated ...

Homeowners thinking outside of the traditional wood-framed residential box are pouring on the creativity when building houses with precast concrete walls. Not only used in below-grade applications, ...

Engineers have created strong, low-cost walls from soil, water, and cardboard, cutting carbon emissions and construction waste dramatically.

Aside from simply finding a new use for discarded goods, we’ve seen how adding recycled rubber tires to concrete can make the material stronger and more heat resistant. New research has continued to ...

INCREASING, THEY’RE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO SAVE. WHETHER IT’S COVID OR TARIFFS, CERTAINLY THE COST OF BUILDING SUPPLIES IS GOING UP AND I DON’T SEE IT COMING BACK DOWN. STARTING IN SEPTEMBER WHEN THEY ...