The steel fits into slots and holes in the concrete form so the concrete flows around it perfectly. These forms are easy to snap together with no tools, and they’re easy to level on compacted soil.

This isn't a typical DIYer's product, but it's just such a smart idea we had to cover it: telescoping and reusable concrete forms for sidewalks and other types of so-called flatwork. Anybody who ...

Amber Boyce loved working with her husband and children in the construction industry, pouring concrete. Traditionally, it’s hard and heavy work, setting up forms and pulling them down again.

Traditional concrete forms can be aligned using special screw bracing so the walls are perfectly straight. This takes minutes to do with traditional forms, but with ICFs it might take awhile ...

Older systems of steel framed wood or steel faced panels with double channel stiffbacks that connect with bolts/pins have been overtaken by clamp connection forms ... concrete frame. For concrete ...

Casting Residential Foundation Walls in Cold Weather – CFA Cold Weather Research Project – 2004 Report published by the Concrete Foundations Association, www.cfawalls.org ...

Q. My upcoming deck project requires concrete support piers. I've never dealt with them before and have many questions. What are my options? How do I make sure the piers are in the correct locations?

"Instead of pouring concrete into forms on the construction site, our products are steel-reinforced concrete walls with insulation inside, for the highest energy efficiency," he said. "Precast ...

There was an entire row of exhibitors showing various incarnations of insulated concrete forms (ICFs) with their styrofoam walls and their ... concrete strength. When pouring a very wet concrete ...