Construction continued Monday afternoon at the CentrePointe site on West Main in Lexington. Concrete was being poured to begin to building the walls. Sarah Pompeii spompeii@herald-leader.com ...

A: Poured concrete and concrete block are the two foundation types that dominate the residential-construction industry here in the USA. I've built buildings using both materials.

A. Poured concrete and concrete block are the two foundation types that dominate the residential construction industry here in the USA. I’ve built buildings using both materials.

Never do you put forth poured concrete basement walls as a correction. I lived in Connecticut for many years, and our basements were cement. No dampness and no mildew, no water through the walls.

Finally was able to get back to the How To Build a Garage project during the process of pouring the concrete floor. I didn't make it while it was being poured, but I think you are able to get the ...

A: Poured concrete walls are actually structural beams. To help you visualize this, think about the horizontal steel I-beams you see as a skyscraper is being built.

The builder is giving me the option of a poured concrete or concrete block foundation. There’s not a huge difference in price, but I’m more concerned about the durability and strength over the ...

Forty-seven cement trucks poured 421 yards of concrete for the ground floor of Enloe Medical Center’s parking structure on Monday. The same number of trucks are to deliver and pour another 421 ...

Q: I just bought my first house and am about to remodel my basement. The previous owners of the house glued 2-inch-thick foam insulation to the poured concrete walls. It’s got an aluminum foil ...

The ramp was built with two poured concrete walls with the ramp in between them. The church is a stunning red-brick edifice built by French Catholics in the late 1800s. At that time, there were ...