Q: I’m building a home, and two concrete block piers toppled over when a ladder was leaned against one. The one pier crashed into the second one. Why did this happen, and what could have prevented it?

Saint-Gobain Technical Fabrics recently introduced FibaCrete Concrete Reinforcement Mesh, an alkali-resistant fiberglass material designed specially to fortify concrete applications. It is ideal as a ...

Q: I've been researching foundation types for both new homes and room additions. I've narrowed it down to either poured concrete or concrete block. Many websites say poured concrete is better than ...

In what’s become almost an annual rite of passage, concrete contractors at various industry conferences show me “war wounds” that have resulted from wire mesh and rebar (reinforcement bars). They wear ...

IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Grip-Rite® has introduced PROLOK™ a new line of rebar and mesh chairs – the only products with patented locking heads. No tie wire or bar ties are required since it ...