Whether you're building or buying a house, here is why you do (or don't) want a concrete slab and the benefits and drawbacks ...

The type of concrete-to-concrete structural thermal breaks used consists of an insulation module penetrated by stainless steel rebar that ... sq ft (372 sq m) of ground-floor retail space.

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Slab-on-grade foundations are common for single-story homes since they provide a stable, flat base for the floor. They’re suitable where the ground doesn’t freeze. If you dream of a home with ...

PWS is the focus of the latest edition of The Ground Floor, our business/entrepreneur segment. Management consultant and host Cynthia Scherr looks inside the walls of the business, with Vice ...

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But what about cracks in concrete slabs, brick, stone ... First, there was a crack that ran from the ceiling to the floor in ...

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Doing so freed up ground-level real estate in Times Square ... To meet this goal, the structural elements of the lower-story floor slabs were retained, complicating demolition and excavation ...

The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah has erupted, displacing more than a million people. Many in Lebanon fear a ...

Boyle was conducting work on his farm in County Donegal, when he found what turned out to be an ancient slab of bog butter ... something about a foot in the ground, and was quickly encompassed ...

Harris and Trump are fighting to parity in voter contacts. A narrow edge in voter contact by Kamala Harris' campaign at the national level fades to parity in the battleground states -- but Harris ...