For decades, concrete walls and foundations were made the same way. Plywood or plain boards are built into forms that contain steel reinforcing bars (rebar) and into which wet concrete is poured. When ...

Q. I've heard all kinds of things from friends about concrete foundation piers. To say the least, I'm confused. Some say you just dig a hole and fill it with concrete. Others say you need to be sure ...

Imagine a swimming pool 105 feet long, 105 feet wide and 105 foot deep. Now fill it with 43,000 cubic yards of concrete. That’s what the new downtown library is at its core in construction — $20 ...

Wood has been the concrete contractor’s formwork of choice for years. It’s relatively inexpensive and easy to understand, light weight, can be easily cut to size, and easy to replace and dismantle.

Contractors can use Sonovoid round concrete void forms to create voids in concrete floor and roof slabs, bridge decks, beams, piers and pile projects. Less concrete, steel and supporting members ...