Q: I am planning to do some block and brick work. Even though I am comfortable doing this type of work, I will have to cut some of them to fit. How can I cut them cleanly? A: If your project includes ...

Concrete has a giant carbon footprint yet concrete blocks are a ubiquitous building material used around the world. Watershed Materials has produced a new, beautiful and sustainable masonry block that ...

Nashville-based masonry materials manufacturer and distributor Alley-Cassetty Companies Inc. announced Monday it has acquired Interstate Block & Brick of Winchester, Tennessee. Relatedly, ...

When it comes to choosing masonry material, the price tag overwhelms the quality tag more often than not. For centuries, the timeless and humble brick has been the ‘go-to-material’ in masonry and, ...

I've built a few structures in my life that have turned out less than perfect. The best thing you can say about the floor of my kids' treehouse is that it's a parallelogram. And while an off-kilter ...

With a new school year underway, districts across the country are grappling with a familiar challenge: striking the right balance of schools that are safe for students, affordable for taxpayers and ...