Used to moderate building temperatures by reducing fluctuations, the concept is crucial in improving energy efficiency. Materials with relatively high thermal mass, such as stone, concrete ...

With the first wall secured and in place, Richmond County Manager Brian Land provided County Commissioners with an update ...

Trunks made from concrete while canopies alone weigh up to 80 tonnes Vast structures will house international plants in 'botanical capital of the world' ...

The railing has holes at the bottom so that it can be mounted into the concrete, but therein lies my problem. How can I do that? A: Securing the railing into the concrete is surprisingly simple ...

A stretch of Outer Banks beach within North Carolina’s Cape Hatteras ... The debris includes “concrete, rebar, wires, PVC and metal pipes, metal fragments, and cables.” ...

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He suggested there was a market for counterfeit materials - going as far as to say that sometimes scrap metal ... they may use concrete intended to bear the load of a one-storey building in ...

A mysterious series of holes discovered at the site of an 18th century fort has led to the arrest of an overzealous artifact hunter, according to investigators in North Carolina. The destruction ...

Fort Dobbs is a state historic site that preserves “the only permanent frontier provincial fort in the colony of North Carolina,” according ... a headlamp and a metal detector to search ...

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. There’s something satisfying about the heft and feel of a metal credit card. Whether it’s the cachet that comes with owning one ...

The Steel Products segment includes steel joists and joist girders, deck, fabricated concrete reinforcing, cold finished, fasteners, metal building systems, grating, tubular, piling products ...

The Pantheon in Rome - almost 2,000 years old and built from concrete A time-travelling Victorian stumbling upon a modern building site could largely get right to work, says Chris Thompson ...