Air-entrainment and recycled brick aggregate in concrete enhances freeze-thaw performance, providing a durable alternative ...

These items should never be cleaned with H2O. Just add water or maybe don’t. It might come as a surprise, but there are a handful of items that should never be cleaned with any water at all. Others ...

Last weekend, painting the “Apopka Pass” on the northern end of the West Orange Trail was a smashing success. Not only did ...

What does Boston do? New England's largest city uses porous asphalt and concrete in various neighborhoods at schools, bike paths, squares and a police station. Boston also uses permeable pavers.

“We studied a lot of traditional bond types, and took inspiration from the Flemish bond, which is just a standard brick with the header next to it,” shared Gemma Kim, partner at RAMSA. “But ...

Preventative Measures for Brick Surfaces Protective Coatings for Brick Walls Applying protective coatings to your brick walls is a fantastic way to reduce the likelihood of graffiti sticking around.

This article was originally published with the title “Round Seeds and Mechanical Ingenuity, Making Porous Bricks of Slag” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 124 No. 8 (February 1921), p. 149 ...

The physical model is composed of a cinder block brick assimilated to a porous material of parallelepiped shape with dimensions (40 × 20 × 15 cm 3) placed in air (Figure 1). We assume that the height ...