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Concrete and Masonry

Make a Custom Counter For $8 Per Square Foot

Concrete specialist Fu-Tung Cheng tells builders how to easily and economically fabricate their own countertops.
Superior Wallls Precast Concrete Foundation Systems

This video illustrates how Superior Walls are manufactured under roof, transported to the jobsite by trucks and installed on-site, usually...
APEX Polystyrene and Cement Block

At the Apex. Simply put, the manufacturer claims that the APEX Block is the most energy-efficient construction material on the planet...

Stock Building Supply Emerges From Chapter 11

America's No. 2 LBM dealer will focus on 19 markets.
BMHC Enters Chapter 11

Dealer and construction services provider has received $80 million in debtor-in-possession financing from Wells Fargo and other lenders.
Simpson Strong-Tie MASA Anchors

Mudsill Anchors Save Builders Time Money

Banks Making Far Fewer Loans, Report Finds

A week after it conducted a public hearing in Milwaukee, a watchdog panel for the nation's bank rescue left little doubt that bank lending...
Timber Products Co. Offers Urea Formaldehyde-Free Resins in its Hardwood Plywood Panels.

The GreenT line of hardwood plywood panels from Springfield, Ore.-based Timber Products Co. (www.greentproducts.com) is now available with...
Harness the Sun

News Flash: The sun is hot. there's renewed and widespread attention being paid to it as a legitimate home energy source—and this time that...