Seven or eight years ago, Stephen Shelton started worrying about the future. It wasn’t just his own Pittsburgh-based construction company, but his entire industry. Shelton had spent decades working in ...

Back in 2015 we looked at an interesting approach to automated construction in the form of a brick-laying robot, capable of putting together full-sized homes in just two days. The engineers behind the ...

The rugged good looks and lasting durability of brick pavers make a nice upgrade to a side yard or can boost curb appeal by adding an attractive walkway to the front door. Laying a brick walkway goes ...

Meet SAM, the Semi Automated Mason. SAM can lay bricks three times faster than a normal brick layer. SAM isn’t planning on taking away any jobs yet though — it still needs a human mason following ...

SPJ Sadhana School flags of their '˜Lay a brick, Build a Dream' project entreating Mumbaikars to generously donate towards helping them build additional school floors facilitating better education and ...

Two road crews are working in downtown Missoula, three blocks and a century apart. Along Higgins Avenue, robotic ground tampers prepare gravel bases for automated asphalt spreading while hydraulic ...

A level (or any straightedge about two feet long) will help you keep your pavers level as you lay them in place. A ...

A robot that lays bricks is now out of beta testing and at work alongside masons and laborers at a school-building jobsite in Ft. Collins, Colo. The Semi-Autonomous Mason, more commonly known as SAM, ...

If I couldn't be standing at the ocean's edge feeling the sand wash out from under my feet, playing in the sand laying brick pavers wasn't so bad. Well, actually, it was kind of brutal in the heat of ...

As robots get smarter, cheaper and more versatile, they're taking on a growing number of challenges – and bricklaying can now be added to the list. Engineers in Perth, Australia, have created a fully ...

Paul Garbarini can immediately spot people who have been on one of his downtown Charleston tours. "They are the ones standing in front of a brick wall staring at it," he said with a chuckle. Garbarini ...