Another area where cracks are commonly found is at the bottom of the basement walls. When a foundation is poured, its footing—a wide flat base made from concrete and reinforced steel ...

Q What’s your opinion on timber frame construction for a home compared with traditional stick-built designs?

A Uneven concrete basement floors are all too common, even in new homes. It all comes down to the skill of the people finishing the concrete when it was poured. When workers get lazy or rushed ...

A modern coastal retreat conceals a subterranean world complete with a car showroom, basketball court, and spa ...

The walls are as good as ever ... glass sidewalk cover and crashed through it to the basement. There was no time to aid them. With water pour in upon them from a dozen hose nozzles the bodies ...

It has been eight months since the groundbreaking of the Cinema Media Arts (CMA) new Snyder Building. With construction ...

Explore Sedalia's hazardous building dilemma as Bryan Kopp outlines the City's need for an independent inspector due to DNR ...

Originally built in 1908, the brick home was dilapidated with its back third falling in and half the roof missing.

“There’s something special about arriving and literally being elevated up to the front door,” Mr. Evans says. “From the top ...

Following its first successful boutique that opened in 2009, the concept store has opened a second space, in a former 1950s ...