For decades, concrete walls and foundations were made the same way. Plywood or plain boards are built into forms that contain steel reinforcing bars (rebar) and into which wet concrete is poured. When ...

Q: I was doing research about house foundations and came across interlocking foam forms that stack on top of one another. They assemble much like children's plastic blocks. Does a concrete foundation ...

COLUMBIA — A recent amendment to the the city building code that requires extra insulation on homes built with slab foundations threatens to drive up construction costs and invite termite infestations ...

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