When I think of concrete, I think of people. It’s not as contradictory as it sounds! It took 600 of them to pull off GLY’s two massive mat foundation pours in downtown Bellevue this winter: carpenters ...

A continuous rotation of concrete trucks poured the 12-foot thick mat foundation at Texas Tower, an office tower being developed by Houston-based Hines and its investment partner Ivanhoé Cambridge in ...

STRETCHING UP Crews topped out at Texas Tower on March 22. This shot shows the concrete columns and beams that will support the tower’s crown as curtain wall units are being set on Level 44. The tower ...

Place 3,553 cubic yards of concrete for the first part of a new courthouse foundation while pouring at night to work in lower temperatures and less traffic impact. Beginning at midnight on Friday, ...

Pre-cast concrete foundation systems are a new construction feature in homebuilding. Unlike a poured concrete foundation, which requires a separate pour for concrete footings and can mean weeks before ...

When building a house, two main types of foundations are used: slab-on-grade or below-grade foundations with a basement slab. Climate, including high water tables, frost lines, harsh winters, and ...

Lendlease has completed the initial mat foundation pour for Oceanwide Plaza. The initial pour took place last month with Lendlease crews using 700 trucks to pour 785 tons of concrete. Michael says the ...

Construction of an iron ore collection pit in Reynolds, Indiana, required both ingenuity and the right equipment to continuously pump concrete for its difficult-to-access foundation—located in a ...