The owners of the historic Thompson Block building recently finished a more than $300,000 facade restoration of the exterior ...

Mix up the secret ingredient: cement paint. Cement paint is made by mixing pure Portland cement with clear, cold water. (Add enough water to make a mix that has the consistency of warm gravy.) If the ...

The researchers have developed a zinc-enhanced polyurethane coating that significantly reduces fat, oil, and grease build-up in sewer pipes.

Buildings are going up all over South Florida. One downside: Concrete sometimes comes down, in some cases ending up on cars.

There are schemes to help homeowners repair or rebuild homes that have been affected ... so they can fix properties that have been damaged because defective concrete blocks were used to build them.

Engineers from RMIT University have invented a protective coating for concrete pipes that could help drastically reduce the ...

Dan Simms is a contributing writer at USA TODAY Homefront specializing in home repair, renovation and renewable energy ...