We noticed that many of the properties had bulging retaining walls. We learned that it was due to the area’s geology and soil ...

If you live in Pittsburgh, you know it’s not exactly flat. Hills, slopes, and elevation changes are part of what makes this city beautiful, but they can also cause serious problems for homeowners.

In this video I show and explain how I built my fire pit from retaining wall blocks with a galvanised round garden bed for ...

The absence of a retaining wall and protective barriers ... bomb.Despite repeated warnings and several near-tragic incidents, no concrete measures have been taken. A local tea vendor recalled ...

With the need for more resilient, sustainable structures, a time-tested solution is reemerging with new relevance: concrete block construction. Known for its durability and inherent fire ...

collapsed inward around 11 a.m. Multiple vehicles that had been parked near the lip of the pit fell into it as the wall collapsed. One of the walls of a construction pit, where workers had been ...

COLUMBIA —The first day of testimony in the trial involving a retaining wall constructed on the Isle ... made mostly of concrete and reinforced with metal brackets, despite three cease-and ...

The latter element – the “welcoming entrance” – addresses what has long been seen as something of a neighborhood blight: A block-long wall that’s as unattractive as it is ostracizing ...

Another said government lawyers were “throwing spaghetti against the wall” to see what sticks ... parties have opposed these kinds of policy blocks. Barack Obama faced injunctions against ...