Concrete and Masonry

The bones beneath concrete's muscle, rebar has to be cut, bent and tied properly to do its jobby Howard Stein

Dry-laid walls reinforced with steel and filled with concrete make a weathertight, bugproof houseby Fred Leadbeater

by Fred Lugano

Fill up a trench with concrete -- what's to know? If a house is going to stand on those little sidewalks, they'd better be straight, level and correctly placed.by Rick Arnold, Mike Guertin

Steel bracing and improved drainage give new life to cracked and wet wallsby Donald V. Cohen

Using driven piles and grade beams to build on soft groundby Alvin M. Sacks