Concrete blocks were out of budget, so we built two large retaining walls using 6x6 landscape timbers. In this video, I show you how we extended their lifespan with drain lines, proper backfill, and ...

A new auxiliary road salt storage building will be constructed at the Hempfield municipal building to replace one that was ...

Learn how to tell when a foundation crack might indicate a serious structural problem—and when you can repair it yourself and ...

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Danville Firefighters Local 429 members got their hands dirty on their day off, helping with Habitat for Humanity of Danville ...

Building a house is often imagined as picking tiles, choosing paint colors, and arguing about where the dining table should sit. A home is a sequence of construction decisions with consequences ...

Calgarian homeowner Vivien Harben and her family have roots in the southwest neighbourhood of Richmond going back 57 years — all tied to a quiet hillside property passed down from her father. Now, she ...

For the past three years, engineering consultant Michael Antinelli has worked with the city of Miami Beach and its residents to draw up individualized flood-prevention plans. So far, he’s visited 140 ...

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Vivien Harben stands in front of her longtime family home in Richmond. Her family has been fighting development next door for more than a decade. (Credit: Brett Nicholls) Calgarian homeowner Vivien ...

The site of the old village now sits mostly quiet. Today, much of the area, off of Wald Road in Southwest New Braunfels, is ...

Floodlight reports on Charleston's struggle with rising sea levels as rapid growth exacerbates flooding, threatening ...