Newport's Grade II listed Civic Centre building is set to undergo repairs after an application was granted with conditions by the council.

Sand is the most abundant ingredient in the mix. The powdered cement and lime are the glue that holds the sand together and allows the mortar to bond to each brick (or concrete block, stone or other ...

Over time, the mortar joints between bricks in a wall, also known as pointing, will fail. Fixing this failure is called repointing, or in some regions tuckpointing. Your job, or that of the ...

Over time, the mortar joints between bricks in a wall, also known as pointing, will fail. Fixing this failure is called repointing, or in some regions tuckpointing. Your job, or that of the workman ...

You may not know this, but I received a Bachelor of Science degree in geology many moons ago. I was fascinated by the topic, and it helped me build houses and buildings that would not fail.

A video of a white man pointing a gun at a Black woman, sometimes directly at her head, started because of a dispute at a gas pump. The video shows a man near a 2015 Ram pickup with a flatbed ...

Tuckpointing is a fairly common practice that involves freshening up the mortar joints between bricks. But what exactly does tuckpointing entail and how does it differ from repointing? Here, we ...

David Edwards has spent over a decade reporting on social justice, human rights and politics for Raw Story. He also writes Crooks and Liars. He has a background in enterprise resource planning and ...

As an LA-raised girl now living in New York City, it’s been heartbreaking to watch neighborhoods I frequented as a teenager and young adult disappear. Simply gone. I feel like I spend each day ...

Congestion Pricing in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Gov. Kathy Hochul is pointing out possible benefits of congestion pricing to suburban commuters, an influential voting bloc that could ...

Microsoft has revealed it’s created an engineering team that CEO Satya Nadella feels is needed to cope with a potential huge change to software development processes and applications unleashed by AI.