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Local environmentalists fear the proposed ordinance change will hurt lakes and wildlife, and a half-dozen or so people spoke against the proposal at a meeting on Wednesday.
Gabion Supply has announced the release of its latest resource, "The Different Types of Retaining Walls." This guide provides an overview of retaining walls, including why they are important, types of ...
Johnson Concrete Products, headquartered in Salisbury, has announced the acquisition of two RidgeRock Retaining Walls manufacturing sites located in Ellijay, Georgia, and Statesville, effective Aug.
Clothing that adapts to one's needs and senses the external habitat. A lunar lava tunnel that uses bacteria, plants and fungi ...
Contractors have completed a five-mile causeway where the remnants of Hurricane Helene undermined the highway’s eastbound lanes a year ago.
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Why Retaining Walls Collapse

Look around and you’ll see retaining walls everywhere holding back slopes so we all have a little more space in our constructed environments. They might just look like a pretty concrete face on the ...
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How to Build a Wall Shelf

Level the cleat and screw it to the wall. You can locate studs or use drywall anchors. The first step in learning how to ...
The billionaire owner of The Park Record, Matthew Prince, has begun excavating his property on King Road. He’s able to do so ...
Young professionals working in a range of industries may feel like they’ve “made it” when the cross over into the six-figure ...
Nearly a year after Helene ripped apart I-40 through the Pigeon River Gorge, officials say the scale of the rebuild is unlike ...
It all started on July 15. First, there were storms, then there was rain – then the retaining wall in the complex’s backyard ...
Why tear down an entire building, if only its flimsy interior components need to be replaced? That's the thinking behind a ...