Residents from a dozen blocks away drove by to gawk at the soaring crane as it swung several-ton walls off a trailer bed to stand on a concrete slab, creating the skeleton of a house in mere hours. It ...

When building a house, two main types of foundations are used: slab-on-grade or below-grade foundations with a basement slab. Climate, including high water tables, frost lines, harsh winters, and ...

The cost is low and the quality is high. It's fast, easy, and uncomplicated to install, yet it is amazingly durable, long-lasting, and simple to maintain. We're talking about precast concrete -- an ...

Homeowners thinking outside the traditional wood-framed residential box are pouring on the creativity when building houses with precast concrete walls. Not only used in below-grade applications, ...

Ethan Graff is a logistics guy. Perhaps it’s his dedication to finding solutions that intrigued him about precast concrete panels. Having previously learned about the wall panels while working on a ...

Homeowners thinking outside of the traditional wood-framed residential box are pouring on the creativity when building houses with precast concrete walls. Not only used in below-grade applications, ...

Precast concrete is a form of construction where concrete is cast in a reusable mould or form which is then cured in a controlled environment, transported to the construction site and lifted into ...

Step inside Sudnya Shroff’s cast-concrete home in Los Altos Hills, Calif., and you will find glossy kitchen countertops, also made of concrete, sculptural bathroom sinks and staircases—concrete—and ...