Each wall system brings specific characteristics to a project...Evaluating factors like structural demands, energy ...

Local contractor outlines how homeowner renovation trends and stricter building oversight are shaping masonry projects ...

Architects, structural engineers, facility managers and contractors working with masonry structures would do well to consider more than building codes when developing new designs. In fact, real-world ...

While masonry is not plastic, steel, glass, wood, titanium or any other fancy metal on the market, it is just about everything else that has been used as building materials through the centuries.

Brick and stone masonry have served as reliable and valuable elements of commercial building projects for centuries, gracing urban and rural landscapes since time immemorial. Building Teams have ...

COLUMBIA - The masonry industry is currently the fourth fastest-growing industry in the country right now, behind several industries related to healthcare. Despite this positive trend nationwide, in ...

In San Francisco, where the ground shifts, the climate changes and neighborhoods grow ever more connected, buildings aren’t just structures — they’re promises of resilience, in the face of an ...

The familiar red building blocks of the newest building on campus have earned a top industry award for the Hutchinson Center, its architect and the masonry contractor whose employees placed every ...

Fifty high school students with hammers, nail guns, power saws and trowels were hard at work following a plan to either build a structure resembling a house or constructing a wall designed with a ...