Q. I'm building a deck and have discovered that the wooden posts can't rest on the soil. I need deck piers. What are they, and how are they installed? A. There are very few situations in which you can ...

Q. I've heard all kinds of things from friends about concrete foundation piers. To say the least, I'm confused. Some say you just dig a hole and fill it with concrete. Others say you need to be sure ...

The beginning of 2016 saw the conclusion of an Oldcastle Precast project to design, detail, manufacture, and supply bridge components, decorative signs, multiple stormwater drainage products, and ...

16 June 2008 The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced that construction of columns (piers) to support the viaducts and elevated stations along the Green Line is well on progress. Piers caps, ...

DEAR TIM: I need to build a deck, and I’m told that the wood posts that support the deck must then sit precisely on top of concrete piers. How in the world do you connect the wood posts to the ...

Lee Cowen, managing director of Milbank Concrete Products, explores how innovations in precast concrete columns and stairs are transforming how the construction industry operates Data from ...

Keywords: Blast performance. Concrete filled steel tube (CFST) columns. Multihazard assessments. Bridges. Piers. Structural collapse. Seismically-resistant designs. Blast loads. Terrorism. Blast ...