Concrete is the most important construction material on earth and foundation of our modern society. At first glance it seems rudimentary, but there is a tremendous amount of complexity involved in ...

The 31-year-old house that Poirier built herself as ... thousands of homes across the state may have failing concrete foundations due to pyrrhotite, an iron sulfide present in concrete.

But, as it happens, the century-old facility on La Brea ... offering "ready-mixed Portland cement concrete in quantities sufficient for a flagpole foundation or a 12-story building, and delivered ...