Restoring and Preserving the Huerfano County Courthouse
September 2020

Restoring and Preserving the Huerfano County Courthouse

Marvelous Masonry Turkey Celebrating Masonry’s Heritage
January 2019

As a little history, modern Turkey came into existence in 1923 and ended over 600 years of being part of the Ottoman Empire. The map below shows the various locations we’ll visit in this article.

The Natural Stone Council and ANSI/NCS-373 Production of Natural Dimension Stone Standard
December 2018

The Natural Stone Council and ANSI/NCS-373 Production of Natural Dimension Stone Standard

Sagamore Pendry Rec Pier Hotel Restoration Completed
September 2017

The Sagamore Pendry Rec Hotel is a restoration of the 1914 Recreation Pier in Baltimore by Beatty Harvey Coco Architects, a New York-based firm. The project, completed this year, received the Award of Excellence in the category of adaptive reuse/historic

Bonded by Brick
January 2017

Five years ago, the University Center of Lake County, a partnership between 18 Illinois colleges and universities, operated classrooms in shared buildings. However, it had no core facility – no “face” to show the community. The first facility of its k

Things Are Looking Up In Hardscaping
December 2015

If you were to visit the site of a new building project and were asked to examine the hardscaping design, your natural inclination would be to look down at the ground. In most instances, you wouldn’t be wrong in making that choice. But if you were to vis

Rik Kunnath Honored with DBIA Lifetime Achievement Award
October 2015

The Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) has announced Richard M. (“Rik”) Kunnath, P.E., DBIA as the 2015 recipient of the DBIA Brunell

Belden Brick Announces New Outdoor Living Line - BrickScapes
September 2015

BrickScapes by Belden announces the addition of brick mailboxes, fire pits, grills, trash cans, pizza ovens, fireplaces Andrianna Peterson Bronzella Cleveland Cory Sekine-pettite Dean Zerbe Justin DiLauro Mahesh Ramanujam Mark Swanson Nancy Somerville Olivier Salens Rick Fedrizzi Tom Allen

USGBC Names New CEO
September 2015

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Board of Directors announced that USGBC’s Chief Operating Officer Mahesh Ramanujam has been named i

Cal Poly Students’ ‘FlipBlock’ Wins Award
August 2015

Cal Poly State University students Alex Kiefer and Jacob vanDerRoovaart won the 2015 Student Unit

Engineer Challenges Historical Theories on Building of Egypt’s Pyramids
March 2015

Engineer Challenges Historical Theories on Building of Egypt’s Pyramids

ASLA Announces Commitment to Industry Statement on Resilience
May 2014

For the first time, leaders of America's design and construction industry, along with building owners and operators, have agreed to promote resilience in contemporary planning, building materials, design, construction, and operational techniques to he

BIM for Masonry Initiative Moving Forward With Phase II Project Managers
September 2013

Project managers have been named for the four major project areas of Phase II of the Building Information Modeling for Masonry (BIM-M) Initiative, which will be implementing the roadmap developed in Phase I.

Belgard® Hardscapes Introduces Mega-Tandem™ Wall Block
July 2013

Belgard® Hardscapes Introduces Mega-Tandem™ Wall Block

The Symbol of Sibenik
October 2009

It's no surprise that many of the western world's most enduring, beautifully crafted and well-preserved structures are churches and cathedrals. For centuries, they were the center of all community activity in remote villages and sprawling cities througho