The new 1.38km repair quay wall at the Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Yard Company (ASRY) in Bahrain made innovative used of gravity-wall construction and precast blockwork to ensure a maintenance-free ...

Concrete has a giant carbon footprint yet concrete blocks are a ubiquitous building material used around the world. Watershed Materials has produced a new, beautiful and sustainable masonry block that ...

The CGS Centre for Structural Safety and Resilience (CSSR) is proud of hosting a 4-part special series of Monthly Guest Presentations. The topic of the presentation series is "Modern Load-Bearing ...

The National Concrete Masonry Association (NCMA) is the national trade association representing the producers and suppliers of concrete masonry products, including concrete block, manufactured stone ...

Lightweight concrete masonry unit made with Big River's expanded clay lightweight aggregate Lightweight aggregate can be used in several ways to make concrete lighter and safer while also boosting ...

The New Zealand Concrete Masonry Association (NZCMA) has held its 50th AGM. Formed in 1956, the NZCMA is one of New Zealand’s oldest construction-related trade associations. Seeking to inspire wider ...

From a skinny house in Brazil to a pair of industrial residences in England, our latest lookbook rounds up 10 home interiors that celebrate the tactility of concrete blockwork. Typically hidden behind ...