Contractors regularly look at the basic U.S. residential concrete foundation as being a three-day process. Excavation, footing forming and concrete placement on day one; wall forming and concrete ...

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Question: I have a foundation that was poured and I am not impressed. The footings were poured and when they set the wall forms, there was visible deviation in how much the footings extended past the ...

A Diamond Pier is basically just a small piece of concrete with four holes in it. Long steel pins get driven through the holes at 45 degree angles, and these pins make the small chunk of concrete as ...