When building a house, two main types of foundations are used: slab-on-grade or below-grade foundations with a basement slab. Climate, including high water tables, frost lines, harsh winters, and ...

Kolkata: The civic body has decided to lay interlocking concrete blocks on stretches of roads that frequently develop craters during monsoon. To start with, stretches of CR Avenue and Amherst Street ...

Kolkata: The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) may go the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) way in repairing damaged road stretches. The state govt is considering to use interlocking concrete ...

The Public Works Department is relying on Interlocking Concrete Block Pavement (ICBP) technology for laying pavements in areas where conventional types of construction are not possible and are less ...

Q: I’ve been researching foundation types for both new homes and room additions. I’ve narrowed it down to either poured concrete or concrete block. Many websites say poured concrete is better than ...

Stretches of two roads — one near Howrah bridge and another near Science City — that used to get damaged frequently despite repeated repairs are now being relaid with interlocking concrete blocks to ...

Q. I’ve been researching foundation types for both new homes and room additions. I’ve narrowed it down to either poured concrete or concrete block. Many websites say poured concrete is better than ...