Many concrete blocks and cement blocks are designed for road construction and civil engineering applications. Examples include a highway barrier, bridge abutment system, bridge girder, and light pole.

So Samir started digging. The tunnel began collapsing again. A concrete-block pillar slashed Kareem’s arm. “We didn’t know what to do. We felt helpless,” Samir told me. After three hours ...

True cinder blocks are vestiges of an era when coal burning was inefficient and waste cinders were plentiful. In 1913, a ...

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The answer seems to be adding a highly dexterous articulated arm that gives the robot the ability to chuck objects as heavy as cinder blocks. We’re not kidding, look at the image above and you ...

The concave concrete structures were designed to pick up sound waves from enemy aircraft, making it possible to predict their flight trajectory, giving enough time for ground forces to be alerted ...

Cinder blocks cost between $13 and $28 per square foot and are made from water, cement and coal ash or cinders. Cinder blocks are slightly cheaper than brick, but they aren’t as strong and often ...

(KOIN) – It’s been more than a year since the FBI first revealed details of a shocking kidnapping case involving a man named Negasi Zuberi, who is accused of trapping a woman in a cinder block ...

Use a rolling pin or other heavy object to break the toffee into big pieces. If you like, dip the cinder toffee in melted chocolate. Place the chocolate chips in a glass bowl and microwave for 1 ...

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (KATU) — Jury selection will begin Tuesday in the trial of a man accused of locking a woman in a cinder block cell in southern Oregon. Negasi Zuberi, a 29-year-old faces ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — An urban pond where goldfish used to swim beneath a leaky New York City fire hydrant has been replaced by a new makeshift aquarium, days after the city unceremoniously paved over the ...