When building post and beam in straw bale, what if I substitute concrete block columns for the wooden posts? Will they draw moisture into the straw? They could. However, the usual practice is to wrap ...

Is your house built with pillar construction? If this line sounds familiar, there's no surprise. Among larger cities today, building the house with concrete pillars and beams is becoming common, just ...

Two concrete block columns, apparently for the elevator shaft and stairwells, sprout Tuesday from the middle of the new three-story Richland city hall building construction site. The $18.5 million ...