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Protect buildings, and neighborhoods: The landmarks commission needs to do its job again
In the 1950s and into the 1960s, the indiscriminate bulldozer worked overtime to clear out New York City’s past to make way for an anti-urban, car-centric future.
How to Seal and Protect Your Driveway
Sealing your driveway is a great way to protect it from the elements, which is especially important with winter on the way. We walk you through the process.
How to get speed humps in your neighborhood
Several callers and emailers have been wondering how to get speed humps installed in their neighborhood.
Is Sealcoating Worth It?
Some professionals believe that sealants protect and preserve asphalt surfaces, while others feel that sealants simply create layers of buildup that eventually contribute to cracking and water damage. This begs the question of whether sealcoating is truly necessary and, if so, is it worth it?<br>Sealcoating can protect the asphalt from direct contact with:<br>Car fluids
Spalling: A Sign For Concrete Building Repair
The appearance of a building's exterior concrete walls can show early signs and symptoms that concrete building repair is needed.
Buildings are Steel, Concrete and Data
5 Innovative Materials and Techniques for Vertical Buildings
By Max Shafer Building materials and techniques continue to improve with advances in engineering and evolving design sensibilities. With that said, what is effective and stylish for a typical two-story structure may not apply to skyscrapers and other high-rise structures, which must work with some special considerations. For example, high-rises must adhere to a more …
Construction in My Building Is Ruining My Life. What Can I Do?
Renters may feel powerless to effect change in their buildings, but they have leverage — especially in the current market.
Watchdog dings Public Buildings Service for bumpy cloud shift
A move of federal lease broker data to a cloud service snarled contracts, according to an oversight report.
How to Measure for a Driveway
Building or replacing a driveway can be expensive, but taking careful measurements during the planning stages will keep the cost of materials to a minimum during the construction phase. Proper ...
BuildBlock Concrete Design Mix
BuildBlock Concrete Design Mix is crucial to your ICF building or home. BuildBlock has listed the met requirements and specifications of their concrete mix
Tire-pounding potholes: Tell us where the worst ones are in your neighborhood
The Advance wants your help documenting the city's response to pothole repair.
Black concrete home is made up of nine separate buildings
The residence is comprised of nine buildings that when combined create a single home with a sprawling footprint.
The future of buildings: coming soon, the house that can repair itself
Mark Miodownik: How self-healing concrete and 3D printing will transform buildings and many other sectors besides
5 Tips to Create a Green Neighborhood
After you get your green affairs in order, help your neighbors create a healthy, resource-conserving community everyone can enjoy.
How to Start a Community Garden in Your Neighborhood
Image: edited from Commons Wikimedia<br>Have you found yourself admiring the community gardens in the neighborhoods where your friends and/or family reside in? Wish you had one in your own community? The prospect of starting one is not as daunting as you may think. Without question the rewards of being involved in a successful community garden ...
How to make your front yard the neighborhood “Place to Be”
Once upon a time, neighborhoods not only had sidewalks, but also front porches where neighbors would sit, chat and enjoy their time tog...
What is a Smart Building?
A “Smart Building” links a building’s systems to a network, passively collecting data on their function. That information lets managers improve building operations by allocating resources optimally. Certain functions can even be automated. Essentially, smart buildings provide building services that make their occupants happier and more productive by streamlining and automating things like: – Lighting …
Creating Smart Buildings of the Future With IoT
As smart building technologies mature, companies find new opportunities to improve their commercial spaces, influencing future buildings.
Beauty Bark or Living Ground Cover?
Well-chosen living ground covers will protect bare soil, smother weeds, and give you something pretty to look at.
How to: Building beautiful berms
If your customers have a fairly flat landscape and desire a little height variation throughout, why not give berms a try? Berms are mounded hills of dirt constructed for blocking out unwanted or unsightly views, creating a subtle sense of privacy, directing or redirecting drainage and foot traffic, emphasizing a particular focal point or adding […]
