Masonry Design

I enjoy talking to experienced older masons. I remember one guy in particular, who took an interest in my triangular block system.   He ...

I’ve posted a few times on this blog about using the masonry system I’ve described as a potential solution for containment and protection fo...

One summer I worked as a dispatcher for LC Whitford, concrete products. I wanted to learn more about concrete from this summer job. There...

Plasticizers and super-plasticizers are sometimes added to concrete mix. Why is this done? Concrete is a mixture of aggregate (rocks), sa...

Fibers are sometimes added to concrete mix. Why is this done? Concrete is a mixture of aggregate (rocks), sand , Portland cement, and wate...

In three previous entries I wrote of using the masonry system described on this blog as a containment structure for a nuclear reactor; he...

it hurt.