Engineers and builders are beginning to leverage a strategy that brings in specialty expertise early, speeds up delivery and ...

Question: A four-foot high, masonry-block wall encircles our condominium development. In the yard of the single-family home next door, on the other side of the wall, a big pine tree's roots are ...

Typically, water penetrates through the stucco into a masonry block wall, is absorbed and released to both the inside and the outside of the wall, Lstiburek said.