Arkitektura is an elevation company that specializes in lifting houses on slab foundations. With a degree in architecture from the University of Texas at Arlington, Phillip Contreras focuses his ...

The house on Bellaire Drive in Lakeview, immediately cleared by the contractor working at the site, was not the first to fall in the course of being raised, said David O’Reilly, a civil engineer with ...

4. Cost Savings Cost savings is one of the biggest advantages. In many cases, the home buyer can shave as much as $10,000 off the cost of the house. If it is built on a slab there is no crawl ...

The slimmer foundation slab can’t hold the weight of the house once it’s in the air, making it necessary to reinforce it with steel. On average, raising a home in Florida costs 30 percent more ...

Once the hydraulic jacks were moved underneath the slab, Dr. Meghan Martin’s home rose higher and higher – 12 inches at a time, level on a grid of wooden beams and steel. Within a mere seven ...

Slab thickness and Ff elevation should be continuously monitored. Ride-on trowel machines will vary in weight from 1,500-2,500 lbs. Smaller 8-ft. ride-on trowels are easier to move around, but 10 ...

Holding on tight, Wynton Smith, 6. balances on a tree branch as Joshua King, 10, middle, and Randy King Jr., 9, jump up and down on the oak tree's branch as they spend Friday, March 29, 2002 at ...

Atelier Kaiser Shen has built House Hoinka in Germany. All six facades of Haus Hoinka utilise the straw bale construction method, including the roof and floor slab. To protect the straw bales from ...