Homeowners thinking outside the traditional wood-framed residential box are pouring on the creativity when building houses with precast concrete walls. Not only used in below-grade applications, ...

The flexibility of 3D printed precast panels helps architects achieve an exterior facade that looks like sugar crystals as a nod to the building's former owner, Domino Sugar Refinery. Precast concrete ...

Precast concrete—high-quality concrete that's cast at a manufacturing plant in reusable forms and transported to construction sites in finished pieces—has gained considerable popularity over the last ...

How does a precast concrete septic-tank root cellar hold up to a harsh New York winter? See how this DIY root cellar performs when temperatures drop. I mentioned building a root cellar as part of my ...

Rich and Patty Kubica, owners of K-Wall Poured Walls in Asheville, N.C., are concrete contractors who have found a forming system that offers several green benefits to homeowners. So when Cliffs ...

SANTA CRUZ — When Mike and Cindy Grall imagined their dream house, it was something much more than three bedrooms, two baths, a white picket fence and a swimming pool. “We wanted the home to produce ...

The global precast concrete construction market expanded from USD 141.92 billion in 2024 to USD 151.14 billion in 2025, maintaining a projected CAGR of 6.93%. With a forecast to reach USD 242.59 ...

Despite being ubiquitous in countries around the world, particularly in Europe and South America, concrete homes are still fairly rare in the United States when compared to the hegemony of wood.

When it comes to designing and building new student housing, speed is typically of the essence as colleges and universities are eager to get those beds online as quickly as possible. For schools in ...

Midland, Virginia-based Smith-Midland Corporation provided the architectural precast concrete panels for the construction of the Virginia Tech Basketball Facility in Blacksburg, VA. The $20-million, ...