Ever since a storm drain opening was filled with concrete, drivers have plowed through flooded streets in the Shadowbay ...

The Seminole County woman who plugged a stormwater drain pipe with concrete last spring causing months of flooding in her neighborhood told a magistrate this week she’ll have a new pipe in place by ...

Mix up the secret ingredient: cement paint. Cement paint is made by mixing pure Portland cement with clear, cold water. (Add enough water to make a mix that has the consistency of warm gravy.) If the ...

Thousands of homes across the state may have failing concrete foundations due to pyrrhotite, an iron sulfide present in ...

It's been 10 days since flames from a raging playground fire shut down the southbound lanes of the Daniel Carter Beard Bridge, better known as the Big Mac.

Cement is used mainly as part of a mixture in smaller jobs like grouting and specialized masonry, and in the repair of cracked or crumbling concrete. Concrete is used to build schools, bridges ...

Bloomberg on Thursday reported that privately held building-materials maker Quikrete Holdings has approached Summit about a potential takeover, with a per-share price in the "low 50s," according ...

Founded in 1940, Atlanta, Georgia-based Quikrete is one of the biggest manufacturers of packaged concrete and cement mixes in North America. Denver, Colorado-based Summit Materials is a provider of ...

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A representative for Quikrete couldn’t immediately be reached ... company agreed to merge with the US operation of Colombian concrete maker Cementos Argos in a $3.2 billion deal.