Swiss engineers have developed a construction technique that could change how buildings are designed and built. It’s called a “Smart Slab:” A mixture of concrete, rebar, and carbon fiber that form a ...

Q: I’m dealing with a concrete ceiling in a condominium. If I use LED recessed lighting, do I still have to drop a 6-inch soffit? Someone told me that LED cans take up less space than traditional ...

Q: We have moved into a fantastic high-rise condominium, but we have a problem: The ceilings are concrete and we just have one junction box in the main room. How do we do anything beyond track? A: ...

For the 2nd day in a row, MBS made progress in bouncing supportively off what had once been incredibly firm resistance. We speak of course of the "concrete ceiling" that had prevented Fannie 3.5's ...

DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - The Detroit-Windsor Tunnel is getting a new concrete ceiling, leading to overnight closures starting in August. Neal Belitsky, the tunnel company's president, says behind-the-scenes ...

“The most consistently depressing thing in U.S. buildings, almost without exception, is the ceilings.” Mike Taylor doesn't mean any offense by his blunt observation. It's just that the British ...

Until I entered the legal profession, I never thought of myself as a minority. However, the Big Law landscape in New York City made me acutely aware that I was different. I chalked it up to corporate ...