DEAR TIM: I recently saw a new paving system that I thought was ingenious. Instead of a solid driveway there were two strips of some precast concrete, each about 2-feet wide for the car tires. Grass ...

Q: This year I plan to build a patio with precast concrete pavers. I'd like to know any tips you can share about this project. How much dirt do I need to remove? Do the pavers just go on the dirt? How ...

Q: We would like to replace our driveway. My wife and I are debating whether to replace the driveway with another concrete driveway or a concrete-paver driveway. I have concerns about the concrete ...

DEAR TIM: We would like to replace our driveway. My wife and are debating whether to replace the concrete driveway with another concrete driveway or a concrete paver driveway. I have concerns about ...

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Homeowners love concrete, for both interior and exterior use. Outdoors, large expanses of concrete can create environmental problems, though, as they block stormwater from draining off into the soil.

Over the past few years, the roadbuilding industry and the United States as a whole have received harsh economic lessons concerning supply and demand. Growing global demands, from emerging markets ...

Flint, Mich.-based Ajax Paving handles both government highway and demanding private asphalt and concrete paving duties from its headquarters and asphalt jobs from a subsidiary in Fort Myers, Fla. But ...

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