When it rains, it's porous / Concrete-slab driveways may soon be a thing of the past as new paving products address water runoff problems By Judy Richter , Special to The Chronicle Dec 23, 2006 ...

If you want one that will outlast either of these options and be easier to maintain, though, consider pouring a concrete patio. It can transform your backyard. This is a project you can do yourself, ...

Paving slabs "The concrete paving slabs in my show garden are remnants of a side path we'd been meaning to take up. I've salvaged paving slabs that would have been going in a skip which will be ...

Tom Berry, HCEA Archivist. Before the advent of slipform paving, concrete paving required the placement of temporary forms to shape the slab. These forms had to be placed accurately, not only to ...

LONDON—It could be the last word in concrete solutions to carbon emissions: a paving slab that generates electricity with every footstep taken on it, providing clean power to both cities and ...