Reinforced Block and Concrete Walls. Block foundations use cinder blocks (8 x 8 x 16 inches) that are stacked on each other and cemented in place with mortar, forming cinder block walls.

If the builder does this, the filled concrete block walls become nearly identical to poured concrete walls. But doing this is not enough to satisfy myself, code officials and structural engineers.

A: Poured concrete and concrete block are the two foundation types that dominate the residential construction industry in the United States. I've built buildings using both materials.

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Troy — Police are looking for thieves who broke through a concrete block wall and made off with about $2 million in cell phones from a Troy store earlier this month. Officials said the burglary ...

PACOIMA, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The family of a construction worker is grieving after he was crushed to death by a concrete wall in Pacoima. Javier Calderon died after a cinder-block wall collapsed ...