Seven or eight years ago, Stephen Shelton started worrying about the future. It wasn’t just his own Pittsburgh-based construction company, but his entire industry. Shelton had spent decades working in ...

Back in 2015 we looked at an interesting approach to automated construction in the form of a brick-laying robot, capable of putting together full-sized homes in just two days. The engineers behind the ...

The rugged good looks and lasting durability of brick pavers make a nice upgrade to a side yard or can boost curb appeal by adding an attractive walkway to the front door. Laying a brick walkway goes ...

Meet SAM, the Semi Automated Mason. SAM can lay bricks three times faster than a normal brick layer. SAM isn’t planning on taking away any jobs yet though — it still needs a human mason following ...

If I couldn't be standing at the ocean's edge feeling the sand wash out from under my feet, playing in the sand laying brick pavers wasn't so bad. Well, actually, it was kind of brutal in the heat of ...

A robot that lays bricks is now out of beta testing and at work alongside masons and laborers at a school-building jobsite in Ft. Collins, Colo. The Semi-Autonomous Mason, more commonly known as SAM, ...

Question: I noticed a friend’s brick walkway and how nice it makes her landscaping look. Is this a long, expensive project to have a contractor install, or do you think I could handle it with minimal ...

Paul Garbarini can immediately spot people who have been on one of his downtown Charleston tours. "They are the ones standing in front of a brick wall staring at it," he said with a chuckle. Garbarini ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Littleton mason Bob Boll keeps his award from the Guinness Book of World Records on the left side of his entry hall, so the first thing visitors see is proof ...