This year on Labor Day, instead of attending class as I did the first three years of my Cornell career, I buried a bottle of Bacardi on Libe Slope. You might be thinking, “Well, that is stupid.” And ...

Orem, UT-based Kenny Seng Construction performs concrete, utility and earthwork for projects such as elementary schools, high schools and supermarkets. Its Caterpillar-based fleet includes excavator ...

In spite of the “smugness” of his Brooklyn friends, the NY Times restaurant critic rallies to finally visit Park Slope Italian stalwart Al di La. And guess what? Franky likes it! I hereby grant it, ...

When properly equipped and run by skilled operators, excavators are excellent tools to complete work on slopes. But this type of work does require attention to detail not required when working on flat ...

Using heavy timbers to contain sloping ground or to make a terrace with steps is often easier, more attractive and less expensive than building with masonry. Six-by-six-inch timbers, usually eight ...

Newest in the efforts among gardeners who pitch in to help the environment are rain gardens — a homegrown bioswale of sorts that captures rainwater before it hits the street and pollutes the ocean.

SEATTLE — An aerial map compiled a year before the deadly Oso landslide shows the upper portion of the hillside was being dangerously undercut, which could point the way to identifying other high-risk ...