Stone has been used as a construction material for thousands of years. One of the reasons for this was its ready availability locally. Furthermore, stone requires little energy for extraction and ...

If you think of the primary building materials that are used in the construction of your home, what types come to mind? You’d probably agree that materials such as wood, steel, and concrete make up a ...

There is a wide array of materials used for construction. Many of them occur naturally and can be found, mined, or extracted. But generally they still need to be processed into their final form.