For traditionalists, the change may be jarring. But the iconic hexagon shape will remain in some respects. The new tiles will have that shape imprinted as a repeating pattern on the large rectangles.

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Photo: Mike Page (Image: Mike Page) The urgency of the situation has focused attention on hexagonal concrete blocks further along which have done their job and protected the dunes.

It was later found that six hexagonal concrete blocks, three each on the two tracks, were placed by unidentified persons, which could have caused a major accident, Mr. Kumar said.

Manny Leto, executive director of Preserve the ‘Burg, says Farmer Concrete Works once laid more than 100 miles of hex block sidewalks. The company was behind one of the city’s first industries.

This could nearly triple the construction speed. Will had been calculating that TBC Prufrock III machines would be able to build tunnels at 40 meters per day or 280 meters per week. Six machines would ...

Dubbed “bio-blocks,” they offer a zero-carbon substitute to their concrete alternatives and were engineered by Prometheus Materials and the Chicago-based architecture firm Skidmore, Owings ...