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What your patio says about you, from 'downmarket' painted slabs to the 'depressing' grey slate

A stylish patio can double your living space in the summer...but which designs are timeless? And which may give your summer ...
Daily Mail

Are these hypnotic paving slabs causing pedestrians to fall over? Multi-coloured pavement 'confusing those with dementia and could cause epileptic fits'

A town's new brightly-coloured paving slabs could give pedestrians epileptic fits and confuse people with dementia, it was claimed today. The controversial pavement in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, is now ...
Scientific American

Paving Slab Generates Electricity with Footfalls

LONDON—It could be the last word in concrete solutions to carbon emissions: a paving slab that generates electricity with every footstep taken on it, providing clean power to both cities and remote ...
CNN

Green sidewalk makes electricity – one footstep at a time

Paving slabs that convert energy from people’s footsteps into electricity are set to help power Europe’s largest urban mall, at the 2012 London Olympics site. The recycled rubber “PaveGen” paving ...
For Construction Pros

Preventative Maintenance for Concrete Pavement: What Is It & What Does it Prevent?

While concrete is a durable, long-lived pavement solution, some conditions—such as expansion and contraction due to temperature change, or deviations in mix ingredients—represent real-world challenges ...