Sep. 28—Scattered across the riverfront, the mossy, aging and oftentimes rotten timber pilings serve as both a symbol of Astoria's history and a reminder of the challenges of operating over the water.

Timber pilings also are competing with other higher-margin products that require large trees, such as utility poles and bridge trusses, said Kevin Ragon, executive director of Southern Pressure ...

New York City Economic Development Corporation used FRP pile jackets and lightweight concrete in an underwater construction repair of a public pier in New York Harbor. The return of marine borers to ...

What's lurking beneath some of downtown Milwaukee's oldest buildings? Some of the same stuff that used to be growing near where they stand. A number of the buildings constructed downtown in the city's ...

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - A severe shortage of timber pilings, crucial for construction on the coast, is complicating life for homebuilders who are lamenting about longer and longer waits for supply, as ...