TWO columns have cracked on the $100 million Kodo Apartment tower site, ... Concrete column manufacturer, Ottoway-based United Precast referred comments to Watpac.

On a day when my colleague Andrew Khouri reported that Southern California apartment rents are expected to jump to an average of $2,304 next year and $2,373 in 2019, curiosity got the best of me.

The base expects to have the apartments completed by 2026. If successful at Edwards, the Air Force is hoping it can replicate the model in other areas where housing is either limited or too expensive.

Steel column base connection: A joint system that rigidly or semi-rigidly couples a steel column to its concrete foundation, facilitating the transfer of axial, bending and seismic forces.