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The Forensic Scene: When a Hairline Crack Becomes a Structural Grave The facility manager at the downtown textile warehouse told me it was just a hairline crack. He pointed to a jagged line snaking through the soldier course above the loading dock. He wanted a quick patch, a smear of some hardware-store caulk to hide […]

My first mentor, a man who had more limestone dust in his lungs than oxygen, used to tell me that a brick wall is just a giant sponge held together by chemistry. He would take his hawk and a trowel full of mud, strike a joint, and then throw a bucket of water at it. […]