A scratch tool, mounted on a load arm, is moved across the flooring sample, with progressively heavier weight, until a scratch is visible.

HOUSTON, Texas — A boardwalk that meanders through marshland ... She pointed out holes, missing pieces and entire planks that were gone. "I feel like a small child could get at least a leg ...

On Sunday, a couple of chunks of the boardwalk planks and railings were sitting in the grasses of the salt marsh several hundred yards from the waterfront in the salt marsh grass near the old beer ...

Originally built in 1962, the pier consists of 2.5 miles of boardwalk planks and juts 800 feet out over the Atlantic Ocean. Over the past decade, the pier has been transformed into one of the top ...