Roughly two-thirds of the backyard of our new house is covered with concrete slab and so I thought I would go our there and break it up with a sledgehammer in advance of putting in a new garden. The ...

As the demand for more sustainable construction grows and raw material shortages like steel continue to be a challenge, fiber-reinforced concrete has become an increasingly popular choice for flatwork ...

Cast-in-place reinforced concrete structural members deflect under load. Whatever the cause of the problem, engineers have sometimes tried to control deflection effects by requiring cambered form ...

It's fundamental that architects know about structures, not only to bring their designs to reality but also to be able to discuss their projects with engineers in order to find the best solutions for ...

Now Reinforced Concrete is one of the most widely used construction materials in modern history. Concrete and steel acomplement each other. While plain unreinforced concrete is relatively brittle and ...

Peak 10’s 60,166-square-foot purpose-built, multistory data center facility in North Tampa, Fla., U.S., was fabricated using Metromont’s C-GRID-reinforced insulated precast concrete panels for high ...

Swiss scientists have made significant progress in improving the lifespan of aging concrete bridges ...

A judge has issued a remediation order for an east London block of flats nearly a year after residents were evacuated due to cracks in its concrete pillars and slab.

The 6th generation BSB features a stainless steel panel clip diameter 16~32mm thin-wall core tubes, employing a special vacuum brazing assembly line which reduces cost and enables mass production.

Above are the rib and block slabs and below are in situ concrete slabs. The rib and block slabs need less raw material in their making which makes them more economical to use during construction among ...