A new paper published online in the journal Materials has evaluated the performance of concretes incorporating rubber from waste tires and recycled tire steel fibers. The research has been conducted ...

Here, we tell the slab where to crack and widths of contraction joints or cracks in the joints are largely controlled by the joint spacing and concrete shrinkage. As joint spacings and concrete ...

Concrete is one of the most user-friendly building materials around. It’s durable and inexpensive, yet can be made amazingly attractive with today’s new concrete finishes. Learn how to pour a concrete ...

Scientists and engineers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), JTC and Prostruct Consulting Pte Ltd. have developed a ready-to-stick wrap to protect concrete pillars.

For over a century, steel rebar has been the go-to material to reinforce concrete but a new approach promises to make the common building material stronger and more environmentally friendly.

Basanite Inc. (Pompano Beach, Fla., U.S.), a manufacturer of environmentally friendly, high-performance composite construction materials made from basalt fiber and basalt fiber-reinforced polymer, ...

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 ...

Former Palace Press Secretary Reveals What Happened When Princess Diana Didn’t Get “Her Way” Sydney Sweeney Refuses to ...