When contractors have a job that entails demolition of an old concrete building from the early 1900’s one issue arises with respect to concerns about…
Over the next several months, the concrete base of Oceanside’s municipal pier – an iconic 90-year old structure located in California – will be undergoing…
Apart from water, concrete is the most widely produced and consumed material on earth, according to a WBCSD report. This material is what paves our…
Increased Tensile Strength with Flexible Concrete Typical concrete is characterised by its heavy, brittle qualities which lends itself to breakage under tension. To combat this,…
An abandoned pier that was erected in the early 1950’s known as Pier 57, is about to go through a $350 million renovation. Located in…
Modulus of elasticity (MOE) in concrete refers to the measurement of resistance a concrete structure has to deform or sway. That is, it measures the…
The Utah Department of Transportation is using a recyclable resource to repair worn bridges along one of the busier highways in Salt Lake County. Biggest…
An MIT-led team has defined the nanoscale forces that control how particles pack together during the development of cement “paste,” the material that holds together…
Officials with the Ohio River Bridges Project just recently released the latest batch of aerial photos, showing the progress of the bridge as of June….
Portions of the vast Highway 99 tunnel are starting to look like the double-decker thoroughfare that former Gov. Chris Gregoire promised seven years ago. Bertha’s…
There is a perception that construction software applications are only affordable and needed by large multinational companies working on billion-dollar jobs. However, Daniel De Monte,…
At UCLA an interdisciplinary research team is recycling carbon dioxide in an innovative process to develop sustainable building material. Biggest SmartRock® Savings of the Year…
Researcher at the University of Cambridge are making small batches of the artificial bone and are now in the process of scaling it up for…
McKinsey & Company has recently released a report that provides in sight on why the construction industry is ripe for disruption. The McKinsey Global Institute…
Which construction project received the Guinness title for world’s largest continuous concrete pour? The Wilshire Grand Center in the USA or the Lakhta Center Tower in Russia?
Wastewater plants in Malaysia face the major challenge of disposing the sludge that is left over from treating sewage water. While studies show that the…
Contractors are always on the go — bouncing from jobsites, the office and everywhere in between. Time doesn’t stop on the job, and a project’s…
When drivers face a work zone, they have a choice: go through or go around. But for traffic engineers, this choice represents an awkward problem….
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