Concrete Maturity Sensors: Real-Time Monitoring Solutions Archives

Microbial Communities May Help us Detect Damaged Concrete

September 30, 2016

Concrete is known to be the world’s most common building material as it shapes our buildings, bridges and runways, sidewalks and more – and at…

What Will Happen if the Trump Wall Project Materializes?

September 9, 2016

Donald Trump plans on building a wall along the entire Mexican border if he is elected as the President of America as an attempt to…

To Repair or To Rebuild – That is the Question

August 29, 2016

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…

DOTs are Using Hydro Technology to Repair Concrete Structures

August 2, 2016

The Utah Department of Transportation is using a recyclable resource to repair worn bridges along one of the busier highways in Salt Lake County. SmartRock®…

Modifying the Microstructure of Concrete to Decrease Emissions

July 25, 2016

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…

Development in Sustainable Concrete Material

July 5, 2016

At UCLA an interdisciplinary research team is recycling carbon dioxide in an innovative process to develop sustainable building material. SmartRock® Long Range Savings for Big…

Can Future Structures Be Made Out of Bone ?

July 4, 2016

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…

Recycling Sewage Sludge into Concrete

June 27, 2016

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…

Research in Traffic Management to Help Field Engineers

June 21, 2016

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….

To Increase Economic Growth Countries Needs to Increase Infrastructure

June 17, 2016

According to a new report from the McKinsey Global Institute the world needs to dramatically ramp up spending on infrastructure to keep up with economic…

Zaha Hadid’s Twisting Concrete Structure Tops Out

June 14, 2016

The famous international architecture firm, Zaha Hadid, has topped out the twisting skyscraper in Milan. Originally named ‘lo storto’, (‘the twisted one’), the 170 meter…

Swenson Awarded U.S. Patent for Structural Engineering Design

June 13, 2016

Barry Swenson always knew his company’s concrete construction methodology was something pretty special. Now he has the United States patent to prove it. SmartRock® Long…

Construction begins on the Grand Paris Express Metro

June 10, 2016

5000 plus Parisians attended a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the future Fort d’Issy-Vanves-Clamart station on June 4 to mark the official start of…

MCI-2020 Can Extend the Service Life of Concrete Structures

June 9, 2016

MCI 2020 is an organic, surface applied, migrating corrosion inhibitor designed to penetrate through cementitious materials including concrete, mortar, and limestone. It travels in both…

Bone and Shells as Blueprints for Stronger Concrete

June 7, 2016

In the journal Construction and Building Materials, a paper was published contrasting cement paste with the structure and properties of natural materials such as bones,…

Upgrading the Panama Canal

June 2, 2016

After being up and running for the last 99 years, one of the most impressive engineering structure, will be getting an upgraded. The Panama Canal…

The Crumbling Infrastructure in America

May 27, 2016

The majority of the United States’ largest infrastructure projects were built in the 19th and the 20th century. The USA was once in the headlines…

Five Infrastructure Emergencies in the U.S.

May 17, 2016

Advocates for investing in the nation’s infrastructure are hesitant to single out certain projects as deserving priority over others, arguing that sustained funding and attention…