A modeling study of a five-storey residential building found waffle slabs cut embodied carbon by about 47 percent and total ...

Engineers at the University of Surrey and partner institutions have developed a simpler way ...

A new engineering method could be the difference between a building surviving a failed support column and a chain reaction ...

The American Concrete Institute (ACI) published ACI 318-19: “ Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete ” in July 2019, in response to new engineering practices and industry changes. ACI 318 ...

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Turning concrete buildings into large clean-energy storage systems is no longer just a futuristic idea. As cities push to eliminate carbon emissions, energy-storing cement could soon become the ...

Architectural concrete as we know it today was invented in the 19th century. It reached new heights in the U.S. after World War II when mid-century modernism was in vogue, following in the footsteps ...

From driveways and walkways to segmental retaining walls and pools, concrete has been an essential home building material for the past century. Recently, concrete construction has risen to new heights ...

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Concrete can perform just as well if three-quarters of its content has been recycled, a team has found. Concrete is made from granular materials such as sand and crushed stone—known as ...