When positioned in the upper or top portion of the slab thickness, steel reinforcement limits the widths of random cracks that may occur because of concrete shrinkage and temperature restraints ...

Concrete is the most widely used construction material in the world. Made from cement, water, sand and gravel, this ...

What is fibre-reinforced concrete and how can rail engineers benefit from its unique properties? Bernard Berge, product specialist engineer, fibre division for Maccaferri, explains. Major ...

An architecture PhD student at ETH Zurich has developed a reportedly simple solution for building concrete floors in a more ...

Reinforced concrete is the miracle material which made possible so many of the twentieth century’s most iconic structures, but here in this century its environmental footprint makes it something ...

Mark Miodownik puts the properties of reinforced concrete to the test. He watches as a beam of concrete withstands a load of 2.5 tonnes. Even though cracks are present in the lower portion of the ...

A total of 231 schools in England were confirmed to have Raac, or reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete, in the most recent government list issued last month. Due to this, many of these schools ...

Plymouth City Council The operation uncovered a large steel plate, the council confirmed PCC previously said the items, found in 2023, were most likely reinforced concrete or pieces of railway track.