With concrete the most utilized construction material on Earth, the drive to find more efficient methods drives engineering and architecture researchers worldwide forward. According to an announcement ...

Along with material for a massive bird blind, concrete can serve as the “future” of affordable housing construction, Pablo Moyano Fernández believes.

The American Concrete Institute has released ACI 318-11, “Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete and Commentary.” The ACI 318-11 standard is for all concrete design, construction, ...

How do you determine when concrete pumping is right for your project? What makes this method of concrete placement a more efficient choice than dumping from a ready mix truck, bucketing with a crane ...

Concrete, after water, is the world's most used material. Because it already surrounds us in the built environment, researchers have been exploring the idea of using concrete to store ...

Hear that? Pencils are sharpening. Teachers are decorating classrooms. Back to school is underway. With the attention to these facilities, take a moment to acknowledge the thought that went into the ...

Slow but steady growth in the use of 3D-printed concrete in construction brings in new firms and users, as the nascent industry finds the right market niches for a continually evolving technology As ...

For years, architect-developer Bruce Redman Becker drove past the former Pirelli Tire Building looming over Interstates 91 and 95 in New Haven, wondering why the concrete hulk designed by modernist ...

What did you learn that will help in your future career? Our senior design capstone project brought together everything we’ve learned over the past four years—from technical skills to teamwork, to ...