Over the years, free-standing concrete walls have collapsed ... individuals caught between such slabs and the ground, especially if shorter than the wall’s height, face the risk of a traumatic ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Most people think that the walls alongside highways, often made of concrete, brick, or wood, are for crash safety or privacy. But those walls were actually ...

With shed roofs angling away from one another and separated by floor-to-ceiling windows ... House” due to the three vertical concrete slabs out front that stand up to 26 feet tall.

All slab-wall and wall-footing joints are monolithic. As a result, the test floor, basement walls, and footing slab form a box girder that is 15 ft (4.5 m) deep, 56 ft (17 m) wide and 101 ft (31 m) ...