The American Concrete Institute (ACI), in collaboration with the Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI), has released a new joint ...

This article is authored by Pushpam Kumar, national target manager, engineered refurbishment, Sika India Private Limited.

A novel modular steel-concrete composite, which can significantly reduce the construction costs of nuclear reactors, has ...

Bamboo reinforcement represents a groundbreaking advancement in sustainable construction, offering a renewable alternative to steel in structural applications. This innovative material leverages ...

Garages and decks across the country are crumbling, and some experts fear failures will continue unless oversight increases.

An innovative concrete formulation combined with novel reinforcement strategies and design methods, all developed by researchers at ETH Zurich, have ...

suffer from inaccuracies and insufficient reliability for diverse concrete surface cracks. This study proposes a reliable crack identification method using the U-Net semantic segmentation network, ...

Once they hit that 3 or below rating, *** structural ... steel, also known as rebar, inside. Matteo says corrosion is like popcorn; it expands rapidly and that puts pressure on that surface concrete.

Prolonged exposure to saltwater further accelerates the deterioration of these components, leading to corrosion and structural ... causes the steel reinforcement inside the concrete to corrode ...