Interstates across the country boast an innovative concrete technology that promises to save American travelers time and money. This “smart concrete” can communicate with engineers about its strength, ...

The technology shows particular effectiveness for snowfall accumulations of 2 inches or less. While heavy blizzards may ...

OTTAWA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Giatec Scientific, the market leader of revolutionary concrete testing equipment, today announced it has partnered with Redi-Mix, LLC (“Redi-Mix”), a business unit of ...

What do the Hoover Dam, the Sydney Opera House, the Great Wall of China and the Pantheon have in common? They’re all examples of incredible, ambitious concrete construction. But our most widely used ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The failure of levees in the wake of Hurricane Katrina points out the need for new technologies to strengthen levees and monitor their reliability, according to Deborah D. L. Chung, ...

THANKSGIVING TRAVEL: As an expected 13% more Americans prepare to travel for Thanksgiving this year, construction on major interstates could leave millions in traffic jams. Purdue University civil ...

Working with private industry, the University of Cambridge has gone one step beyond 3D printing with a concrete infrastructure unit that was not only made in an hour, but incorporates sensors to make ...

(Nanowerk News) Concrete, the most widely used material in the construction industry, has a history dating back to the Roman Empire. Now, engineers at the University of Pittsburgh are reimagining its ...

In San Francisco, where the ground shifts, the climate changes and neighborhoods grow ever more connected, buildings aren’t just structures — they’re promises of resilience, in the face of an ...

Barbican in London, a concrete paradise. — Image by © Tim Sandle Barbican in London, a concrete paradise. — Image by © Tim Sandle Concrete is the second-most ...

A recent study has explored an exciting development in structural engineering—a steel fiber-reinforced polymer composite bar (SFCB) that doesn’t just strengthen structures but also monitors its own ...