DEAR TIM: I’ve got an odd problem. I have concrete spalling on a sidewalk that leads from my concrete driveway to my home. The concrete driveway and sidewalk were poured at the same time. The driveway ...
Hawaiʻi’s rainy seasons may bring paradise, but they also bring unique challenges to homeowners: concrete spalling. We went to an active work site to speak with Jonny Santo Tomas from Structural ...
As all contractors know, there are three indisputable facts about concrete: it’s gray, it gets hard and unfortunately, it will deteriorate over time. There are a variety of culprits including ...
Because of the design of the building, which places a lot of stress on the concrete slabs above the columns supporting the tower, Aghayere said the cracking and spalling noted in 1996 would have drawn ...
CAMP KINSER, Okinawa — None of the families living in 65 homes with balconies deemed at high risk for concrete spalling will be required to move, the Kadena Air Base housing office announced at a town ...
The town of Surfside received a required 40-year inspection report for the Champlain Towers South 16 hours after the beachside building’s catastrophic failure. An October 2018 inspection report found ...
Because standards are intentionally conservative for most projects, but new design methods are changing, project-specific design optimization is required to provide safe, cost-effective, and ...