Concrete is not warm or soft or pleasant to the touch like wood is for example and that gives it a bad reputation in a ...

With a new school year underway, districts across the country are grappling with a familiar challenge: striking the right ...

Illinois engineers have developed a self-healing concrete rail tie system using shape memory alloys that return to their ...

In railroad tracks, rail ties hold the rails in place and ensure that their separation does not change. Modern concrete ties ...

When mixed together, the ingredients create a dense, conductive network capable of carrying an electrical charge. Once set into concrete, the material and anything built from it (whether they’re ...

Skyscrapers, highways, and the endless churn of traffic define much of modern city living. Yet for millions of people, the very environments built to fuel economic growth are also fueling chronic ...

The use of prestressed concrete flat slabs in buildings has been increasing in recent years in the Brazilian market. Since the implementation of tall and slender buildings a trend in civil engineering ...

A parliamentary committee has revealed design flaws and poor quality control as reasons for the collapse of newly constructed concrete highways in vulnerable areas. The committee criticized the shift ...

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Cat owners have been descending on hardware stores on an unusual mission—picking up a concrete slab, typically for patios and garden paths, for their feline friend to lounge on. Costing as little as ...