Researchers around the world are working to find ways to make concrete greener, including at the University of Pennsylvania.

To structural engineers, it’s no mystery why the earthquake in Mexico this week turned a school into a death trap: The building was made of brittle concrete. Such buildings don’t have enough steel ...

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A rugged industry requires equipment and facilities to match, but there’s some debate as to which material is best suited for storage structures, labor housing, and logistics in the mining industry.

SLIDELL, LA, UNITED STATES, December 11, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- As residential construction continues to evolve across the Gulf South, the role of proper concrete ...

THIS is a companion volume to the author's work on concrete steel, in which the characteristics of reinforced concrete were dealt with, and the theory underlying the design of structures in this ...

What are the environmental, capital cost and lifetime cost differences between a building with a steel frame and one built using concrete? David Weight of cost consultant Currie & Brown applies the ...

Concrete homes are common worldwide but less familiar in the U.S., raising questions about their cost, construction, and long ...

More than 1,600 homes and businesses in Los Angeles and Ventura counties were destroyed and at least three people were killed in the Woolsey fire in 2018. The Camp Fire in Northern California’s Butte ...

Japanese authorities, wanting to better protect communities in future, chose to build bigger defenses. Concrete walls that span 400km and reach nearly 15 meters high in places now line the coast to ...