It had been a month since the Fern Hollow Bridge in Pittsburgh’s East End collapsed, and the memory was fresh in the mind of Westmoreland County Public Works Director Greg McCloskey as he gathered his ...
Just after 1 a.m. Thursday, a sudden, unexpected, and devastating structural failure occurred in Surfside, Florida, when a large section of a 12-story condominium building collapsed. A short distance ...
The Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) has announced the development of an effective structural strengthening method using a noncombustible carbon textile grid and ...
DNREC officials have ordered the removal of a concrete dune crossover at Prime Hook Beach, ruling that the structure was ...
Concrete slabs form the backbone of countless industrial and material-handling facilities. Whether supporting heavy machinery, mezzanines, pallet racks, or conveyors, a slab must be able to bear ...
Concrete structures like roads and bridges require nondestructive testing methods to identify interior defects without destroying their structure. Most methods send sound waves into the material and ...
In a typical construction cycle, sturdy slabs are treated as waste once a building ...
(InvestigateTV) — Even with the severe storms that had been raging throughout the late-summer evening, Catherine Cruz said there was no mistaking the window-rattling ‘boom’ for thunder. As smoke began ...
Proper curing is one of the most critical — yet often overlooked — aspects of concrete weatherproofing. Without adequate ...