The steel skeletons in our reinforced concrete buildings share a fatal flaw: corrosion. As water seeps in through microcracks ...

Who could possibly compare to Superman, the Man of Steel? Definitely not a man of plastic! Right? Wrong. Researchers at the ...

KALAMAZOO, MI -- As new and returning Broncos arrive on Western Michigan University’s campus, they will be met with fences around the new student center, a project four years in the making. The ...

The reinforcement of timber beams using composite materials has emerged as a transformative strategy in modern structural engineering. Researchers have developed innovative methods for enhancing the ...

The main beam in my 2 story, detached brick house needs to be reinforced. It seems it was done by the previous homeowner, as the pillars are unevenly spaced and not thick enough. Can anyone recommend ...

The Niagara Falls School Board has given contractors the go-ahead to add extra steel support beams to the community wing of the new Niagara Street School. The reinforcements will ensure that the beams ...

Government’s dream of providing housing for all may become reality sooner than later following research work by some researchers in the Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Steel plates arrived this week to shore up the cracked beams holding up the Salesforce Transit Center, but there’s still no estimate for when the beleaguered building will reopen to ...

The Champlain Bridge should be secure enough to last until the new one opens, now that crews have installed the last of the trusses meant to reinforce the bridge. This story begins in 2013, after ...