New platform lets metal building dealers quote concrete slabs instantly and connect customers with vetted local contractors in all 50 states. AUSTIN, TX, UNITED ...

Engineered as an alternative to traditional building core construction methods, such as cast-in-place concrete, precast concrete, and masonry, this patented, steel-and-concrete hybrid system can ...

Architectural concrete as we know it today was invented in the 19th century. It reached new heights in the U.S. after World War II when mid-century modernism was in vogue, following in the footsteps ...

The steel skeletons in our reinforced concrete buildings share a fatal flaw: corrosion. As water seeps in through microcracks in the concrete, the hidden metal swells, gradually eating bridges and ...

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 ...

Although it may seem counter-intuitive, it would be better if we built buildings from wood than from concrete, brick, aluminium and steel. We use millions of tonnes of these modern materials every ...