Reinforcing steel and ribbed reinforcement bars (rebars) are essential to civil engineering, forming a category of key structural materials which, in the case of concrete-reinforcing steel, are ...

EVERETT – Everett Public Utilities employee Paul Crane was so excited about a new type of environmentally friendly concrete that he bought some and tested it in his backyard. The results impressed him ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- In recent years, garage floors throughout Central New York have collapsed suddenly, leaving homeowners perplexed, frustrated and, sometimes, in danger. Those collapses are always a ...

Researchers aim to gauge how buildings constructed with reinforced concrete withstand an earthquake by conducting a simulation test at a two-story building built in the 1920s in El Centro, Calif.

How long it takes to construct a building depends in large part on when the concrete of each floor is strong enough to take on loads. Purdue University engineers have developed sensors that could ...

View gallery - 4 images In a world first, the researchers who used waste coffee grounds to make concrete that’s 30% stronger are putting their innovative material to the test by laying sidewalks made ...