When the National Bank of Kuwait first conceived its new headquarters more than a decade ago, it wanted to make a statement about passive design with a soaring tower that could withstand the extreme ...

The American Concrete Institute has released the new ACI Reinforced Concrete Design Handbook as a three-volume handbook providing guidance to professionals engaged in the design of reinforced ...

The latest trend is in-ground safe rooms built right next to the home, with reinforced concrete walls and heavy steel doors. According to FEMA, an approved safe room can withstand winds up to 250 mph.

The University of Michigan’s DART Laboratory has unveiled a new product called Shell Wall—which the organization describes as the first lightweight, freeform 3D printed and structurally reinforced ...

Fiber concrete reinforcement can be a cost-effective, durable and even sustainable alternative to conventional steel like rebar and wire mesh. Can synthetic fibers compete “head-to-head” with ...

Composites-reinforced concrete for sustainable data center construction Metromont’s C-GRID-reinforced insulated precast concrete’s high strength, durability, light weight and ease of installation ...

Reinforced concrete is the miracle material which made possible so many of the twentieth century’s most iconic structures, but here in this century its environmental footprint makes it someth… ...

The new wall utilizes a different design,” said Steve Schaprio, an NJDOT spokesman. “It will be a cast-in-place, reinforced concrete wall with Steel H-pile and drilled shaft deep foundations ...