In 2011, Pennsylvania’s Atlantic Concrete Products announced plans to close its Sarasota precast concrete business, which had been operating out of a 7-acre property on Myrtle Street since it opened ...

The precast and prefabricated elements made of concrete (such as slabs, pillars, beams and walls) are part of the constructive process known as modular construction. A construction methodology carried ...

Researchers from Drexel University’s College of Engineering are looking to nature for solutions to one of the Department of Defense’s (DoD) ongoing challenges: fortifying aging concrete structures.

In hopes of producing concrete structures that can repair their cracks, researchers from Drexel University’s College of Engineering are putting a new twist on an old trick for improving the durability ...

As architecture continues to shift towards environmental sustainability, the demand for low-carbon materials is increasing exponentially in the construction industry – and the concrete sector is no ...

Each time Mija Hubler drives through Denver, she notices bridges patched with concrete and thinks about how these structures might fail. Hubler, an associate professor in CU Boulder’s Department of ...

Large concrete structures need to be regularly tested for defects that may compromise their stability. While acoustic tests performed by certified inspectors are usually the inspection method of ...

The Pantheon's dome, the largest unreinforced concrete dome in the world, is still standing despite being nearly 2,000 years old. Stephen Knowles Photography via Getty Images Ancient Roman ...

"A great deal of the concrete we use today has the function to act as a protective layer to prevent the steel reinforcement from corroding. If we can use textile reinforcement instead, we can reduce ...