Concrete is the most important construction material on earth and foundation of our modern society. At first glance it seems rudimentary, but there is a tremendous amount of complexity involved in ...

What Is the Recipe for Concrete? Most people say “cement” and “concrete” interchangeably. But they’re not the same thing.

An approximately 2,000-year-old technology, concrete is used as a structural component in commercial/ residential buildings, pavements, and driving surfaces of bridges and roads. From earlier use ...

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 something ...

Concrete is an incredibly useful and versatile building material on which not only today’s societies, but also the ancient Roman Empire was built. To this day Roman concrete structures can be ...

But concrete construction is not for the unskilled. Those who work with concrete need to know what concrete is made of, how it behaves and how to safely place and finish it to produce quality ...

A total of 231 schools in England were confirmed to have Raac, or reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete, in the most recent government list issued last month. Due to this, many of these schools ...

So, the question is can we make materials like cement and concrete in a more environmentally friendly manner? Would that help the construction move to net zero? Iva Munro, senior manager at the ...

But, what are you going to create new homes from? Cement or concrete come to mind, made from whatever's available on or just below the surface. The authors of the study published in Acta ...