Concrete is no longer just a niche material in residential construction. As natural disasters become more frequent and severe, the shortcomings of traditional wood-framed homes are being laid bare.

Hear that? Pencils are sharpening. Teachers are decorating classrooms. Back to school is underway. With the attention to these facilities, take a moment to acknowledge the thought that went into the ...

As a replacement for conventional steel reinforcing, carbon fibre grid can dramatically improve many aspects of concrete performance. It had been used primarily in concrete for rehabilitation ...

The construction sequence of a typical gable wall: a row of 3m-high precast concrete insulated sandwich panels was installed by crane. (At ground oor level the loadbearing inner leaf of each panel ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. It’s no wonder demand for precast is rising, especially ...

Forget what they say about best laid plans, the best laid plans are exactly that: the best, particularly when it comes to erecting a data center. From a germ of an idea, you need to be able to design ...