In this video, learn how to create a large concrete slab from start to finish. CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Clearing the Area 01:30 - Surveying the Site 02:28 - Building the Frame 06:13 - Trench Filling Techniqu ...

Fun facts: 43,000 cubic yards of concrete needed (18,300 so far), equivalent of volume of 1,453 lap pools measuring 4 feet deep, 10 feet wide and 20 feet long; $5.2 million worth of steel used so far, ...

If structural engineers have their way, building codes will take a leap forward in the next couple of years to allow the use of higher-strength 80-ksi reinforcing steel in concrete shear walls in high ...

When building a house, two main types of foundations are used: slab-on-grade or below-grade foundations with a basement slab. Climate, including high water tables, frost lines, harsh winters, and ...

The Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) rebar industry is about thirty years old. The industry started by molding aramid and carbon fibers with various thermoset resins, and then expanded to glass fibers ...

Since the first generation of Conquest 100 GPR was unveiled in 2001, Conquest100 has been helping contractors locate embedded objects in concrete. Since the first generation of Conquest 100 GPR was ...

Gustavo J. Parra-Montesinos is coming to the rescue of concrete-frame designers and contractors in earthquake country, long bedeviled by rebar-congested coupling beams that span openings in seismic ...