While traditional reinforced concrete involves embedding a framework of steel bars inside a concrete structural element, recent years have brought further advancement. To enhance concrete’s ...

The Modern Concrete Skyscraper’ highlights key buildings such as Chicago’s Marina Towers, the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur ...

Interviewer: Right, so he invented reinforced concrete. Dr. Phil Pannell: He did back in 1853 yes. Interviewer: What a dude. Dr. Phil Pannell: Absolutely, he laid the foundations for modern urban ...

For a really robust material, you have to start mixing and matching. Reinforced concrete is a perfect example. Concrete is great at putting up with stress in the form of compression. It can take a ...

The tower stands tall over Mulegns, Switzerland - a small mountain village home to 11 people.

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 ...

To investigate its practical application in residential settings, the scientists poured two crumb rubber-reinforced concrete slabs at the University of South Australia campus in 2018, along with ...

Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) is a lightweight form of concrete that was used in schools, colleges and other building construction from the 1950s until the mid-1990s, according to ...

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 ...