How could these innovations be used on larger buildings? Suitable for long-span structures, stone beams supported by stone columns could be used to replace concrete or steel primary beams with ...

A completely new way of building concrete structures has been developed: Scientists at the Vienna University of Technology bend concrete with an air cushion, making complicated timber structures ...

Concrete structures such as bridges or large halls have to withstand a lot: Ever heavier trucks thunder across the streets, factory buildings have to carry the weight of huge machines. The floors ...

Graphene has proved itself as a great concrete additive through research and experimentation conducted by various teams of researchers.

Scientists have developed an environment friendly version of building concrete called green-mix concrete. Complementing the Government of Malaysia's efforts to encourage the use of environmentally ...

Casting concrete is one of the strongest, cheapest ways to erect a structure. But creating complex concrete structures presents new challenges.

The more timber structures we build, the more carbon we keep sequestered—plus skipping the steel and concrete manufacturing keeps even more carbon out of the atmosphere.

“Parking garages serve all building sectors. As such, the sectors that are in demand at any given time will also require ...

Nevertheless, concrete structures like the Miami condo may look sturdy, but they have been known to fail. There was the 2018 collapse of part of a bridge in Genoa, Italy, which killed 43 people ...