Large shell structures made of concrete or stone are hardly ever built any more. The reason is that their construction requires large, expensive supporting structures. A completely new construction ...

Discover the future of building with this deep dive into innovative construction methods designed to make projects faster, ...

Concrete Concrete Equipment & Products Wide Bay Superflat VNA Concrete Floors Ultimately, it's up to the facility owner to determine how their Defined Traffic or F-min concrete slabs will be ...

Lift-slab is similar in some respects – the top floors go up first – but it's a completely different method of design and construction, relying on a number of concrete columns placed between the ...

A transfer slab is simply a thick reinforced concrete floor slab where a column sits on top of a slab but does not have a column immediately below. In other words, it bridges between supporting ...

Rate of placement and screeding method are baseline decisions that must be made prior to start of placement. Placing/finishing concrete is time sensitive and susceptible to environmental conditions.

Concrete is one of the most widely used construction materials, but its production is a significant source of carbon emissions due to the energy-intensive process of cement manufacturing. As the ...

Charleston city officials appear on the cusp of banning "slab-on grade" construction, a building method that some view as egregious and which puts homes at greater flood risk. The fact that such a ...