The ACI Collection provides a comprehensive source of information on concrete design, construction, materials, and repair, with nearly 50 codes and specifications and more than 200 practices – ...

New research introduces metamaterial concrete for the development of smart civil infrastructure systems. Researchers present a new concept for lightweight and mechanically-tunable concrete systems ...

The American Concrete Institute (ACI) has released ACI 562-19 Code Requirements for Assessment, Repair, and Rehabilitation of Existing Concrete Structures and Commentary. The code was written to be ...

Question: We are placing a foundation wall for a residential project using our standard forming system set for 7 5/8 in. wall thickness. The Wisconsin state code (Uniform Dwelling Code) states that a ...

The American Concrete Institute has released 2020 ACI Collection of Concrete Codes, Specifications, and Practices. Additional categories include concrete materials, properties, design, construction, ...

The American Concrete Institute has released the 2018 ACI Collection of Concrete Codes, Specifications, and Practices. Formerly known as the Manual of Concrete Practice, the ACI Collection is the most ...

King found his footing in green building materials, including high-volume fly-ash concrete, by working on the 5,000-sq-ft Real Goods Solar Living Center in the early 1990s. Much like the mouse that ...

It’s something most of us take for granted. We enter our home, workplace and countless other buildings made of concrete and steel, feeling confident they won’t come crashing down upon us. Tess Ahlborn ...

The good news for Chileans is that less than 1% of the 10,000 buildings three stories or taller, constructed since Chile’s 1985 earthquake, will have to be demolished as a consequence of the magnitude ...

Hanson Australia has found a way to convert over 50,000 recipes for concrete into code that can calculate the bill of materials for a truck delivery in under one second. The concrete giant completed ...

Concrete is the most used material in the construction industry and dates to the Roman Empire. Engineers at the University of Pittsburgh are now reimagining its design for the 21st century. New ...