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Geolam Now Distributes Wood-Plastic Composite Building Materials in the US

News - 5 Jan 2012

Geolam, a supplier of Geolam line of high-quality wood-plastic composite (WPC) products in the North American Region, has expanded its supply network into the US. The Geolam line comprises...

Why Install a Concrete Floor?

Article - 19 Dec 2022

The majority of concrete floors are flat slabs of material that are either pre-cast or poured on-site. This article discusses the advantages and disadvantages of installing concrete flooring.

BASF Styrodur Approved for Use Under Foundation Slabs

News - 9 Jan 2009

The German Institute for Construction Technology (Deutsches Institut für Bautechnik), Berlin has given its official approval to multiple layers of BASF's Styrodur® 3035 CS, Styrodur 4000 CS and...

New SilverSchmidt Concrete Test Hammer Launched

News - 18 Jan 2008

Addressing the industry need to create a concrete test hammer that can deliver accurate readings on virtually any concrete from any direction, on any surface without the need to compensate for impact...

New Engineering Technique Could Improve the Safety of Buildings and Bridges During Earthquakes

News - 18 Jan 2019

One of the strongest materials in the world is Pearlite or Pearlitic steel, which can be made into thin and long wires. Pearlite’s strength enables it to endure very heavy weight; however, its...

UTSA Professor Receives Grant to Support Research on High-Strength Rebars

News - 12 Sep 2016

Wassim Ghannoum, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), has received a $248,083 grant to support his top-tier research on the...

Sustainable School Building Made In America Using Bamboo

News - 2 Jun 2009

Bamboo Living, the global leader in sustainable bamboo building helped build the first American school building made of sustainable bamboo. The project will be featured June 5th on "Renovation...

Stronger, More Cost Effective, Environmentally Safe Concrete for the Freedom Tower From iCrete

News - 12 Sep 2008

One of the problems concrete contractors were faced with in a pour the magnitude of the Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center was controlling the heat generated in the core of the concrete, along...

Nanoindentation can Benefit Crystals in Concrete, Reveal Rice University Researchers

News - 20 Jul 2017

Researchers from Rice University have determined that no matter how small or large a tobermorite is, it will react to loading forces precisely in the same way. However, the strength of tobermorite...

Guidelines to Evaluate Residual Bond Strength in Multilayer Casting for Self-Consolidating Concrete Mixtures

News - 29 May 2017

Often, the placement of self-consolidating concrete (SCC) in mat foundation and huge wall elements demands the casting of concrete in multiple lifts that can result in lift line formation, which...