A controlled study in Ghana found ACI 211.1 concrete outperformed BS EN 206 mixes in strength and durability but cost about 3 ...
In 2014, hundreds of Angelenos gathered downtown to watch more than 2,000 trucks pour concrete into a vast hole. During that event, Los Angeles set a world record: 80 million pounds of concrete were ...
Picture the Pantheon in Rome. Considering that it was built in CE 128, it has held together remarkably well under the footsteps of hundreds of millions of visitors over the centuries. If the ancient ...
The Global Cement and Concrete Association has set international definitions for low-carbon concrete and cement, which were launched at the COP29 climate conference. Announced at the COP29 summit in ...
Concrete and steel production are major sources of CO2 emissions, but a new solution from Cambridge could recycle both at the same time. Throwing old concrete into steel-processing furnaces not only ...
“People just don’t realize we’re still in the Stone Age. Or that humans will always live in the Stone Age.” —Donald Mikulic, retired senior paleontologist, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign I ...
Concrete is the foundation of just about everything. It's used to construct buildings, highways, bridges, roads and more. During the Covid-19 pandemic, concrete fell victim to the same phenomena ...
Concrete has been called "the most destructive material on Earth" by The Guardian thanks to the huge negative impact it has on our planet. To make concrete, minerals need to be crushed and cooked in a ...