Reinforcing steel and ribbed reinforcement bars (rebars) are essential to civil engineering, forming a category of key structural materials which, in the case of concrete-reinforcing steel, are ...

EVERETT – Everett Public Utilities employee Paul Crane was so excited about a new type of environmentally friendly concrete that he bought some and tested it in his backyard. The results impressed him ...

How long it takes to construct a building depends in large part on when the concrete of each floor is strong enough to take on loads. Purdue University engineers have developed sensors that could ...