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, easier, and more sustainable. Explore advanced modular systems like the BCORE ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...