MIT scientists examined concrete samples from the archaeological site of Privernum, Italy (left) and mapped out the ingredients within (right). The red section is a calcium-rich lime clast. Courtesy ...

Update: Concrete Contractor reached out to Hyundai Engineering. They've informed us that the technology as described below is still under the manufacturing stage with a prototype. They expect the ...

Concrete created by two University of Nebraska professors can be heated to melt snow and ice without chemicals or mechanical clearing. Acceptance has been slow since it was developed and successfully ...

On one hand, with the retirement of coal-fired power plants the supply of fly ash has decreased. Fly ash is one of the most popular supplemental cementitious materials (SCM) in the industry, so it’s ...

Concrete may be one of the world's most familiar materials, yet much is still unknown about its inner microbial world. Researchers from Hiroshima University and Kyoto University found that once ...

The Concrete Canoe team at the University of Nevada, Reno has been hard at work casting their canoe and training in order to prepare for the annual Mid-Pacific Conference, the competition between 14 ...

While preparing a concrete mix for Drexel’s concrete canoe, a member of the Drexel Concrete Canoe Team was discussing his choice for an aggregate to mix into the concrete with Colleen Hyde, a BS ...

NEW ORLEANS — An anticipated 300 engineering students from 15 universities in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama have gathered in New Orleans this weekend for the 2024 American Society of Civil ...

Wayne State University senior civil engineering student Knicko Mojica laughs when asked what makes concrete a good substance for a floating vessel. “Honestly, it is really not good and that is part of ...