Concrete is everywhere, right? We walk on it, drive on it, build our houses on it. But producing the ubiquitous construction material makes up a significant portion of global greenhouse gases that are ...

After more than a year of laboratory research work, NRMCA (National Ready Mix Concrete Association) engineers have developed a mixture proportioning software program for pervious concrete.

SKOKIE, IL--Every industry has one outstanding reference book, and for concrete it is Design and Control of Concrete Mixtures. For more than 85 years, the publication has been the cement and concrete ...

Masoud Akbarzadeh (left), a professor of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, is working with students to design concrete structures that use as little concrete as possible while remaining ...

Is all concrete the same? There are many types of concrete mixtures available on the market, each designed to fulfill a specific need. It is important to identify which type of concrete will provide ...

It could solve a serious problem facing sewer pipes worldwide. When manufacturers produce cement for concrete, they can add a material called ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS) to their ...

The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association has completed a research project titled Optimizing Concrete Mixtures for Performance and Sustainability. The work leading to the report’s publication was ...

This study highlights how rubber powder and nano-silica improve concrete's freeze-thaw resistance, enhancing durability and sustainability in construction.

Scientists at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University have developed a new concrete mixture that is stronger than traditional recipes but also flexible, which helps it reduce skid resistance once ...

Instead of using more and more concrete and steel, a research team is focusing on intelligent shapes, digital manufacturing, ...

The project addresses the challenge that conventional design of concrete mixtures employs time-intensive, trial-and-error approaches that do not offer optimal ...

Ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) is rapidly emerging as a premier material for precast concrete construction. First introduced as “reactive powder concrete” in the early 1990s, this material has ...