A pro shows you how to build strong concrete forms, place a solid slab and trowel a smooth finish ...

The discovery of a 2,000-year-old building site in Pompeii reveals the raw ingredients for ancient Roman self-healing ...

Roman concrete is pretty amazing stuff. It's among the main reasons we know so much about Roman architecture today. So many ...

Forming concrete is one of the most important steps of any concrete construction project. Whether you’re building countertops or commercial sidewalks, there’s a great chance you’ll have to cut some ...

When most people think of concrete, they bring up images of sidewalks and driveways, roads, and buildings. Not the most glamorous of objects in our everyday lives, but they don’t really show off the ...

From residential homes and skyscrapers to art sculptures and footpaths, concrete is everywhere you look and it's difficult to imagine the modern world without it. As the most widely-used human-made ...

Although we've been hearing about various stronger forms of concrete, one of the keys to making concrete last longer is to keep water from seeping into it in the first place. A new surface sealant ...

A photobioreactor, which looks like a large vat of blue liquid with pink light shining, at Prometheus Materials. Stimulated by light, microbes in this bioreactor multiply and react carbon dioxide with ...

‘That’s very, very appealing for the entire industry, because everybody is targeting these kind of lead times. Nobody is able to achieve them. The fastest in the (United) States takes nine months, 12 ...

Insulating concrete forms have a long history of success in low-rise buildings, but now Building Teams are specifying ICFs for mid- and high-rise structures—more than 100 feet. ICF walls can be used ...