Concrete is the unsung hero of residential construction. From driveways and sidewalks to patios and, most importantly, ...

As infrastructure ages, one question shapes the future of cities: How do we know the materials we build with will last?

When bridges, dam walls and other structures made of concrete are streaked with dark cracks after a few decades, the culprit is AAR: the alkali-aggregate reaction. AAR damages concrete structures all ...

As architecture continues to shift towards environmental sustainability, the demand for low-carbon materials is increasing exponentially in the construction industry – and the concrete sector is no ...

In addition to creating something cheaper than conventional structures that is faster to build, the goal is to test the reliability, robustness, accuracy, and longevity of the sensors themselves and ...

Forget scarves and mittens. Soon, we might be able to knit entire buildings. A team from the Swiss university ETH Zurich has developed a technique that allows them to knit textiles that can then form ...

Lithium waste concrete is still more thought experiment than construction material, but the idea captures a real tension: the ...

To structural engineers, it’s no mystery why the earthquake in Mexico this week turned a school into a death trap: The building was made of brittle concrete. Such buildings don’t have enough steel ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- A portion of the ruins at Fort Funston in San Francisco slid down a rain-soaked bluff onto the beach below, authorities said Monday. A concrete structure, which had been jutting out ...