Concrete; 10 Things to Know About Concrete Fiber-Reinforcement. Depending on if the project will allow, contractors might find fiber-reinforcement a cost-effective alternative to provide durability.

How To Reinforce Concrete Slab on Ground to Control Cracking - Steel reinforcing bars and welded wire reinforcement provide crack width control in nonstructural slabs-on-ground.

Study: Concrete with a High Content of End-of-Life Tire Materials for Flexural Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Structures.Image Credit: Bonita R. Cheshier/Shutterstock.com. Replacing Aggregates ...

Basanite Inc. (Pompano Beach, Fla., U.S.), a manufacturer of environmentally friendly, high-performance composite construction materials made from basalt fiber and basalt fiber-reinforced polymer, ...

Scientists at University of California, Berkeley have leveraged 3D printing to produce a polymer lattice structure that can act as the backbone for low-carbon concrete that also boasts great ...

Reinforcing lightweight foamed concrete (LFC) materials with plant fibers can make concrete a sustainable material. In an article recently published in the journal Materials, the researchers ...

A team of UC Berkeley researchers developed an innovative way to reinforce concrete using 3D-printed structures known as polymer lattices, drawing the attention of the world of concrete.