New research introduces metamaterial concrete for the development of smart civil infrastructure systems. Researchers present a new concept for lightweight and mechanically-tunable concrete systems ...

The American Concrete Institute (ACI) today announced a new release of its ACI CODE-318-25: Building Code for Structural Concrete – Code Requirements and Commentary. According to ACI: This updated ...

The good news for Chileans is that less than 1% of the 10,000 buildings three stories or taller, constructed since Chile’s 1985 earthquake, will have to be demolished as a consequence of the magnitude ...

“This code represents a significant step for the post-tensioning industry, providing code requirements specifically focused on post-tensioned structural concrete, while still using the familiar format ...

The American Concrete Institute has released ACI CODE-323: Low-Carbon Concrete—Code Requirements and Commentary (Code). The code provides provisions for concrete where reduced global warming potential ...

Few people would get excited about leading a much-needed overhaul of a 500-page building code, even if it is the global bible of concrete design. But Randall W. Poston did. "I'm very passionate" about ...

Lichen is an understated presence in our everyday world, often found clinging to trees and rocks. Its true beauty lies in its unique symbiotic system of fungi and algae, or cyanobacteria, that form a ...

Imagine concrete healing its own cracks like human skin recovering from a cut. That’s the vision behind the latest research of Dr. Congrui Grace Jin, published in Materials Today Communications.

An engineer today admitted that he had not followed certain codes in the design and construction of Menara Umno and said he had his own reasons for deviating, the Commission of Inquiry (CI) into the ...