Concrete homes are common worldwide but less familiar in the U.S., raising questions about their cost, construction, and long ...

Training and certification of concrete construction personnel, especially certification through the American Concrete Institute (ACI), is on the rise. Many local, state, national, and international ...

New research suggests the Romans used a method known as "hot mixing" to produce self-healing concrete, which allowed them to ...

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 ...

Hot weather concrete practices are generally governed by ACI 305 Hot Weather Concreting. This document is typically the basis for most specifications that directly address the allowable temperature of ...

Our first visit to the Caribbean island of Bonaire was back in May 2005. Our friends Scott and Sharon Barlass (full-time residents on Bonaire) invited us down to help stain the floors on their new ...

The only snag was that this didn’t match the recipe as described in historical texts. Now the same team is back with a fresh analysis of samples collected from a recently discovered site that confirms ...