What is a slab-on-grade foundation?
A slab-on-grade foundation is a concrete pad poured directly on the ground to support a house, offering a durable and ...
USA Today7d
Pier and beam foundation guide
Pier and beam foundations can include a concrete block wall around the perimeter to seal the area under the home, as in the ...
Architectural Record13d
Lake | Flato’s Mass-Timber Project at Trinity University Builds on the Legacy of Texas Modernism
The new Business and Humanities District honors O’Neil Ford’s campus design while incorporating advanced materials and systems.
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ACI 323 Releases Code for Low-Carbon Concrete
The ACI CODE-323-24 employs a carbon budget approach and emphasizes the use of EPDs for benchmarking, aiming to standardize ...
ScienceAlert20d
We Finally Know Why Ancient Roman Concrete Was Able to Last Thousands of Years
And those still functional marvels rely on a unique construction material: pozzolanic concrete, a spectacularly durable concrete that gave Roman structures their incredible strength. Even today, one ...
The Straits Times25d
Boy, 7, crushed to death by falling concrete slab in Melaka
MELAKA – A seven-year-old boy has died after being hit on Oct 22 by heavy debris from a decorative concrete slab that fell off a three-storey building at Komplex Al-Azim in Bukit Baru ...
The Star25d
Seven-year-old boy killed by falling concrete slab in Melaka
MELAKA: A seven-year-old boy has lost his life getting hit by heavy debris from a concrete decorative slab that fell off a three-storey building at Komplex Al-Azim in Bukit Baru here. The victim's ...