As part of addressing this problem, a team at TU Dresden in Germany have completed what is believed to be the world’s first building made with carbon-reinforced concrete, in which the steel ...

The earthquake disaster in Myanmar and Thailand has renewed scrutiny across the region — especially in the Philippines, where ...

After they’re unbolted, the rods stay tensioned ... the tendons are inside of sleeves made of plastic or galvanized steel, and the concrete is cast with the sleeves on. After the concrete ...

Threaded double-galvanized steel rods—up to 12 meters long with a diameter ... At each anchor point, the team used a series of precast concrete modules that each held four Spinnanker anchors.

This was later combined with steel rods or mesh, known as rebar, to create reinforced concrete, the basis for skyscrapers such as the Empire State Building. Rivers of cement were poured after the ...

Twisted steel rods wind through crumbling concrete like tree roots at the destroyed State Audit Office in Bangkok. Up to 80 ...

"The council carried out a temporary tarmac reinstatement on Wednesday 19 February and plans to return on Monday 24 February to undertake a full concrete reinstatement. This will be a planned ...

Most rods on our list are telescoping ... There are also plenty of aesthetic options, from a minimalist steel bar to antique iron with arrowhead finials. As an obsessive home DIYer (I’ve ...