In a world where concrete is as ubiquitous as air, its environmental toll is impossible to ignore. The production of cement, ...

Concrete's strength and structural integrity come not only in its material properties, but also from how it's molded during construction. An architecture student has devised a clever way to build ...

Freshly placed concrete in wall and column forms behaves like a liquid producing hydrostatic pressure that acts laterally on the vertical faces of the formwork. However, due to concrete stiffening ...

Contractors need to know how to correctly evaluate the in-place strength of concrete so they can determine to proper time to remove formwork, backfill or open up a pavement to traffic. Concrete ...

Vaulted floors need a formwork system—molds that give the poured concrete its delicate structure. However, these molds can be bulky and are often made from petroleum-based materials like Styrofoam.

Sal Dan General Contractors Inc. was the winner at the 20th annual ICF (Insulated Concrete Formwork) builder's award ceremony ...