Road salt, used in copious helpings each winter to protect them from ice and preserve safe driving conditions, is slowly degrading the concrete they’re made of. Engineers have known for some time that ...

On any given day, Central Concrete, in San Jose, California, does what concrete companies have been doing for centuries: combining sand, gravel, water and cement to create the slurry that is used in ...

Discovered thousands of years ago, hydrated lime is perhaps one of the most amazing multipurpose building products ever put into widespread use. A modern analogue to this revolutionary building ...

Andreas Tselebidis, who has developed concrete mixes for more than 15 supertowers, says his assignment to design the mix for the world's first extra-high-strength architectural concrete supertower—the ...

Engineers have known for some time that calcium chloride salt, commonly used as deicer, reacts with the calcium hydroxide in concrete to form a chemical byproduct that causes roadways to crumble. A ...