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Missouri S&T researcher to test low-cost method of strengthening concrete with nanoparticles

September 28, 2018

A Missouri University of Science and Technology researcher is working on a safer, simpler and potentially more affordable method of combining nanoparticles with concrete. Dr. Hongyan Ma, Missouri S&T assistant professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering, compares the technique to blowing bubbles into limewater.... Read More...

Structures + Buildings

ACI Foundation accepting fellowship and scholarship applications

July 18, 2018

The ACI Foundation announced that applications are now being accepted from graduate and undergraduate students for its twenty 2019-2020 fellowships and scholarships. ... Read More...

Continuing Education

CS Hub at MIT announces concrete freeze-thaw webinar

June 27, 2018

The CSHub at MIT is hosting a webinar to discuss the role of air entrainment in improving freeze-thaw performance of concrete. The one-hour webinar will be held on Thursday, July 19, at 11 a.m. Eastern.... Read More...

Continuing Education

ACI increases investment in ACI Foundation research initiatives

May 21, 2018

The American Concrete Institute (ACI) provided the ACI Foundation with an additional one-time contribution of $360,000. ... Read More...

Continuing EducationStructures + BuildingsTransportation

CB Structures: Tunnel form construction accelerates building, reduces costs

April 26, 2018

CB Structures, a division of Current Builders, is presently using tunnel form on 40-percent of its projects and predicts an increase due to the state's decreasing labor pool and the critical need for more rental properties in South Florida.... Read More...

SouthStructures + Buildings

Using fungi to fix bridges

March 27, 2018

Binghamton University researchers have been working on a self-healing concrete that uses a specific type of fungi as a healing agent. ... Read More...

Structures + Buildings

Three-alarm fire destroys wood-framed apartment building under construction

March 12, 2018

More than 100 firefighters from the Denver Fire Department responded to a blaze at an apartment construction site a mile from the Colorado State Capitol building, raising questions, yet again, according to the Build with Strength coalition, about the use of combustible materials in mid-rise residential housing projects.... Read More...

Structures + BuildingsWest

Purdue researchers to use concrete infused with wood nanocrystals in California bridge

February 26, 2018

Purdue University researchers studying whether concrete is made stronger by infusing it with microscopic-sized nanocrystals from wood are moving from the laboratory to the real world with a bridge that will be built in California this spring.... Read More...

Structures + BuildingsTransportationWest

Report: Christchurch shifts from concrete to steel in post-earthquake rebuild

January 9, 2018

A University at Buffalo engineering professor co-authored a report with potential significant impacts on how modern cities may be reconstructed following earthquakes. “Reconstructing Christchurch: A Seismic Shift in Building Structural System” is a 170-page report that details the reconstruction of Christchurch, the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, following the 2010-11 earthquake series that shut down the city’s central business district for years.... Read More...

Structures + Buildings

Transportation

MnDOT releases updated 10-year Capital Highway Investment Plan

Transoft Solutions and Plexscape announce partnership

ASCE announces 2019 OCEA finalists and OPAL winners

Project Delivery

ASCE announces 2019 OCEA finalists and OPAL winners

USDOT announces final rule to accelerate project delivery

Beneath Platte Fifteen

UAV

Trimble unifies Business Center software for survey and civil construction

Trimble introduces satellite-based RTX corrections to Kestrel seismogeodetic system

Maintaining a smooth flow

Continuing Education

IECA Region One welcomes new executive director

Steel design resources

Navy scientists engage classrooms to stimulate STEM interest

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Beneath Platte Fifteen

Revitalizing downtown Raleigh, one building at a time

Restoring connectivity

concrete

Missouri S&T researcher to test low-cost method of strengthening concrete with nanoparticles

ACI Foundation accepting fellowship and scholarship applications

CS Hub at MIT announces concrete freeze-thaw webinar

ACI increases investment in ACI Foundation research initiatives

CB Structures: Tunnel form construction accelerates building, reduces costs

Using fungi to fix bridges

Three-alarm fire destroys wood-framed apartment building under construction

Purdue researchers to use concrete infused with wood nanocrystals in California bridge

Report: Christchurch shifts from concrete to steel in post-earthquake rebuild