Concrete Takeoff Advice for Contractors and Estimators
In order to be profitable, you need to nail your takeoff when you estimate your next concrete job. You will either overestimate or...
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Deen Gabriel
Jan 13, 20232 min read
Graphene is Making Concrete Stronger and Greener
Graphene, the "wonder material" discovered at the University of Manchester in 2004, may hold the key to reducing the carbon footprint of...
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Deen Gabriel
Jan 9, 20232 min read
The Secret of Ancient Roman Concrete: Researchers Uncover Self-Healing Properties in Ultradurable Co
The ancient Romans were known for their advanced engineering skills, creating durable structures such as the Pantheon and aqueducts that...
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Deen Gabriel
Sep 20, 20223 min read
Houses could be built on Mars and the Moon using space cement
During a recent investigation aboard the International Space Station, astronauts made cement in microgravity for the first time, showing...
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Deen Gabriel
Sep 6, 20222 min read
Engineers create durable concrete from recycled tires
Engineers at the Royal Institute of Technology (RMIT) University have succeeded in replacing 100% of conventional aggregates in concrete...
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Deen Gabriel
Jun 28, 20221 min read
Egyptian students develop glow-in-the-dark concrete
Menna Soliman, an undergraduate student and one of the researchers at the university’s Department of Construction Engineering, says that...
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Deen Gabriel
Jun 21, 20222 min read
Upcycled bricks filter pollution from rainwater runoff
AquiPor Technologies paver bricks absorb runoff water and pollution from rainwater runoff. Started in 2015, the Spokane, Washington-based...
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Deen Gabriel
Mar 22, 20222 min read
Touch-sensitive concrete technology has the potential to revolutionize security.
Touch-sensitive concrete was invented by Andre Broekman, a Civil Engineering PhD candidate at the University of Pretoria, and might...
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Deen Gabriel
Feb 24, 20222 min read
CarbonCure is the concrete solution builders need
After Rob Niven received a Masters in Engineering and went to a United Nations summit on climate change, it got him thinking about ways...
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Deen Gabriel
Oct 18, 20212 min read
South African building industry in line for more State support
South Africa’s government is planning more measures to bolster its ailing building industry after banning the use of imported cement on...
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Deen Gabriel
Aug 10, 20213 min read
Carbon-capturing Celour paint allows anyone to "participate in CO2 removal in their daily lives"
Design graduate Kukbong Kim has developed a paint made from demolished concrete that is capable of absorbing 20 per cent of its weight in...
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Deen Gabriel
Aug 4, 20215 min read
Bacteria in Concrete and the Implications on its Degradation and Repair
University of Delaware researcher Julie Maresca and students in her lab are studying concrete and the life that stubbornly persists...
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Deen Gabriel
May 20, 20216 min read
The Concrete Alternatives Shaping the Future of Our Cities
Concrete is synonymous with civilization. It gave rise to the cities that have shaped our modern society. It will be evidence of our...
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