From the looks of the average driveway or sidewalk, it may seem as though concrete is just destined to crack. But if concrete is so prone to cracking, how are we able to use it in so many high-stress ...

This study addressed the need to increase the flexural capacity of deteriorated pre-stressed concrete box beams through an experimental campaign involving the design, application, and testing of a ...

After years of virtual classrooms and online courses, September 2022 marks the restart of the new normal. We find students returning to classrooms, pencils sharpened, and brand new foundations in ...

Under a misty overcast sky, 24-year-old Dennis Levan III slips his Peterbilt tractor into low gear and pulls out of Northeast Prestressed Products in Cressona, Schuylkill County. Levan, a ...

New self-stressed concrete designed by Swiss scientists uses anchorless carbon instead of steel. Concrete is the most used construction material in the world—by a lot. Using less vulnerable carbon ...

The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) announced the winners of the organization's 2021 Engineering Student Design Competition - known as the Big Beam Competition. The national competition, ...

Seven 155-tonne beams made by Banagher Precast Concrete, which came in at 49.9 metres long, were in recent weeks transported to Cork. Making them and delivering them has been a massive exercise in ...