1. Select the right formwork. Formwork, the temporary or permanent molds used to hold wet concrete until it sets, is a crucial element in concrete construction. The selection of formwork greatly ...

Forming concrete is one of the most important steps of any concrete construction project. Whether you’re building countertops or commercial sidewalks, there’s a great chance you’ll have to cut some ...

MADISON, Wis. — Habitat for Humanity of Dane County and several partner organizations gathered in Madison Thursday to showcase their work building an affordable house out of insulated concrete forms.

Progressive builders and developers of homes and commercial buildings have been championing the use of insulated concrete forms (ICFs) for the past several years as a replacement for wood framing due ...

LEIGHTON BUZZARD, England — Just after sunrise, a concrete plant in a muddy industrial zone north of London stirs to life. Workers in orange suits and hard hats watch through a protective window as a ...

My parents wanted a bench to go with the concrete fire pit I made for them. I decided to reuse the wooden forms from that project to make a bench. The bench consists of 2 blocks of concrete made from ...

In 2014, hundreds of Angelenos gathered downtown to watch more than 2,000 trucks pour concrete into a vast hole. During that event, Los Angeles set a world record: 80 million pounds of concrete were ...

Researchers at USask have discovered that incorporating biochar into cement produces concrete that is both stronger and more environmentally sustainable. In Canada, it often feels as though the year ...

‘That’s very, very appealing for the entire industry, because everybody is targeting these kind of lead times. Nobody is able to achieve them. The fastest in the (United) States takes nine months, 12 ...

Scientists continue to make promising inroads around more durable forms of concrete, and engineers at Melbourne's RMIT University have been operating at the cutting edge of this research for some time ...

I used rammed earth to form a concrete lounge chair. I packed the earth into a melanin box. I covered the dirt with linoleum and then made DIY white concrete by mixing white Portland cement with ...