The Concrete Society is a UK based non-profit company that was founded in 1966 in response to the increasing need for a single organisation embracing...

Concrete is a composite material composed of aggregate bonded together with a fluid cement that cures to a solid over time. Concrete is the second-most-used...

Reinforced concrete, also called ferroconcrete, is a composite material in which concrete's relatively low tensile strength and ductility are compensated...

Autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) is a lightweight, precast, cellular concrete building material, eco-friendly, suitable for producing concrete-like blocks....

(student newspaper), at the University of East Anglia in Norwich Concrete Magazine, a publication of The Concrete Society Concrete, Colorado, an unincorporated...

The concrete slump test measures the consistency of fresh concrete before it sets. It is performed to check the workability of freshly made concrete, and...

the application of physical and scientific principles for solving the problems of society, and its history is intricately linked to advances in the understanding...

A concretion is a hard, compact mass formed by the precipitation of mineral cement within the spaces between particles, and is found in sedimentary rock...

Roman concrete, also called opus caementicium, was used in construction in ancient Rome. Like its modern equivalent, Roman concrete was based on a hydraulic-setting...

than the most recently poured concrete can set and support the combined weight of the concrete, forms, and machinery, and the pressure of concrete consolidation...

1999 "Concrete Jungle", by Bad Omens from The Death of Peace of Mind, 2022 "Concrete Jungle", by Black Label Society from Shot to Hell, 2006 "Concrete Jungle"...

Concrete Utopia (Korean: 콘크리트 유토피아) is a 2023 South Korean disaster-thriller film directed by Um Tae-hwa, who wrote the screenplay with Lee Shin-ji, based...

concrete based on plant fibre is mainly governed by the amount of the fibre constituting the material. Several studies have shown that increasing the...

finishers place the concrete either directly from the concrete wagon chute, concrete pump, concrete skip or wheelbarrow. They spread the concrete using shovels...

Concrete degradation may have many different causes. Concrete is mostly damaged by the corrosion of reinforcement bars due to the carbonatation of hardened...

engineer only really took shape with the Industrial Revolution and the re-invention of concrete (see History of Concrete). The physical sciences underlying structural...

the Certificate of Outstanding Performance (Mature Structures Category) of the Concrete Society. A bust of Arup, cast in resin, was installed on the side...

Prestressed concrete is a form of concrete used in construction. It is substantially "prestressed" (compressed) during production, in a manner that strengthens...

for structural engineers, the Institution of Structural Engineers. Founded as the Concrete Institute in 1908, it was renamed the Institution of Structural...

ground support as necessary, and the tunnel is constructed in it. The tunnel may be of in situ concrete, precast concrete, precast arches, or corrugated...

Concrete ships are built primarily with ferrocement (reinforced concrete) hulls, reinforced with steel bars. This contrasts against more traditional materials...

into which concrete or similar materials are either precast or cast-in-place. In the context of concrete construction, the falsework supports the shuttering...

and concrete. The use of shears is especially common when flame cutting would be dangerous. The tallest planned demolition of a building was the 52-storey...

formulations and experimental data in the literature about the effective stress validity in soil, concrete, and rock in order to reject some of these expressions...

The environmental impact of concrete, its manufacture, and its applications, are complex, driven in part by direct impacts of construction and infrastructure...

from the more progressive corners of society. — Gregor Stronach The fashion for keeping a concrete Aboriginal in the garden was satirised in the Australian...

textures. The practice of stamping concrete for various purposes began with the ancient Romans. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, concrete was sometimes...

materials during the construction of buildings, ships, timber bridges, concrete formwork, etc. Carpenters traditionally worked with natural wood and did...

concrete and masonry structures to strengthen and hold the concrete in tension. The surface of rebar is often patterned to improve the quality of the...

electrician waiting to enter the apprenticeship). Mason, a tradesperson skilled variously in brick and blocklaying, concrete finishing (the placement, finishing...