Steel reinforcing bars and welded ... reinforcement may not be properly located in the slab. Support reinforcement with chairs or precast-concrete bar supports. Chairs should have sand or base ...

The image at the left shows the steel door frame clamped in position. Check out the finished version on the right after the shelter has been slid into place and bolted to the concrete slab.

lightweight concrete: Normal weight concrete is used for slabs-on-ground ... Other designers use reinforcing bars above the beams, macro-synthetic or steel fibers, or both, to control crack ...

Innovative steel fiber-reinforced polymer composite bars integrate fiber optic sensing, enabling real-time health monitoring ...

This tight deadline dictated that I had to set the patio stones on sand instead of mortaring them to a steel-reinforced ...

A newly published study in Engineering reveals a novel approach to the performance assessment of reinforced concrete (RC) ...

The concrete is poured onto the ground all at one time. Some foundations have post-tension cables or are reinforced with ...

Around the late 1800s, someone thought to fortify spans of concrete with steel reinforcing bars ... Rebar also allows for thinner slabs and other members. Rebar or mesh-enforced concrete is ...

Studio Kaai 7 transformed a dentist's office into a home through a renovation and extension project that scrupulously (and ...

Dr. Phil Pannell: Well back in the 1850s [NOISE] a plasterer from Newcastle called Mr. Wilkinson and he was making concrete floor slabs [NOISE ... so he invented reinforced concrete.