Fort Smith road crews are working to clear snow and ice from city streets, but refreezing remains a concern as temperatures ...

Coffee grounds: Grab your used coffee grounds on the way out the door and sprinkle them over the ice. The heat from the once-boiling water that went through the grounds will melt the ice, and the tiny ...

Get creative with DIY stepping stones that make use of of sea glass, leaves, marbles, bricks, handprints, pebbles, even egg ...

In “The History of Concrete,” Wilson explores how hard it is just to get a documentary funded about the making of concrete, especially when the budget balloons with trips around the world.

Quake Brutalist Jam began as a celebration of old-fashioned shooter level design, but its latest version is one step away from being a game in its own right ...

This paper presents the feasibility of utilizing Wind Turbine Blade (WTB) wastes as an alternative for the natural aggregate in cement concrete. Three types of experimental investigations were ...

A construction site dating back nearly 2,000 years to the putative demise of Pompeii in 79 CE has revealed new evidence for the secret behind Ancient Rome's ultra-durable concrete. Last year, from ...

Ancient Romans built arched bridges, waterproof port infrastructure and aqueducts that enabled the rise of their empire and that are still standing—and often still used. They did so with a type of ...

Mouna Reda receives funding from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Samir Chidiac receives funding from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. McMaster ...

A new IoT-ANN framework provides civil engineers with a real-time, non-destructive method for monitoring concrete strength, reducing waste, accelerating timelines, and building smarter from the outset ...

The amount of concrete needs for a typical home can vary significantly depending on several factors, including scope and climate. The water-to-cement ratio of the concrete mix is critical: too much ...

Growing up in Italy, Vito Francioso was surrounded by the enduring power of the built world. “Cement is the foundation of our civilization,” he says, pointing to the Roman aqueducts and amphitheaters ...