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How to make a concrete table

In this video, learn how to build a round concrete "river" coffee table using conventional Quikrete concrete, rebar, and a ...
For Construction Pros

Tips & Strategies for Working with GFRP Composites in Construction

According to a May 2022 market report, the global fiber-reinforced polymer rebar market size reached $171.3 million in 2020. North America accounts for the largest share and this growth is expected to ...
For Construction Pros

Conquest 100 – Going Beyond Rebar Locating

Since the first generation of Conquest 100 GPR was unveiled in 2001, Conquest100 has been helping contractors locate embedded objects in concrete. Since the first generation of Conquest 100 GPR was ...
Engineering News-Record

Healthy Doses of Steel Fiber 'Clear' Rebar Congestion in Concrete Coupling Beams

Gustavo J. Parra-Montesinos is coming to the rescue of concrete-frame designers and contractors in earthquake country, long bedeviled by rebar-congested coupling beams that span openings in seismic ...
New Atlas

Polymer rebar may find use in much more durable concrete structures

While many of us might think that concrete structures such as bridges simply stand unaided for decades at a time, the fact is that they require maintenance as often as once every five years. An ...
Chico Enterprise-Record

Oroville Dam: Bigger walls, thicker concrete, more rebar: How a 21st-century spillway compares to Oroville’s 1968 structure

Oroville >> In the nearly 50 years since the Oroville Dam was completed, construction methods have changed. Chico State University construction management professor Chris Souder consulted on the ...