The concrete industry is having a bit of a reckoning. As the world’s most ubiquitous construction material, concrete contributes about 8% of global carbon dioxide emissions. About 30 billion tons of ...

Placing concrete is a complex process. One slight miscalculation on any of the numerous variables can spoil a whole batch. And unfortunately, mistakes aren’t always evident right away. While concrete ...

(BPT) - Have you ever seen a house with a beautiful lawn, lush landscaping, a tasteful and well-maintained exterior – and an ugly cracked concrete driveway? Why is it that even seasoned, proficient do ...

The Bethesda-to-New Carrollton Purple Line hit a milestone in February as crews broke down the last barrier between a short section of tunnel and the site of a future station in Silver Spring.

We often get questions from concrete contractors that relate to common and uncommon concerns. Here we discuss three such questions. FIGURE 1. For a design slab thickness of 5 inches, requiring 3-inch ...

SpaceX’s fixation on concrete is not a quirky engineering preference, it is a survival strategy for rockets, infrastructure and people operating at the edge of what launch pads have ever handled. The ...

The Silver Line extension to Dulles International Airport, which runs through Tysons Corner, is tentatively scheduled for a 2020 completion. (WTOP/Amanda Iacone) WASHINGTON — A whistleblower lawsuit ...

I am writing to request that the City Administrator investigate and appropriately correct a matter pertaining to the city’s management of residential waste disposal. In the interest of reducing the ...

Concrete is the most consumed material on our planet, second only to water; and consumption has dramatically increased over the last few decades with the proliferation of the human population. Today, ...

The allure of the new data uses involving the electronic health record shouldn't be allowed to blur the difference between what's inevitable and what's imminent. If you’re used to health tech meetings ...