In the best of all worlds there wouldn’t be any joints or cracks in concrete floors at all, they wouldn’t shrink or curl—they would remain flat. Technology is moving us in that direction with the ...

The seismic performance of beam-column joints in reinforced concrete structures is paramount for ensuring the overall resilience of built environments in regions exposed to earthquakes. These joints ...

New slabs-on-ground crack when tensile stresses from restrained shrinkage exceed the concrete's strength. This type of early-age cracking occurs during the first few days of the slab's life and is ...