SUITLAND, Md. — A man is accused of killing his girlfriend after her body was found inside their Suitland apartment wrapped in plastic and partially covered in concrete. According to the Prince George ...

Plastic-shrinkage and drying-shrinkage cracks are the most common types of random cracking that occur in concrete roads and bridge decks. Each is related to moisture loss. Plastic-shrinkage cracking ...

Learning to pour concrete may save money and build your skills, but without proper equipment and attention to detail, the results can look far from professional. Concrete—generally a combination of ...

Abstract: Sustainable building materials offer energy efficiency and environmental performance. One possible sustainable building product is insulating concrete forms (ICF). An ICF wall section ...

A concrete pump begins to fill the insulated concrete forms. BRENDAN J. O'REILLY The concrete pumps fill the insulated concrete forms. BRENDAN J. O'REILLY Habitat for Humanity of Long Island CEO Jimmy ...

Before starting your project, it’s essential to choose the correct size of concrete form tube. These tubes come in different diameters and lengths, so pick one according to your specific needs. Step 2 ...

Similar to the use of food waste detailed earlier in Part 1 in the making of concrete, researchers from Lancaster University in the U.K. are exploring how adding root vegetable fibers to concrete ...

Attempts in the past have tried adding plastic scrap to traditional building products, but shredding the material and dumping it into concrete or asphalt does not work in most applications because ...