Concrete Construction

The Portland Cement Association (PCA) has relocated its Washington, D.C., offices into a sustainable building, re-affirming the cement...

According to the Boston Globe, the developers of a new luxury condominium in Providence, R.I., scrapped plans for...

A study by the NRMCA Research Laboratory compares the properties of concrete mixtures optimized for performance that may...

The Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA) has announced the formation of a seismic design task group. According to Jim...

Fifty years, five decades, half a century is a long time to some. To others it seems like...

Over the years many people have written for CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION. Their thoughts, as recorded on the pages of...

Many of today's readers of CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION have never heard of Bill Avery--but his ghost hovers over every...

Progress is like people walking to their departure gate in an airport--some stroll along as if time is...

No one can say with certainty what the future will bring, but we know that change will come....

Some readers may have memories of ducking under their school desks during routine A-bomb drills half a century...

Today the decorative concrete market is growing faster than any other segment of the concrete industry. There are...

October 1956 Q. What is meant by false set? A. False set is a premature stiffening that differs...

October 1956 Q. How soon after concrete has been poured can it be frozen without sustaining damage? A....

April 1963 Q. In normal concrete work, the maximum compressive strength that can possibly be obtained is generally...

December 1956 Q. Is there any truth to reports that concrete buildings are radioactive? A. Yes, but it...

May 1961 Q. How much sugar is required to keep concrete indefinitely in a plastic condition? A. The...

May 1963 Q. Occasionally one sees hints that plastics may eventually oust portland cement concrete in construction. Is...

November 1956 Q. Has the entrainment of air in concrete any advantages besides increasing its resistance to freezing...

April 1972 Q. I have a concrete wall that builds up heavy efflorescence in the spring. There doesn't...

February 1975 Q. Lately we have had contractors placing too large an area of concrete floor slabs, so...