Humans produce around 4.4 billion tons of concrete every year. That process consumes around 8 billion tons of sand (out of the 40-50 billion tons used annually) which has, in part, led to acute ...

To increase the strength of concrete, researchers are coming up with new ways to reinforce—usually with metal structures or nanofibers. A RUDN University professor with colleagues from Iran discovered ...

Concrete is quite literally the foundation of most of our infrastructure. However, the process of concrete production has remained relatively unchanged for decades. From creating and transporting ...

Internally cured concrete helps concrete realize its maximum potential in a simple, economical, and sustainable way. Due to increased hydration, it reduces early cracking, chloride ingress, curling, ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Big Tech is throwing money at one of the trickiest climate problems to solve: cleaning up carbon dioxide ...

SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Solidia Technologies™, a leading provider of decarbonization technologies and sustainable, high-performance construction and building material solutions, has announced ...

Discover how mobile and modular batching plants are transforming on-site concrete production with faster setup, lower costs, flexibility, and improved efficiency for modern construction projects.

The modern world is built on concrete, and cement is what makes it possible. You've probably heard these two terms used interchangeably, especially while watching DIY videos on YouTube. However, they ...

After having radically transformed many sectors like automotive and aeronautics, digitisation and 3D printing has set sights on revolutionising construction. Today, regulations prohibit building with ...

Construction, and in particular concrete and steel, is one of the most material-intensive and CO₂-emitting sectors. Fiber Elements, an Austrian start-up founded in 2023, is determined to make this ...