LSU Researchers Continue Work on Bendable Concrete, Add Sugarcane Byproducts to the Mix
BATON ROUGE, La. - Work on developing an engineered cementitious composite, or bendable concrete, for mass adoption by LSU Construction Management researchers continues and the results are promising. Most recently, the team constructed three 60-foot-long overlay sections on top of a section of deteriorated asphalt at the Louisiana Transportation Research Center in order to restore its condition. Section one was a jointless 2.5-inch-thick ECC overlay, section two was a jointless 4-inch-thick E...
ACI to Develop Precast Structural Concrete Code
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – The American Concrete Institute (ACI) announces the formation of a new committee whose mission is to develop and maintain structural concrete code requirements unique to the design of precast concrete. ACI Committee 319, Precast Structural Concrete Code, will host its inaugural meeting at the ACI Fall Convention on October 21, 2019, in Cincinnati, OH, USA. Under the leadership of chair Andrea Schokker, Professor and Head of Civil Engineering at The University of Mi...
The Canadian Parliament Buildings - Ottawa, Canada
Cintec West Block Restoration The West Block was constructed between 1860 and 1865. In 1897 the building was damaged by fire. The West Block is one of the three buildings on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario that forms the Parliamentary precinct. The West Block after renovation now houses offices for Parliamentarians, a branch of the Library of Parliament, committee rooms, and some preserved pre-Confederation spaces, which are used for some state occasions. All Canadian laws now originate he...
Video: Rainier Square Core Side-By-Side Comparison
SpeedCore is a non-proprietary revolutionary method of composite structural-steel framing, aiming to replace the common reinforced concrete core construction. Any fabricator can produce this composite system.
ACI 318-19 Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete Now Available
New edition of popular American Concrete Institute resource now in full color FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – The American Concrete Institute announces that ACI 318-19 Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete is now available in print and digital formats. Now with full-color illustrations to improve clarity, ACI 318-19 includes major technical changes in higher reinforcing steel yield strengths; the addition of shotcrete and deep foundation provisions; seismic requirements for deep f...
Annual Request for Research Proposals Now Open
Farmington Hills, Mich. – The ACI Foundation’s Concrete Research Council (CRC) seeks to advance the concrete industry through the funding of concrete research projects that further the knowledge and sustainability of concrete materials, construction, and structures. The annual request for proposals is open now through December 2, 2019. Proposal and funding parameters include: Topics are encouraged from all areas of concrete research; Up to $50,000 may be approved per project for dire...
Bahamas Becomes the First International Country to Embrace the 3 in 1 Roof System
Bahamas Industries and Construction Company Ltd (BICC) has been granted approval by The Ministry of Public Works of The Bahamian Government to utilize the world’s only INSULATING SOLAR TILES known as 3 IN 1 ROOF. Patented in over 40 countries, this supreme SOLAR ROOF SYSTEM was requested for routine use by BICC subsequent to Bahamas Building Code (BBC) acceptance due to 3 IN 1 ROOF system’s unmatched high-wind and hurricane protection. Bahamas Building Control Officer, Mr. Brent Ferguson...
GSky Living Green Walls Installs Living Green Pro Wall® System for iPic Entertainment
Pro Wall® Living Wall Design Creates Major Florida Exterior Art Piece Delray Beach, FL – GSky Plant Systems, Inc., a global industry leader in the design and production of interior and exterior green walls, announces installation of a custom Pro Wall® living wall system at the new iPic Entertainment corporate headquarters and theater in Delray Beach, Florida. Pro Wall® systems are ideal for corporate campuses, hotels, malls, retail storefronts, apartment and condominium buildings, and more....
AISI Publishes New Research Report on Strength of Steel-To-Steel Screw Connections - Update to Provisions
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) has published a new research report that reviews the existing provisions of AISI S100-16, North American Specification for the Design of Cold-Formed Steel Structural Members, 2016 Edition, for screw connections loaded in shear and tension (but not combined actions). A summary of the research project, findings and analysis are published in “RP19-1: Strength of Steel-to-Steel Screw Connections—Update to Provisions.” A free download is...
“Power of Two:” DuPont Performance Building Solutions Announces New Commercial Wall² Warranty
WILMINGTON, Del. – Effective June 1, 2019, DuPont Performance Building Solutions will reinforce the trusted performance of TYVEK® Commercial products in combination with the durable thermal properties of STYROFOAM™ and THERMAX™ through the new DuPont Commercial Wall² Ten Year Product and Labor Warranty. For qualifying projects installed using DuPont™ Tyvek® CommercialWrap® products or Tyvek® Fluid Applied WB+™, in combination either with STYROFOAM™ Brand Extruded Polystyrene (XPS) or THERMAX™ Br...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
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