Q. Tim, my builder is telling me to forget about using reinforcing steel or mesh in my concrete driveway and patio. He says he’ll just add an inch of thickness and that’s good enough. What’s your ...

My guess is that you are looking forward to a crisp concrete driveway, sidewalks and perhaps a patio. These are definitely assets, but their beauty can be compromised if random cracks mar the surface.

D’Ambra Construction, a Texas-based firm headquartered in Houston, has achieved a noteworthy milestone of delivering exceptional service for over 30 years. From its humble beginnings in El Paso, Texas ...

The electrons produced during this process are conducted through the metal whilst the ions formed are transported via the pore water which acts as the electrolyte. Concrete as an Environment The ...

Q. Tim, I’m flummoxed. I’m about to build a large detached garage. The plans call for a 10-inch-thick by 20-inch-wide poured concrete footing with two ½-inch steel bars that run continuously in the ...

A corrosion-free composite rebar-reinforced floor slab, based on a lab-tested glass fiber-reinforced polymer rebar-specific punching shear equation, which performs like a steel-reinforced slab at a ...