Concrete washout has been managed in a variety of ways over the years. Four examples of the most common traditional methods ...

Cement scientist Brent Constantz wants concrete to be the "hero" that cleans up dirty coal. "The reality is, coal is not going away," he says. "We need to meet the world’s power demands without ...

There is no shortage of low-carbon and carbon-capturing concrete alternatives in the works, but MIT spinout Sublime Systems is particularly interesting, since it takes a novel electrochemical approach ...

Two thousand years ago throughout Central and South America, ancient Mayan engineers cooked limestone and created one of the first forms of hydraulic cement. That cement was the foundation of the ...

The three groups of tree-like supports tower over three storeys in the foyer. Unlike in most other cases, they were not concreted from above but from below. Image ...

Concrete can be unpredictable and change from good to bad at the drop of a hat. Concrete is perishable, therefore, the way that you treat the product before use is crucial to its future quality.