When concrete cures inside the ICFs the forms stay in place to provide insulation inside and out. Walls generally are between 4 inches and 12 inches thick, depending on the location and climate.

When the 110-story Two WTC collapsed last Sept. 11, it not only crushed the uppermost 20 ft of the reinforced concrete section of wall, it caused the lower 50 ft to bulge in toward Ground Zero, as ...

The tests demonstrated that shear walls reinforced with 100-ksi rebar can withstand very large lateral deformations without significant strength loss. Results from the Kansas study will provide a ...

Need to blow massive holes through reinforced concrete walls? Well, look no further. That’s the sales pitch from Raytheon Co. about its controlled impact rescue tool, or CIRT.

Fisher said a concrete wall, such as his prototype, will require "tons of steel" to back up the concrete. He estimates a reinforced concrete wall, across 1,900 miles, will require about 4 billion ...

Rich Kubica, owner of K-Wall Poured Walls, LLC has spent his entire life in the concrete foundation and wall business. In fact, one could say Kubica is a visionary for what a foundation and wall ...

The design, refined by Munich-based architecture firm HENN, showcases the lightweight and formability of carbon fiber-reinforced concrete via its “twist” element and, as reported by John Caulfield in ...

Engineers recommended the reinforcement. Typically, a building will have a concrete footing and a wall on top of it for support. But Irving will have concrete piers that extend to the bedrock.