When the westbound Washington Bridge was suddenly shut down in December 2023, never to re-open, many wondered if the crisis ...

While steel reinforcement solves one of concrete’s greatest limitations, it creates an entirely new problem: Corrosion of embedded steel rebar is the most common form of concrete deterioration. There ...

In recent decades, concrete has become essential in construction, but with increasing demand for materials, the world faces a shortage of sand, particularly for concrete production. While beaches and ...

durability and resistance to corrosion. But given the limited application for rebar and the fact that corroded steel rebar can't be extracted from concrete, Saadatmanesh said he turned his ...

This technology can easily be integrated into existing steelmaking processes to make infrastructure more resilient and ...

According to the American Road and Transportation Builders Association, one in three bridges needs repair or replacement, ...

Picture this: a 17-foot sinkhole opening up right on Midway Drive, and it’s big enough to swallow a car. The culprit? It's ...

For nearly two centuries, steel rebar has been a fundamental component in reinforced concrete construction, providing ...

Unit owners at 432 Park Avenue, a luxury condominium on NYC's Billionaires' Row, have sued the building's developers twice over design defects.

Concrete Reinforcement (Rebar): When chlorides reach the rebar inside concrete, corrosion can compromise the tensile strength of the entire structural element. Roofing Fasteners and Connectors ...

Inspection data was also transformed into a ready-to-use format with an accuracy of 98.79% for detecting and characterizing rebar corrosion, 99.09% for concrete delamination, and 98.64% for cracking, ...

such as trapped water or rebar corrosion that could make replacing all eight lanes an ordeal in 2026-27. Resurfacing must be aimed at dry times of year so workers can apply the synthetic concrete.