Defect litigation presents a financial challenge to the concrete industry, and 2009 is unlikely to see any improvement in that regard. Whether fairly or not, concrete gets tainted by defects in other ...

Concrete is one of the most widely used materials on the planet. "And this consumption comes with a heavy ecological price." Rouzbeh Shahsavari, a materials scientist at Rice University. "Around 5 to ...

This is not a list of defects for architectural concrete formed surfaces. It's for any kind of structural concrete formed surfaces exposed to view. And that's a problem. Let's consider a few of these ...

New World Development kept selling flats at The Pavilia Farm III – including two tower blocks earmarked this week for demolition – on June 20 and 27, days after defects were found, because engineers ...

HOUSTON, Jan. 3 (UPI) --Calcium silicate hydrate, or C-S-H, accounts for the strength of cement and cement-based materials. It is the component of cement paste that holds concrete together.

A new 3D ultrasonic imaging system can detect potentially deadly defects in all types of concrete. The range of materials that concrete contains - such as stone, clay, chalk, slate, iron ore and sand ...

Researchers in Japan and the US have developed a high-resolution 3D ultrasonic imaging system for concrete that automatically adapts to different types of structures. The advance by a team from Tohoku ...

Not all concrete surfaces are suitable for polishing and understanding whether a floor can be successfully polished ...