A transfer slab is simply a thick reinforced concrete floor slab where a column sits on top of a slab but does not have a column immediately below. In other words, it bridges between supporting ...

Structural engineer Webb Yates has completed its first structural stone building for a commercial developer and launched a ...

What happens if a homeowner invests in new hardwood flooring but skips checking the layer beneath? Your floor is only ...

Pros and Cons of Buying a House on a Concrete Slab Mark Cussen, CMFC, has 13+ years of experience as a writer and provides financial education to military service members and the public. Mark is an ...

We left city life behind to live off-grid on a mountain in Spain, spending two years renovating an old stone house and restoring the abandoned land. Our toilet experience began primitively with a year ...

Over the past few years, scientists have developed new kinds of a multifunctional concrete, whether that be self-healing or carbon-sequestering. Now, a new study has made improvements on ways to turn ...

Punching shear is a possible type of failure that occurs in reinforced concrete flat slabs, which can develop with an ultimate load below flexural capacity. Several researchers have studied the ...

HOPKINTON, R.I. (WPRI) — A 41-year-old Connecticut man is lucky to be alive after a concrete slab fell on top of him in Hopkinton Monday evening, according to police. Hopkinton Police Chief Mark ...