Wood has been the concrete contractor’s formwork of choice for years. It’s relatively inexpensive and easy to understand, light weight, can be easily cut to size, and easy to replace and ...

An architecture PhD student at ETH Zurich has developed a simple solution for building concrete floors in a more ...

If you have a batch of concrete to mix but nothing to mix it in, try a 4- x 8-ft. sheet of 1/4- or 3/8-in. plywood. Place a few bricks or scraps of 2×4 under all four of the plywood corners to ...

Concrete is the most widely used construction material in the world. Made from cement, water, sand and gravel, this ...

Concrete is the most widely used construction material in the world, thanks to its affordability and strength under ...