When positioned in the upper or top portion of the slab thickness, steel reinforcement limits the widths of random cracks that may occur because of concrete shrinkage and temperature restraints ...

As part of addressing this problem, a team at TU Dresden in Germany have completed what is believed to be the world’s first building made with carbon-reinforced concrete, in which the steel ...

R. MEADOWS. This two-component, styrene-free, acrylic system is used for anchoring and doweling applications in uncracked concrete using threaded rod and rebar. POLY-GRIP can also be used in short ...

Around the late 1800s, someone thought to fortify spans of concrete with steel reinforcing bars ... After they’re unbolted, the rods stay tensioned, held in place by the concrete.

The privately owned Westview Group is planning to build a $750 million steel mill in Brisbane to shore up future supply of reinforcing steel rods as it ... used to reinforce concrete slabs in ...