Plastic-shrinkage and drying-shrinkage cracks are the most common types of random cracking that occur in concrete roads and ...

Sample of a concrete wall constructed using the newly developed 3D concrete printing method. Credit: NTU Singapore Scientists have developed a new 3D concrete printing method that captures carbon, ...

A 4-inch-thick concrete slab was to be placed on a vapor retarder resting on the base mat in preparation for installing a glue-down, moisture-sensitive floor covering. In a value-engineering move ...

Vapor retarders are sheet materials used below slab-on-ground floors to limit the amount of moisture that migrates into and upward through concrete slabs. If unchecked, moisture can cause floor ...