The blocks are then reinforced with rebar placed vertically in the holes or cells and filled with concrete. Block walls can also be used to form stem walls that support a slab above. When building ...

Reinforced concrete is the miracle material which made possible so many of the twentieth century’s most iconic structures, but here in this century its environmental footprint makes it something ...

So Wilkinson noticed where the cracks were appearing in his concrete floor slabs and he had an idea ... Interviewer: Right, so he invented reinforced concrete. Dr. Phil Pannell: He did back ...

The main test floor of the Structures Laboratory is a heavily reinforced concrete slab providing 8400 sq ft (780 sq m) of useable test area. This area is serviced by two 25 ton (222 kN) overhead ...