Unfortunately, control joints create significant challenges in concrete floor slabs subjected to repetitive ... sizes and fewer joints means fewer load transfer details and reinforcement materials ...

There are several reasons to install a wood floor over concrete, including the fact that wood doesn't transfer cold as readily ... "If your home is built on a slab of concrete, installing wood ...

Concrete's strength and structural integrity come not only in its material properties, but also from how it's molded during construction. An architecture student has devised a clever way to build ...

With concrete the ... formwork to shape a floor can potentially use up to 60 percent less concrete and 90 percent less steel than conventional reinforced concrete floor slabs - further reducing ...

allowing for the use of weaker materials such as recycled concrete. By carving out the floor slab, leaving only the material that is needed for efficient force transfer in compression, pipes, wires ...