Cleaning up the construction material that is both building our way of life, while contributing to the CO2 emission problem.

Largely, the standards most applicable for fall protection in the U.S. have had minimal performance changes over the past 5 years. The most current is the new ANSI/ASSP Z359.14-2021 document that ...

Concrete is one of the most widely used construction materials, but its production is a significant source of carbon emissions due to the energy-intensive process of cement manufacturing. As the ...

Looking back 35 years to his job in Northern Virginia as an American Concrete Institute testing technician responsible for the quality of concrete delivered to building jobsites, civil engineer Rick ...

Architectural concrete as we know it today was invented in the 19th century. It reached new heights in the U.S. after World War II when mid-century modernism was in vogue, following in the footsteps ...

A new kind of concrete could reduce emissions from the construction industry. Calcium carbonate concrete is made from waste concrete and carbon dioxide from the air or industrial exhaust gases. It ...

We're standing at a crossroads where every ton of cement we pour matters more than ever. 56 billion metric tons of carbon ...

Concrete reabsorbs some of its carbon emissions over time. Alternative ingredients and 3D printing could help supercharge that by making the finished concrete more porous.