Practicing engineers increasingly favor the use of high-strength concrete and reinforcement in their design. This SP-293 Reinforced Concrete Columns with High Strength Concrete and Steel Reinforcement ...

The American Concrete Institute has released the new ACI Reinforced Concrete Design Handbook as a three-volume handbook providing guidance to professionals engaged in the design of reinforced concrete ...

Engineers at Washington University have developed a design for the framework of columns and beams that support reinforced concrete bridges so they will better resist earthquakes and be erected faster ...

This Behind the Scenes article was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the National Science Foundation. Bridges are a main component of the transportation infrastructure as we know it today.