Penetrating seawater carries bacteria that form colonies – biofilm. The bacteria attack the concrete that is supposed to prevent stones from loosening from the tunnel walls. The concrete becomes ...

Concrete and asphalt are the two most common road construction materials, but each comes with critical trade-offs. This video breaks down cost, durability, environmental impact, and performance to ...

Every year, hundreds, maybe thousands of roads fall victim to natural disasters, be they floods, tsunamis or simply light rains that damage the structure and thus destroy everything in their way.

As the demand for sustainable development increases, the concrete industry holds a responsibility to inform stakeholders about the role concrete plays in the sustainability and durability of buildings ...

The rate at which asphalt roads fail has become alarming, provoking a debate on the way out. Many, including leading industrialist and Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, are voting for concrete ...

• Based on socio-economic cost-benefit analysis, concrete roads provide superior returns on social capital outlays in the medium to long-term basis The ongoing debate between concrete road ...

Anyone who has driven for any considerable length in bad winter weather has had that moment of panic when one second you feel completely in control of the automobile and the next you feel like a bull ...

Just as winter is nearing, scientists made a discovery that will improve driving conditions in winters to come. The research team at Drexel University found that by adding paraffin wax to concrete ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Michigan taxpayers spent $700 million to build a new 20-mile-long ribbon of highway — M-6 — to connect the freeways around Grand Rapids 13 years ago. But despite warranties on the ...

BAN. TRUMP HAS FOUND TO REMAIN ON THE BALLOT. THE CITY OF OVERLAND PARK IS MAKING CHANGES TO ROADWAYS. MANY PEOPLE USE IN AND AROUND THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. IT CAN BE SEEN ON DENNIS EVANS IS IN OVERLAND ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Kansas has always been a pioneer in transportation. From the Oregon and Santa Fe Trail to the Midland Trail Highway, the first road connecting the East to the West Coast, we ...

Road salt, used in copious helpings each winter to protect them from ice and preserve safe driving conditions, is slowly degrading the concrete they’re made of. Engineers have known for some time that ...