Insufficient analysis of load capacity results in costly over-engineering or catastrophic structural failures - but many ...

“The concrete slab is poured on day one ... Just wait to polish the floors when the construction ends to remove construction damage. Harris shakes his head. Polished concrete should not be ...

His firm has discovered voided concrete slabs in New York City buildings ... made it more cost effective to add six floors to the top of the building, increasing the rentable square feet.

Houses built on a slab lack crawl spaces, and there is no space under the floor. If you are considering building or buying a home on a concrete slab, there are a number of benefits and drawbacks ...

That can significantly reduce the carbon emissions and material waste involved in construction, especially given that concrete production ... stronger than flat slab floors because it uses ...

The average flat concrete floor slab, he continues, is around 10 inches thick ... in whatever part of the structure is absorbing the lateral thrust.” Where the building structure is concerned, Vaulted ...