Concrete is one of most durable manmade materials, but even this old industry workhorse has its weaknesses. Exposure to harsh weather, reactions with common elements, and poor construction can all ...

QDEAR TIM: Some of the concrete walkways in our association's 100-acre island development are disintegrating. The surface is crumbling. Other adjacent concrete, poured at the same time, is in great ...

Was it "cement," as NPR has been reporting, or "concrete" that failed at the bottom of the BP well, causing millions of gallons of oil to be... Did Cement Or Concrete Fail In Oil Well? MICHELE NORRIS, ...

A failing concrete overlay on I-40 near Raleigh-Durham, NC, was determined by the North Carolina DOT to be in need of replacement. The specifications for the project provided that the concrete overlay ...

Authorities say chunks of concrete that fell from a San Francisco Bay Area bridge came from a failed expansion joint.But Tony Tavares of the California Department of Transportation insists Friday that ...

The USGS has released its first-ever map of where the mineral pyrrhotite may occur in the contiguous United States. This research was mandated by Congress in the FY2019 appropriations bill for the ...

The failure of an expansion joint on the upper level of the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge caused concrete to fall to the lower deck of the span Thursday, Caltrans District 4 Director Tony Tavares said ...

Was it "cement," as NPR has been reporting, or "concrete" that failed at the bottom of the BP well, causing millions of gallons of oil to be released into the Gulf of Mexico? Some listeners have ...