When a 12-story condominium building suddenly collapsed last June in Surfside, Florida, one reason was was hiding deep inside the structure. Within its concrete foundation, walls, and floors was a ...

TROY – A pair of professors at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are working with researchers to develop hemp-based rebar, which is typically made as a steel reinforcement, that can be used for cement.

Tacoma’s Multi-Care Building is using the Integrated Steel Design system developed by Putnam Collins Scott Associates. The system brings the steel fabricator and erector on board early in the design ...

Concrete is crumbling on the Cross County Parkway in Westchester, revealing metal reinforcement called rebar that is not supposed to be exposed to the elements. The highway hazard has drivers very ...

Steel reinforcement-bar futures in Shanghai had the largest weekly decline in more than four months on weaker winter demand and after China’s leaders disappointed investors seeking details on policy ...