Coupled steel-plate test specimens, shown before concrete filling is added, have various spacing and quantities of cross ties and shear studs. A radically different shear-wall core system for simpler ...

Q: I’m building a new home and visited the job site a few days ago. I was aghast at a possible defect in my foundation. Parts of the concrete foundation are suspended in midair. The walls are only ...

Owners, designers and contractors are always looking for ways to build smarter and better. A new method for strengthening concrete shear walls has the potential not only to remove significant ...

President Trump’s proposed border wall has generated plenty of controversy, but his idea to switch its construction material from concrete to steel may have triggered another conflict — this one over ...

RESIDENTS living meters away from “monster” 60ft high steel walls have said they are frustrated by the gigantic “surreal” structures dwarfing their homes. The colossal structures loom over the houses ...

New images show the scale of the enormous grey walls RESIDENTS living meters away from “monster” 60ft high steel walls have said they are frustrated by the gigantic “surreal” structures dwarfing their ...