Most slabs-on-ground are unreinforced or nominally reinforced for crack-width control. When positioned in the upper or top portion of the slab thickness, steel reinforcement limits the widths of ...
Building foundation walls precedes the completion of the ground floor slab. Concrete is the most commonly used material in our country, but there are a number of alternatives.Architect Abdu-Wahab ...
Reinforced concrete is the miracle material which made possible so many of the twentieth century’s most iconic structures, but here in this century its environmental footprint makes it something ...
Dr. Phil Pannell: Well back in the 1850s [NOISE] a plasterer from Newcastle called Mr. Wilkinson and he was making concrete floor slabs [NOISE ... so he invented reinforced concrete.