CBC On Design explores the evolution of an idea and the path it takes to becoming an item in your everyday life — but that ...

Wet concrete on skin can cause everything from mild redness to third-degree, permanently disfiguring chemical burns. You and your helpers should take these steps: Wear eye protection. Sandy ...

concrete is back on the menu. It’s going to be curbs, no doubt the mountable kind that PBOT uses elsewhere, so maybe more of an appetizer than the main course folks generally want. He says the bureau ...

Steel reinforcement corrosion is a perennial problem for concrete as a construction material. Engineers are looking at novel ...

THEY HARDEN WITH USE The Concrete Built About a Skeleton of Steel or Iron Solves Problem of Collision Dangers. Share full article. Nov. 22, 1908.

Modern concrete, based on a material known as Portland cement, ... making the concrete harden much faster. The technique also generated some hot spots of almost 400 degrees, ...

Home hardening means using fire-resistant building materials and landscaping to protect buildings from heat, flames and a blast of embers during a firestorm. Here’s a brief overview of what that ...

A Coast Guard helicopter from CG Air Station Astoria, Oregon lowers a rescue swimmer in 2024. An Astoria crew rescued four men from inside a collapsed industrial water tank in Washington last week.

On Tuesday, PBOT announced that a crew of contractors will begin a project this week to install concrete curb separators to protect the bike lane. “They are expected to install about 210 feet of ...