Mixing pea gravel with concrete is not only possible, it's actually beneficial for certain projects, as long as you do it correctly. Pea gravel consists of smooth, rounded stones that are typically ...

Concrete is everywhere, right? We walk on it, drive on it, build our houses on it. But producing the ubiquitous construction material makes up a significant portion of global greenhouse gases that are ...

The requirements for the concrete used in this exceptional project are colossal. The concrete is produced by Godel-Beton, which has been involved in the Stuttgart 21 project since 2013 and supplies ...

Skokie, Ill.- Every industry has one outstanding reference book, and for concrete it is Design and Control of Concrete Mixtures. For more than 85 years, the publication has been the cement and ...

New research shows Roman concrete relied on heat-driven mixing and reactive lime, giving it a surprising self-healing ability ...

The world's most common construction material has a secret. Cement, the "glue" that holds concrete together, gradually ...

New research suggests the Romans used a method known as "hot mixing" to produce self-healing concrete, which allowed them to ...

A new mixture of concrete has been developed to decrease the damage done in bomb attacks. This mix was used in the construction of the One World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan, Science Daily reports.

The only snag was that this didn’t match the recipe as described in historical texts. Now the same team is back with a fresh ...