Metal Forms Corporation engineers, supplies and services three important segments of the concrete construction industry: concrete forming, material handling and concrete finishing. The concrete ...

There are two basic types: reinforced and non-reinforced. Reinforced concrete retaining walls contain rebar, thin wire truss, or some other form of reinforcing steel. The strength of the poured ...

A good portion of concrete contractors offer cast-in-place ... to refurbish their existing plywood, aluminum and steel forms." In addition, Maxam offers a polymer rubber composite overlay product ...

Bob is joined by Jim Crain who will take him through the process of pouring cement walls. Mark Newton joins ... storm-ready home by Jim Crain of Precise Forms. Precise Forms partners with Mercedes ...

Description: Construction Site Products: Industrial composite products can be used to reduce the noise transmitting from the construction site to surrounding areas. Industrial composite products can ...

These fibers can also provide the same strength capacity as steel in wall applications such as foundations and retaining walls ... with insulated concrete form (ICF) wall systems, which have ...

As part of addressing this problem, a team at TU Dresden in Germany have completed what is believed to be the world’s first building made with carbon-reinforced concrete, in which the steel ...

Wood engineered for strength and safety offers architects an alternative to carbon-intensive steel and concrete.

Commissioned in 2013, the Corten steel building makes a strong but welcome intervention on this windswept plain. The architects describe the project in terms of the relationship between landscape and ...

Both types of tamahagane are now exactly where they need to be: the hard steel forms the sword's outer shell and deadly blade, while the tough steel serves as the katana's core. This perfect ...

Off a country road in the mix of horse and ski country south of Collingwood, Ont., is a 60-foot-long steel home ...

the walls can be made 50-75 millimeters [roughly 2-3 inches] thinner than walls built with concrete elements, which can give ...