The concrete slab can be thought of as the wearing cap for the building pad and base course. A well compacted and smooth subgrade is critical to a successful slab. Slab formwork, jointing details, ...

Doka is supplying 8,000 square feet of formwork at the 14-story Grand Central Student Housing project on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The need for more housing options at the ...

Fiber-reinforced concrete overlays are an incredibly effective means of extending the service life of a floor while maintaining operational continuity.

Using less material in floors is a viable strategy for improving sustainability in buildings, as it can reduce the structure's environmental footprint. Prioritizing only this goal, however, can lead ...

Concrete's strength and structural integrity come not only in its material properties, but also from how it's molded during construction. An architecture student has devised a clever way to build ...

Security concerns alone make building a federal detention center challenging. Building a secure, radius-shaped concrete facility on a very steep, terraced, compact site in only 20 months is an even ...

QUESTION: I hope you will be able to give me some advice. I have a basement bathroom in which we had glued down flooring some years ago. I have noticed that the flooring is lifting in areas. It seems ...