If structural engineers have their way, building codes will take a leap forward in the next couple of years to allow the use of higher-strength 80-ksi reinforcing steel in concrete shear walls in high ...

Oroville >> In the nearly 50 years since the Oroville Dam was completed, construction methods have changed. Chico State University construction management professor Chris Souder consulted on the ...

Jo Ann Medalie of Fort Lauderdale contacted the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, concerned about a worn and broken wall along Fort Lauderdale’s South Beach area. At one spot, a rod of exposed rebar sticks ...

DONNA, Texas (Border Report) — Heavy cranes, dirt movers and plenty of rebar could be seen as construction workers on Wednesday began building the first new border wall in South Texas just south of ...

SAN DIEGO — One person died and at least three others were injured when a 35-foot rebar wall collapsed at a construction site at the University of California San Diego on Thursday morning, officials ...

Nearly a decade ago, early in conceptual design for the 230,000-sq-ft infill addition to the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan, talks with potential contractors made it apparent that ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. An accident at a University of California, ...

Need to take down some infrastructure? Turn to the new F-16, a demolition robot that can easily break down stairwells, concrete slabs and walls. For a full spectrum of destructive power, it uses ...

Perhaps the quickest way around a billion-dollar wall is over it. Smugglers in Juárez have engineered camouflage hook-and-ladders made of rebar that blend in so well with the border wall that it can ...

Question: When we bought our 20-year-old house three years ago, there was what appeared to be a rust stain on one wall of our pool. The contractor we hired to resurface the pool said it was rebar that ...