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The Waters family concrete house in Madison, MS, USA, was built to the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) Fortified Standard. The outer shell of the home, constructed using insulated concrete form (ICF) walls, provides a quiet living space and outstanding resistance to heat transfer. While the master closet with a heavy-gauge steel door doubles as a safe room.
Available in the following language(s): Spanish
The Decorative Concrete Council (DCC) of the American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC), St. Louis, MO, USA, announced the winners of its 15th Annual Decorative Concrete International Awards competition at ASCC’s annual conference in September 2024, in Kansas City, MO.
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If not clearly stated in contract documents, an interpretation of formwork requirements may become an issue on a project. For example, if the specification calls for the largest practical size of plywood, a reasonable contractor interpretation would be 4 x 8 ft (1.2 x 2.4 m) size because 5 x 10 ft (1.5 x 3.0 m) is often special order where delivery can delay the project; however, the architect may think otherwise.
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This article covers a study designed to revisit an ongoing debate regarding the use of three-dimensional (3-D) laser scanners for evaluating concrete construction tolerances. Scanner hardware and software as well as general practices continue to evolve, so how has this progress affected the accuracy of scan measurements?
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This article describes trends observed between measures of building robustness and observations of performance collected after 15 earthquakes. It provides comparisons between countries that followed the Japanese preference for “stiff” structures and those that build less-stiff structures and discusses implications of the latest field observations in relation to the future of reinforced concrete practice.
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