Family of Metro detective crushed by metal beam settles wrongful death suit

The family of a Las Vegas detective, who died after his vehicle was crushed by a 7000-pound-plus metal beam, has reached a ...
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AI Cracks the Code on Why Concrete Deep Beams Fail in Shear

Researchers in Iran trained an optimized gradient boosting model on 419 tested deep beams and used SHAP analysis to make ...

Choosing a Foundation Without Regrets When Building a Home: Differences Between Mat Foundations and Continuous Footing Foundations and Selection Criteria

When planning a new home, it is easy to focus on the floor plan, equipment, and exterior design, but it is the "foundation ...

[Question of the Day] Construction: Concrete Cover and Quality Assurance

QuestionFor a column located indoors and not exposed to outdoor rainwater, since there was little concern about rebar ...
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Latticed Steel Joints Give Prefabricated Buildings a Major Seismic Boost

A novel latticed steel-concrete composite beam-column joint for prefabricated frames carried over 40 percent higher peak loads and dissipated more than twice the seismic energy of a monolithic ...