While concrete might be seen as a fairly basic, utilitarian material today, it was a part of several trendy home design ...

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Lance Anderson is the owner of Lance Anderson Construction Inc. (Yankton, South Dakota) and maintains a passion for precision with every foundation and wall he constructs. On average, he and his crew ...

The challenge is to build homes that can remain intact in any severe weather event, be more energy efficient, be reasonably priced, and be reoccupied shortly after a disaster so that life can go on ...

Precast concrete structures have developed rapidly because they meet the requirements of green and low-carbon social development. In this paper, a precast post-tensioned high-performance concrete ...

Over the past decade, extensive research has been conducted to investigate the properties and behavior of rubberized concrete as a sustainable green alternative to conventional concrete. This research ...