Dutch researcher Joris Fellinger has developed a model that assesses and predicts the fire-resistant behaviour of concrete floor slabs. He discovered that the slabs crack after just 15 minutes but do ...

Concrete is a material that is widely used in the construction industry for an expansive variety of purposes. It is found in everything from roads and sidewalks, columns and beams, to fireproofing.

Furnace tests were conducted on large-scale loaded and restrained reinforced concrete tunnel slabs to evaluate the level of fire damage. Extreme fire events in tunnels may have catastrophic ...

When a building suffers fire damage, the visible destruction, including charred framing, collapsed roofs and blackened interiors, often leads owners and contractors to assume a total loss. Yet, in ...

A worker was transported by air ambulance to hospital after he was trapped for hours under a concrete slab on a Flamborough construction site. It was a complicated rescue that ultimately involved ...

LEBANON, Ind. (WISH) — A fire on Wednesday afternoon significantly damaged a concrete cutting business just a few blocks west of the Boone County Courthouse, the Lebanon Fire Department said in a ...

As rebuilding from the Palisades and Eaton fires gets under way, some homeowners are choosing to build differently. Instead of the usual wood framing, they’re working with a material typically ...