Some floor designs are better suited to specific applications than others. Understanding an owner's or tenant’s requirements is critical to recommending a particular type of design. Factors that ...

Contraction joints (sometimes called control joints) are used in unreinforced and lightly reinforced slabs-on-ground to minimize random cracking. By creating straight-line weakened-planes in concrete, ...

In recent years, ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) has been widely used in bridge engineering owing to its high strength and toughness and excellent durability. UHPC can improve the stiffness of ...

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