Concrete is the unsung hero of residential construction. From driveways and sidewalks to patios and, most importantly, ...

Learn why concrete homes are becoming the go-to solution for wildfire-prone areas, offering unprecedented safety and ...

Concrete is one of the most widely used construction materials, but its production is a significant source of carbon emissions due to the energy-intensive process of cement manufacturing. As the ...

As construction waste quickly fills our landfills, it also takes away a significant portion of the bottom line. There's a lot of factors in play, of course, but most common come are inaccurate ...

New research suggests the Romans used a method known as "hot mixing" to produce self-healing concrete, which allowed them to ...

We've heard how 3D-printed concrete buildings can be constructed quickly and easily, but could there be an even faster and simpler method? According to American inventor Alex Bell, there most ...

Excavations of a workshop that was buried in Pompeii almost 2000 years ago have given archaeologists unique insights into ...

New research shows Roman concrete relied on heat-driven mixing and reactive lime, giving it a surprising self-healing ability ...

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researchers have created a new carbon-negative building material that could transform ...

Pompeii Archeological Park site map, with showing where the ancient building site is located, with colour coded piles of raw construction materials (right): purple: debris; green: piles of dry ...