Reinforced concrete is the miracle material which made possible so many of the twentieth century’s most iconic structures, but here in this century its environmental footprint makes it someth… ...

Two months ago, the foundation was poured for CUBE, a 2,200-sf, two-story building on the premises of Technical University Dresden in Germany, that claims to be the world’s first building made ...

The Weekly show: Carbon-fiber reinforced concrete buildings and back to campus amid COVID-19. The July 9 episode of BD+C's "The Weekly" is available for viewing on demand. Continue Reading This week ...

Carbon fiber reinforced concrete technology can greatly improve the buildings service life, reduce the cost of reinforcement. Carbon fiber reinforced concrete technology has the following advantages: ...

For decades, concrete structures have been reinforced with carbon-fiber-reinforced polymers (CFRP), a material laced carbon fibers to impart extra strength. Expanding on previous work, researchers ...

Another modification to the built environment is the carbon fiber-reinforced concrete of Deborah Chung, a materials scientist at the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Under a £282 million (~$381 million) project, the National Composites Center (NCC, Bristol, U.K.) and construction company Skansa (Stockholm, Sweden) are trialing an “industry-first” low-carbon ...

Nov. 17, 2022 — Carbon fiber-reinforced ultra-high-temperature ceramic (UHTC) matrix composites are extensively used in space shuttles and high-speed vehicles.

Carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) strengthening represents a transformative approach in the retrofit and augmentation of steel structures. By externally applying high‐performance composite ...

Carbon-FRP can be wrapped around certain areas of a structure, a column, for instance, to enhance the shear strength of its reinforced concrete. Aluminum windows, doors and facades are also thermally ...