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What is a concrete house, and is it right for you?
Concrete homes are common worldwide but less familiar in the U.S., raising questions about their cost, construction, and long ...
As architecture continues to shift towards environmental sustainability, the demand for low-carbon materials is increasing exponentially in the construction industry – and the concrete sector is no ...
As we look ahead to 2026, decorative concrete is entering a new era — driven by smarter materials, rising design expectations ...
Marking the 51 st edition of the tradeshow, World of Concrete 2025 premier exhibition serves the concrete construction and masonry industries. In 2024, nearly 60,000 registered professionals attended ...
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A Pompeii site reveals the recipe for Roman concrete. It contradicts a famous architect’s writings
Excavations of an ancient construction site in Pompeii have revealed the process of how Romans mixed their self-healing ...
New research shows Roman concrete relied on heat-driven mixing and reactive lime, giving it a surprising self-healing ability ...
Danielson's CarbonBuilt produces a lower emissions concrete block. Here's why it's a good thing for builders and the ...
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This Ancient Construction Site in the Ruins of Pompeii Is Revealing New Secrets About the 2,000-Year-Old Recipe for Roman Concrete
New research suggests the Romans used a method known as "hot mixing" to produce self-healing concrete, which allowed them to ...
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 ...
The only snag was that this didn’t match the recipe as described in historical texts. Now the same team is back with a fresh analysis of samples collected from a recently discovered site that confirms ...
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