When people hear the term “slump,” most think about posture; think of concrete slump as "concrete posture." In technical terms, slump is a measured indication of the workability, or flow, of a mix.

Cal-Cert™ is now the largest construction materials testing (CMT) calibration service provider in the United States. Accredited Labs has brought five of its CMT-focused brands together under the ...

Concrete is the most used construction material in the whole world. More than that, behind water, it’s the most used material, all categories combined. Worldwide, about 10 billion tons of concrete are ...

Reliable in-situ strength information is critical for construction-stage decisions, yet conventional UPV–UCS correlations are typically established on companion cylinders, which may overestimate the ...

Some basic NDT techniques utilized to assess concrete structures include:Once concrete has hardened, it is important to determine whether the final structure is suitable for its designated use. To do ...

Not all damage to a load-bearing structure is immediately apparent. So how do civil engineers find out that a bridge or a large hall is no longer safe? Many clues form a picture. Concrete structures ...

A solid concrete structure may probably fail if gaps are not properly bridged and protected. When the concrete structure serves as a containment vessel of fluids, leakage must be prevented or reduced ...

Craftsman Concrete Floors has published an original technical guide containing more than 70 company-developed resources on electrostatic discharge flooring installation, testing and closeout. The 2026 ...

Maturity and compressive strength of concrete is tested through both destructive and non-destructive methods. Destructive test involve damaging some of an element or the structure. Some would like to ...

Deep foundations often succeed or fail not at the pile itself but at the thin, easily overlooked boundary where engineered ...