Various shoring products were used to construct the World Trade Center's Tower 4.
A survey of the Oklahoma City section of I-44 proved to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) that it was in desperate need of repair. Their solution: concrete pavement restoration (CPR).
The Arena Stage renovation project in Washington, D.C., presented Clark Concrete Contractors, Bethesda, Md., with unusual challenges: In addition to renovating two theaters and constructing a new elliptically shaped theater that involved complex concrete designs, the company had to consider...
The Brightman Street Bridge had endured 100 years of use and abuse. Serving the city of Fall River, Mass., it is a vital link for residents traveling across the Taunton River to neighboring areas.
Rebar bending and cutting on a jobsite can be a difficult and laborious job. With the right tool, however, it can be less taxing on the operator.
When the Los Angeles Bureau of Street Services needed to pour a 4000-foot bike path connecting an existing path in Burbank, Calif., to the North Hollywood arts district, it abandoned traditional wood forms in favor of reusable metal forms and a truss scre
Three hotel projects around the country are using formwork.
Five years ago, Dennis Lura took it upon himself to build a roller screed suitable for large jobs, yet one that a small crew could handle. Other contractors who borrowed the screed were impressed and thus, the Lightning Strike roller screed by Lura Enterprises was born.
Washington University, a mid-sized university in St. Louis, Mo., is building a new six-story parking garage to ease parking for its 13,300 students and 3000 staff members.
Shepler's, a major formwork supplier in Texas, was looking to improve its performance in the small hand-set formwork market, but the sales staff was unable to bid small jobs due to the increased sophistication of the market.
After years of planning, construction of a prominent building in Russia has begun.
Construction specifications for the 200,000-square-foot clean room at Texas Instruments's (TI) new $3 billion semiconductor manufacturing facility in Richardson, Texas, (RFAB) mandated strict indoor air quality and structural requirements.
As part of the upgrades at this children's hospital, a new three-level, attached parking garage is being constructed, using a new and innovative method of building shoring walls, designed by Atlanta's ABE Enterprises. Rather than digging down to the required depth and installing shoring walls from...
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Danny Epp and his two sons, Ryan and Brandon, recently formed and poured the footings for their new home in Tsawwassen, B.C., Canada, using the Fastfoot forming membrane. The building site was excavated on two separate levels to minimize excavation costs on a steep slope. The plan was to build the...
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Many industrial and commercial concrete floors are not protected. As a result they can suffer irreparable damage from many sources.
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The Giusti Group, Calgary, constructed concrete foundations, columns, and floors for a six-story concrete and steel condominium project in Kelowna, B.C.
The problem is as old as concrete pumping itself: jobsite damage caused by the weight and movement of the pump hose. “Just about everyone in the concrete business has battle scars from a pour that went bad because of line pump hose damage,” says Tim Mulligan, owner of Roseville Concrete Pumping in...
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Encompassing more than 200,000 square feet of retail space, Wal-Mart's new Salt Lake City Supercenter attracts thousands of shoppers each year.
Several recent projects display how MEVA's KLK climbing system and Imperial (inch-foot) sized forms contribute to efficient concrete construction.
The 2007 Narrows Bridge, being constructed near Tacoma, Wash., will be supported by hollow reinforced concrete towers rather than steel towers as in the adjacent bridge. However, rebar lap splices are prohibited in numerous portions of the new towers due to seismic considerations. That restriction...