A team effort shaves 20 days off railroad grade crossing improvements. More
Palmdale, Calif., is situated in the northwest corner of Los Angeles County, and... More
Manholes are the most important infrastructure objects for both sanitary and storm... More
In masonry walls built in one-third bond rather than conventional running bond, there are places in the wall where the overlap between units is less than 1/3 the length of the unit. As the overlap is reduced, I think the walls would function more like stack bond masonry rather than running bond. However, stack bond masonry walls are supposed to be reinforced at the bed joints to prevent vertical cracking.At what point should these walls be reinforced? More
Over the years, limestone has proved itself to be a high-quality material, capable of withstanding time and weather exposure More
Splicing bed joint reinforcement can be time consuming. Cutting away the cross wires in order to overlap the longitudinal wires is not always practical. Can bed joint reinforcement be spliced by simply putting more steel in the unused bed joint above and below the joint that contains the reinforcement? More