As part of the memorial monument project, MCI Technology will mitigate corrosion of the reinforced concrete structural components of the water tower. Corroded surfaces of the tower have been ...

The world’s tallest tower came from ‘a tube’ The Burj Khalifa’s core, which is supported by buttresses, is made of reinforced concrete. That’s a change from some of the classic ...

Survivor Tiago Alves was 21 when he escaped with his family from their 13th floor home. In the aftermath he paused his ...

If all goes according to plan, when the dust settles, Controlled Demolition Inc. (CDI) will have broken the height record, which it set in 1975, for imploding a reinforced-concrete tower.

powerful pumps will be needed to pump wet concrete to reach the top levels, Harris said. The work cycle will repeat to a full height of 650 feet near the top of the tower. When the core work is ...

And across the way, the Millennium Tower at 301 Mission Street: 645 feet of reinforced concrete wrapped in glass. Inside the $550 million construction, as advertised, lavish condominiums flush ...

Earlier this year an architecture PhD student from ETH Zurich announced a new type of formwork that would allow less concrete and steel than conventional reinforced floor slabs. Now, as an ...

MIAMI — Federal experts say their investigation of the partial collapse of a Florida condominium tower is focusing ... poring over sections of steel reinforced concrete. One of the lead ...

There will also be financial advantages, he continued. The new tower will lay atop a reinforced concrete pedestal, meaning its steel supports will not be exposed to the elements, thus eliminating ...

The 645-ft Millennium Tower—the tallest reinforced concrete structure in the Western United States—is sinking and tilting, and the building owner places the blame squarely on the adjacent ...