But how do they stack up against traditional poured-in-place concrete A new type of staircase has made its appearance on the home improvement scene lately -- precast concrete steps. These factory ...

Based on the place of casting, concrete is divided into place-cast or cast-in-place or cast-in-situ concrete and precast concrete. During construction, site-specific forms are made and then ...

claiming that if you are going to cast a concrete countertop in place "you may as well put a slab of sidewalk on the countertop." They add that there is no mess to clean up inside the client's home.

The last step is to oil the frame so the wood pulls away cleanly after the stairs are poured—an unskippable step, like lining a cake pan or seasoning cast iron. The concrete is poured in a ...

Whether you use poured concrete or concrete block ... the pre-cast stairway system is delivered and dropped into place.

A working group of the American Concrete Institute’s (ACI) Committee 131 on Building Information Modeling (BIM) is actively developing an Information Delivery Manual (IDM) for cast-in-place concrete.

It’s unique and daring. It’s avant-garde. It's simple yet grand. It's also the first cast-in-place, board-formed concrete house in Sarasota. In fact, the home is comprised of three primary ...

The steps will be made out of roller-compacted concrete, or RCC. It’s a type of concrete that takes its name from the way it is applied in the construction process: Workers will put the concrete in ...