The pouring of concrete for the foundation slab of the reactor building at Turkey's Akkuyu unit 4 has been finished - it involved 17,500 cubic metres of concrete mix. The aim is to have all four units ...

A cracked concrete slab that might have to come out has delayed construction for half a year on a highly anticipated workforce housing project downtown. Scott Dedman, executive director of Mountain ...

The Town of Mount Pleasant is considering a ban on new slab-built single-family homes in flood zones. Also known as "slab-on-grade" or "fill-and-build" construction, the method involves placing homes ...

The new building codes would: * Require soil testing and analysis at any building site, with the results provided to city building officials for permitting purposes. * Require plasticity index testing ...

California-based Ekedal Concrete takes on jobs others shy away from — the type of projects that require years of experience and sophisticated skills. The company received the Concrete Foundation ...

The pouring of concrete has been completed for the foundation slab of the conventional island for the ACP100 multi-purpose small modular reactor demonstration project at the Changjiang nuclear power ...

COLUMBIA — A recent amendment to the the city building code that requires extra insulation on homes built with slab foundations threatens to drive up construction costs and invite termite infestations ...