Trailblazers seeking a faster, safer and less costly way to build concrete shear walls in seismic-zone high-rises have pioneered the use of steel fibers as link-beam reinforcing-steel "decongestants." ...

SFRC minimizes ironworker field labor, and it removes fear that ironworkers might eliminate or cut horizontal rebar or stirrups that collide with diagonals, says Russell Soeters, regional manager of ...