Researchers have found a way to use waste carpet fibers to create stronger and more durable crack-resistant concrete.

MELAKA – A seven-year-old boy has died after being hit on Oct 22 by heavy debris from a decorative concrete slab that fell off a three-storey building at Komplex Al-Azim in Bukit Baru ...

Removing a concrete slab by breaking up the concrete is just ... Once you’ve cracked up the concrete and cut through rebar or wire mesh, it’s time to pry it up. A crowbar, pry bar, or wrecking ...

Add control joints to driveways and patios, and use wire mesh or rebar for large slabs. Plant trees and shrubs away from the concrete so that their roots don’t disturb it, and ensure your ...

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The concrete is poured onto the ground all at one time. Some foundations have post-tension cables or are reinforced with steel rods called rebar so that the slab can bear the weight of the house.

The average 10-by-10-foot concrete slab is 6 inches deep ... a 5 percent to 10 percent waste fee for plywood. Reinforcement prevents the concrete from cracking and improves poor soil conditions. Wire ...

Use proper reinforcement ... Concrete in Carroll, Iowa, says a farmer’s strategy of using old livestock fence panels, steel posts or scrap woven wire fencing to reinforce concrete slabs is ...