Since 2015, Gramazio Kohler Research has been in the process of developing "Mesh Mould Metal," a project that studies the unification of concrete ... from 3-millimeter steel wire." ...

Let’s also not gloss over the fact that a single-plane layer of steel can be tripped over regardless of where the surrounding concrete is located – slab on deck or slabs on ground. Wire mesh ...

Q: Tim, my builder is telling me to forget about using reinforcing steel or mesh in my concrete driveway and patio. He says he’ll just add an inch of thickness and that’s good enough.

As part of addressing this problem, a team at TU Dresden in Germany have completed what is believed to be the world’s first building made with carbon-reinforced concrete, in which the steel ...

Concrete as an Environment The environment provided by good quality concrete to steel reinforcement is one of high alkalinity due to the presence of the hydroxides of sodium, potassium and calcium ...