The Whaley Bridge dam collapse is a wake-up call
Concrete infrastructure will not last forever without care Torrential rain in the Midlands and North of England that saw half a month’s rain fall in one day caused such volumes of water to pass through the spillway of the Toddbrook Reservoir dam, above the town of Whaley...
Hybrid fiberglass-concrete-steel technique produces harder, better, faster, stronger bridges
Civil engineering at the University of Queensland, Australia have developed a hybrid fibreglass-concrete-steel bridge technique which is three times stronger and three times lighter than existing methods. The technique is far cheaper than existing bridge-building methods and can be prefabricated off-site then transported in small parts using...
Self-healing fungi concrete could provide sustainable solution
Material Science Engineers from Binghamton University, USA, have been working on self-healing concrete that uses fungi as a healing agent. The team hope that their technique will help to turn the tide against the ongoing battle against America’s crumbling infrastructure. The USA has a significant problem with...