The steel skeletons in our reinforced concrete buildings share a fatal flaw: corrosion. As water seeps in through microcracks ...

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Need a quick reference for common reinforcing steel data and information? Enter the Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute’s Rebar Reference mobile app. Rebar Reference provides ASTM standard rebar ...

Four concrete cooling towers at a coal-fired electrical generation plant exhibited reinforcing steel corrosion that was causing concrete deterioration. This case study follows the repairs to those ...

Rebar, which is short for "reinforcing bar", is a type of bar typically made from carbon steel. It is normally installed inside cast cement concrete in order to increase the tension strength of the ...

NEW YORK, March 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- IndexBox, a leading market research firm, has published a new report on the global concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) market, providing detailed insights, ...

At their recent meeting on November 9, the Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute (CRSI) Board of Directors urged all CRSI producer members to revert to an inch-pound bar marking system for all sizes ...

When a 12-story condominium building suddenly collapsed last June in Surfside, Florida, one reason was was hiding deep inside the structure. Within its concrete foundation, walls, and floors was a ...

If structural engineers have their way, building codes will take a leap forward in the next couple of years to allow the use of higher-strength 80-ksi reinforcing steel in concrete shear walls in high ...