A good portion of concrete contractors offer cast-in-place concrete work in their lineup ... like office buildings, high-rise structures and parking garages. Many contractors utilize raw plywood ...

These included the use of high-strength steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC) in the shear wall coupling beams ... tower is fully constructed of cast-in-place concrete, with two-way flat plates ...

Precast concrete is commonly used today in bridges, parking structures, office buildings, arenas, manufacturing and storage facilities, high-rise apartments ... a precast wall system that is lighter, ...

There is a growing interest in using coupled composite plate shear walls/ concrete-filled (CPSW/CF) for high-rise building construction, particularly to optimize the design for wind and/or seismic ...

Based on the place of casting, concrete is divided into place-cast or cast-in-place or cast-in-situ concrete and precast concrete. During construction, site-specific forms are made and then ...

Step inside Sudnya Shroff’s cast-concrete home in Los Altos Hills, Calif., and you will find glossy kitchen countertops, also made of concrete, sculptural bathroom sinks and staircases ...

Fear that an unstable 2,000-pound wall of concrete could topple from the high-rise at 33 Tehama St. triggered city officials to evacuate hundreds of people from at least 16 office buildings ...