Sorry, I've been playing far too much Dwarf Fortress lately, so the logistics of a hot-mix and pour across a large site intrigued me. "huge rotating oak barrel": lol ...

MIT published news – reportedly solving a riddle that’s questioned the construction culture for decades. Researchers from MIT, Harvard University, and laboratories in Italy and Switzerland have ...

MIT scientists examined concrete samples from the archaeological site of Privernum, Italy (left) and mapped out the ingredients within (right). The red section is a calcium-rich lime clast. Courtesy ...

It’s easy to focus on the “ruins” aspect of ancient architecture, and in doing so, overlook the astonishing fact that anything built so long ago remains standing today. While contemporary ...

Across the Mediterranean, hulking Roman harbors, aqueducts and amphitheaters still stand where modern concrete would have crumbled. After years of debate, a convergence of new lab work, field studies ...

Neglect a modern concrete structure for a few decades and it’ll start to fall apart – and yet, structures built by the ancient Romans are still standing strong after 2,000 years. Now, engineers have ...

We almost never get original copies from antiquity. The Dead Sea Scrolls being perhaps the most famous exception, but there are others. They're rarely intact. Even what we do have rarely predate ...

Researchers have turned to an ancient Roman concrete recipe to develop more durable concrete that lasts for centuries and can potentially reduce the carbon impact of the built environment. To ...

Concrete is an incredibly useful and versatile building material on which not only today’s societies, but also the ancient Roman Empire was built. To this day Roman concrete structures can be found in ...

There have been scores of articles written about the challenges involving ready-mixed concrete placement when faced with hot weather. This article will focus on hot weather concreting tips and best ...