After seeing news of the tragic, sudden collapse of the 40-year-old condominium building near Miami, my wife had all sorts of questions. We’ve dated since high school, and she knows I’ve got a geology ...

Corroded reinforcement is the chief cause of concrete deterioration, which prompts subsequent repairs. For repairs to be sound, contractors must ensure adequate adhesion of new patch repair materials ...

Question: When we bought our 20-year-old house three years ago, there was what appeared to be a rust stain on one wall of our pool. The contractor we hired to resurface the pool said it was rebar that ...

A piece of rusty rebar inside spalling concrete. As the rebar rusts, it expands and fractures the concrete, exposing the rebar to even more moisture. (Tim Carter/TNS) Analysis by Tim Carter After ...

As you drive under the South Street overpass, note the boards between the bridge girders. They're there to keep debris flaking off the bridge structure from falling on vehicles passing below. Also ...

A group of residents in Cape Traverse wants what it calls dangerous debris removed from the community beach. According to residents, the concrete was placed on the beach in the late '90s by a ...

Fargo's 10th Street underpass beneath Main Avenue is almost 70 years old and showing its age: crumbling concrete retaining walls, rusty rebar showing in support columns, and broken lights that leave a ...

A group of residents in Cape Traverse wants what it calls dangerous debris removed from the community beach. According to residents, the concrete was placed on the beach in the late '90s by a ...

Conventional rust removers can be very dangerous to use, handle, and store. For this reason, Cortec spent decades developing environmentally-safe corrosion protection solutions. Utilizing the latest ...