The concrete slab can be thought of as the wearing cap for the building pad and base course. A well compacted and smooth subgrade is critical to a successful slab. Slab formwork, jointing details, ...

Below-grade waterproofing systems can be critical features of building enclosure design, particularly when the structure has a deep foundation. As the foundation goes deeper, there is a greater ...

Construction on the Advanced Technology Center in Virginia Beach, Va., was completed in late 2002. Final testing of the Cat. 5e cable plant was proceeding smoothly with the exception of the cables to ...

Somero says its knuckleboom Sky Screed is the first laser screed in the world to allow screeding on structural high-rise and slab-on grade applications Somero Enterprises introduced the Somero Sky ...

Charleston city officials appear on the cusp of banning "slab-on grade" construction, a building method that some view as egregious and which puts homes at greater flood risk. The fact that such a ...