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 ...

The Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) rebar industry is about thirty years old. The industry started by molding aramid and carbon fibers with various thermoset resins, and then expanded to glass fibers ...

A neuro-research center at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis required 6,700 tons of rebar, a material currently in high demand. Photo courtesy of McCarthy Building Cos. September ...

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Roughly 11,000 kilometers of GFRP rebar reinforce this concrete flood mitigation channel in Jizan, Saudi Arabia, and enable its 100-year service life. Photo Credit for all images: Mateenbar Worldwide, ...

Dublin, Sept. 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Steel Rebar - Company Evaluation Report, 2025" has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The Steel Rebar Companies Quadrant is a ...

A construction worker was seriously injured after falling onto a piece of rebar at a Miami job site on Wednesday. The City of Miami Fire Rescue responded to the grisly scene at 77 SE Fifth St. in the ...

Ottawa, Oct. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global steel rebar market size was valued at USD 243.85 billion in 2024 and is anticipated to reach around USD 426.51 billion by 2034, growing at a ...

While many of us might think that concrete structures such as bridges simply stand unaided for decades at a time, the fact is that they require maintenance as often as once every five years. An ...

The TyBot rebar tying robot, manufactured by Advanced Construction Robotics, can tie an average of 36,000 rebar intersections in a 40-hour week, equal to four to six ironworkers. In one shift May 12, ...

There are many jobs in the construction industry that fall under the “dull, dirty, and dangerous” category said to be ripe for automation — but only a few can actually be taken on with today’s ...