Concrete Finds New Strengths To Face New Competitors

摘要

From sound control to stronger, longer-lasting airport runways, America's concrete manufacturers are providing engineers and architects with a broader palette of building applications than ever before. Precast, poured in place, reinforced, large blocks, tilt-up-today's concrete industry is multiplying products and techniques in an ongoing effort to be ready for whatever demands a job may present. Reinforcement is a prime example. Most concrete construction requires some kind of reinforcement to help concrete components absorb stresses without cracking or crumbling. Time was that reinforcement meant steel bars...period. Today, even as a variety of new reinforcing approaches are winning market share, rebar itself is improving and showing up in more forms and settings.