A villa in Pompeii has survived two thousand years and is still well preserved. Image via Wiki Commons. Concrete was the foundation of the Roman Empire. For centuries, researchers have tried to ...

Concrete was the foundation of the ancient Roman empire. It enabled Rome's storied architectural revolution as well as the ...

Excavations of a workshop that was buried in Pompeii almost 2000 years ago have given archaeologists unique insights into ...

Isotopic analysis confirmed that the workers in Pompeii relied on hot-mixing when making their concrete. Samples from the ...

Scientists excavating the ruins of Pompeii have discovered a construction site left frozen in time by the eruption of Italy's ...

From the iconic Colosseum in Rome to Hadrian’s Wall all the way in England, there’s one question most people must ask ...

The only snag was that this didn’t match the recipe as described in historical texts. Now the same team is back with a fresh ...

As winter approaches, Canada's roads, bridges, sidewalks and buildings are facing a familiar problem: cracks caused by large ...

Due to environmental conditions in Canada, freeze-thaw cycles, road salt and moisture are serving to accelerate cracking and ...

Future Mars astronauts may use microbial life to produce the building materials for a permanent human colony on the Red ...

Next Century Building Systems (NCBS) is scaling up the production of its Italian-backed NXT Panel (SCIP) technology in the ...

No industry is set in stone. Indianola-based Cemen Tech has been shaking up – or vibrating – the cement and concrete industry with its volumetric mixer trucks. Roads, bridges, buildings, parking lots ...