Then slip base frame over top of column and center around bottom of column. Pour base. Cover wet concrete with plastic for 24 hours. Knock off wood framing. Wait one week before painting.

Diving into the amazing techniques of rendering sand and cement onto concrete columns, a crucial step in the process of building houses. Rendering is a vital technique that improves both the aesthetic ...

Researchers at the Center for Civil Engineering Earthquake Research tested precast bridge columns with energy dissipating joints. Learn more about their research.

For the 200 fluted concrete columns that support the balconies on the nearly 1 million ft² (92,900m²) elliptically-shaped building's upper floors, the project's architectural firm-of-record, HKS Inc. ...

Steel column base connection: A joint system that rigidly or semi-rigidly couples a steel column to its concrete foundation, facilitating the transfer of axial, bending and seismic forces.

The current concrete bases of the Columns on Francis Quadrangle were placed in 1949 to protect the original stone bases. This project will entail wrapping a fiber material around the blocks and ...