In the future, pervious concrete is going to become an important part of the sustainable infrastructure landscape.

Lightweight concrete is not a new concept, but the materials usually used to make it create challenges in processing and handling. Conventional lightweight aggregate is porous and absorbs large ...

A significant percentage of urban pavements will be permeable as we move further into the 2020s and pervious concrete is well-positioned to serve this market.

From the mud, straw, and gypsum mixtures of ancient Egypt's monumental pyramids to the sophisticated underwater material ...

Oak is less porous than amphora but capable of impacting texture and enhancing complexity as well. Concrete tanks were also introduced by the Romans and were then popularized in the 19th and early ...

You may have been given advice that leaving a car battery on a concrete floor would cause it to discharge, but is that still the case? Let's take a look.

So why isn’t porous pavement not used more widely in cities and towns in Central Massachusetts and New England? Clogging, other challenges One such challenge is the holes in porous surfaces can ...

The porous panels are installed at the curb line over a layer of soil, soaking up rainwater to reduce flooding.

Ancient Roman concrete could self-heal thanks to “hot mixing” with quicklime Mysterious lime clasts, dismissed as defects, turn out to serve a useful purpose.

Concrete has been the backbone of construction for millennia, from the enduring structures of ancient Rome to today’s ...