Concrete Design Fabrication 
The Constructor
APRIL 18, 2025
Smart textiles for buildings represent a bold leap forward in construction materialswhere fiber technology meets structural engineering to create lightweight, high-performance fabric systems that rival concrete and steel. As the construction industry searches for lower-impact, high-efficiency alternatives, […]
Construction Marketing
MAY 27, 2022
Since fabric buildings are tensile structures, the membrane can be pulled into a three-dimensional surface for developing shading, a roof, or a decorative component. Simply put, they’re a building made of all-steel frames and tarp covers or fabric material. Read on to learn about the advantages of fabric buildings.
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The Constructor
NOVEMBER 21, 2011
Both the rate and degree of hydration, and the resulting strength of the final concrete, depend on the curing process that follows placing and consolidating the plastic concrete. This reaction, called hydration, produces a stone-like substance—the hardened cement paste.
The Constructor
MARCH 19, 2012
Thicker plywood may be used when the weight of concrete causes a standard thickness plywood to bow out, distorting the concrete face. Note the different thickness: A standard plywood thickness on site is 18mm. this is usually sufficient for most pours. However, if the formwork is curved, a thinner plywood is used to facilitate bending.
The Constructor
NOVEMBER 19, 2011
Even experience in extensive design in academic context can provide only limited perspective in engineering decision making. Most lessons in engineering decision making come from the cases of histories of failures of structures, which itself are the results of a bad judgement, thus making us understand the pitfalls in conceptual design.
BD+C
APRIL 23, 2013
Milliken recently debuted a flexible fabric that allows for concrete installations on slopes, in water, and in other hard to reach places—without the need for molds or mixing. Concrete Cloth features a cement mix trapped in a layer of fabric, backed with a waterproof membrane.
The Constructor
MARCH 19, 2012
When concrete is fresh and in its liquid state it must be restrained within a mould in order for it to set in its required shape. A smooth outer surface provides the main support for the concrete as it sets. Formwork is the term used to describe this mould. For most in-situ pours, the formwork is made of wood.
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