Rebar is the main reinforcement for bridges and roadways-it must be laid before the concrete can be mixed and poured, unfortunately, once the rebar is laid, it must be tied.

Instead of the surface being covered the traditional way of pouring concrete, EDCC is sprayed onto the surface of interior concrete walls.

One of the first things you need to do is to check to see if your house suffers from any of the common weaknesses that can cause catastrophic damage, or failure to your home during a strong quake.

The annual global production of concrete comes in at around 10 billion tones which means that approximately 681 billion liters of fresh water is used.

To become a reinforcing steel or an iron rebar worker, applicants must have a high school diploma, or at the very least, an equivalency diploma.

When evaluating your project whether it’s a driveway, a swimming pool, a patio or a retaining wall you need to figure out what would be the best reinforcement to pick.

Another advantage of reinforced concrete is that construction elements or sections can be fabricated offsite and delivered to the construction site to be assembled.

You should be able after reading this, to perform simple forming methods for linear footings and pier footings for a basic foundation. I will cover optional ways to form foundation walls as well.

I will try to cover the basics for installation of footings for various structures. Since footings are the basic foundation piece of any building, it is important that they be designed by a licensed professional who will determine the proper size of the footing. The local soil conditions and the size of the building itself will determine the physical size of the footing needed, steel reinforcement needs, if any, and so on.

With the rapid developments of 3D printing and robotics one had to suspect that it was only a matter of time before a house was digitally fabricated. That time is now.