A concrete slab that supported the pool deck at Florida's Champlain Towers South condo building, which collapsed last month and resulted in the deaths of at least 95 people so far, needed "concrete ...

Biaxial voided slabs represent a revolutionary approach in modern construction, combining reductions in self‐weight with maintained structural integrity. By incorporating optimally shaped cavities ...

Nearly three years before parts of an oceanfront condo building gave way in South Florida earlier this week, an engineer reported alarming evidence of “major structural damage” to a slab of concrete ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joe Raedle/Getty A structural engineer hired by the Champlain Towers South in 2018 to review possible repair needs warned of ...

A consultant warned there was evidence of “major structural damage” below the pool deck of a Miami Beach-area condo building nearly three years before it collapsed. As officials continue to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The ground-floor pool deck of the oceanfront ...

Question: Cracks are forming in my concrete slab foundation and are causing problems with flooring. My master bath floor tile has developed a 4-foot crack (tiles, not grout) and I see a ridge forming ...

Lightweight and versatile, molded polystyrene foam is a commercial building material that despite being commonly used remains somewhat misunderstood. Frequently identified by the misnomer Styrofoam, ...