Reinforced concrete (RC) bridge design under uncertainty requires advanced strategies that balance reliability and efficiency. This study presents a hybrid Reliability-Based Design Optimization (RBDO) ...

The new design for Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge is expected to be completed by the end of November. Until then, the final completion date and cost are still up in the air. However, on ...

New design renderings of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge reconstruction were unveiled on Thursday, showing what the bridge is expected to look like upon completion in the fall of 2028. The bridge ...

Affordable, versatile, incredibly strong and locally available, concrete is the world’s most used manmade material. But it also has a huge carbon footprint, accounting for around 8% of global ...

WAVERLY, Iowa — The new Bremer Avenue Bridge in Waverly is nearing completion. Crews plan to start pouring the last of the concrete at 5 a.m. Thursday. The work is expected to take up to 12 hours. Due ...

The scourge of modern concrete is, perhaps surprisingly, rust. Most concrete structures are laced with steel rebar to add strength, but if the metal corrodes, it can cause the concrete to fail ...

The concrete deck for the Chardon Road bridge near Pleasant Valley Road was recently poured as part of the bridge project that’s ongoing in Willoughby Hills. Lake Humane Society pushes its mission ...

Reinforced concrete structures are physically heavy — and designing them can be just as weighty, burdened by a complex, code-heavy, time-consuming process that’s ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — The Rhode Island Department of Transportation has changed the way the state builds their bridges. In some cases, it's noticeable that the span of a bridge is much shorter ...

INDIANAPOLIS — A handful of drivers are demanding an explanation for dangerous debris falling near a railway bridge. “If you’re trying to avoid a chunk of concrete, you might hit a pothole,” said ...

The Mackinac Bridge connects Michigan's Upper and Lower Peninsulas. Completed in 1957, it was the first long-span suspension bridge to incorporate design features like a porous deck for wind ...