In lieu of a hydropower turbine being placed at the end of a pipe carrying water from a city reservoir down to Castle Creek, the Aspen water department has drawn up plans for an underground concrete ...
Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...
Five hundred meters below the Pacific, off the coast of Los Angeles, a hollow concrete sphere the size of a small house will soon sit anchored to the seabed. When the grid needs power, a valve opens, ...
The safety and longevity of nuclear power plants hinge on the performance of their reinforced concrete containment vessels when exposed to extreme thermal, moisture and mechanical loads. Thermal ...
The concept of working with concrete and wrought iron could realistically have been where the saying "between a rock and a hard place" came from. Drilling into or simply handling either one of these ...
Placing concrete is a complex process. One slight miscalculation on any of the numerous variables can spoil a whole batch. And unfortunately, mistakes aren’t always evident right away. While concrete ...
BC Hydro says it hit a major milestone at Site C this week, finishing roller-compacted concrete placements in the upper spillway buttress seven months ahead of schedule. Crews finished the work on ...