Architecture and Construction

The construction industry is currently facing two major challenges: the demand for sustainable infrastructure and the need to repair deteriorating buildings, bridges and roads. While concrete is the material of…

There’ s a loud bang, and then it starts: A battery module of an electric car is on fire in the Hagerbach test tunnel. A video of the test impressively…

More than ten billion tonnes of concrete are produced and used worldwide every year. This is more than all other building materials combined. By way of…

Whether crumbling tunnel walls, cracks in concrete facades or porous bridge piers, according to statistics from the National Association of Corrosion Engineers…

Demand for affordable living space has gone through the roof. Developers embarking on large, complex construction projects need efficient solutions that save…

Sigrid Adriaenssens, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Princeton, collaborated on the analysis with graduate student Vittorio Paris and…