Special Feature
Concrete and Masonry
Below are articles from the latest Concrete and Masonry Special Feature Newsletter, published July 30, 2021 by the Journal of Commerce.
Feature Articles - Concrete and Masonry

Why can earthquakes level some buildings but leave others untouched?
Bishnu Pandey, a civil engineering instructor in the school of construction and...
Infrastructure

Manitoba engineer honoured for study of fibre-reinforced concrete
Ehab El-Salakawy, a professor of structural engineering at the University of Man...
Resource

Lafarge’s Richmond, B.C. plant hits major CO2 capture milestone
Despite the challenges caused by COVID-19, a first-of-its-kind pilot project to...
Technology
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