OSWEGO, N.Y. (AP) Hundreds of huge concrete objects that resemble the jacks used in the childhood game are being used to rebuild the breakwater... Jul 30, 2015 — OSWEGO, N.Y. (AP) Hundreds of huge ...

A man walks through rows of dolosse. One thousand, 16-ton dolosse will be used to repair part of the breakwater at the Port of Oswego. The repairs should help protect the harbor from large waves.

SINGAPORE – Concrete waste is getting a new lease of life, as a local firm and Nan­yang Technological University (NTU) are recycling it into carbon dioxide-storing concrete for seawalls and other ...

Ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) is rapidly emerging as a premier material for precast concrete construction. First introduced as “reactive powder concrete” in the early 1990s, this material has ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Hurricane Sandy pounded Northeast Ohio with winds up to 70 mph for two days in 2012, inflicting billions of dollars of devastation across 24 states -- some of which only now is being ...

A major repairs programme is underway at South Gare's breakwater after concrete slabs weighing up to 50 tonnes were "tossed around like pebbles" during Storm Babet. The breakwater took the brunt of ...

SENDAI, Japan—It’s a blustery day and I’m standing on a giant concrete seawall, staring over the water. The seawall, as you might imagine, is a tall, sloped structure intended to keep the sea and the ...