As the demand for more sustainable construction grows and raw material shortages like steel continue to be a challenge, fiber-reinforced ... concrete significantly more resistant to cracking from ...

Since 2015, Gramazio Kohler Research has been in the process of developing "Mesh Mould Metal," a project that studies the unification of concrete reinforcement and formwork into a single ...

For plastic shrinkage crack reduction ... shrinkage control and the replacement of wire mesh. To assist with the workability of fiber-reinforced concrete, the ACI 544.3 standard provides ...

Combine it with plastic sheeting or row cover fabric ... and difficult to work with (because of the hardness of the wire). Concrete reinforcing mesh, made of softer, 9-gauge wire, is inexpensive ...

Q: Tim, my builder is telling me to forget about using reinforcing steel or mesh in my concrete driveway and patio. He says he’ll just add an inch of thickness and that’s good enough.