The negative impacts of cement-based material (CBM) production are way bigger than ever
expected. To illustrate the scale of this phenomenon, all the forests in the world, regardless …

A total of 12 billion tons of concrete materials are produced annually, about 2 tons per
person. More sustainable buildings are thus needed to decrease the carbon footprint of …

Concrete is a material that is widely used in the construction market due to its availability
and cost, although it is prone to fracture formation. Therefore, there has been a surge in …

Concrete cracking is regarded as one of the foremost factors posing a long-term safety threat
to the durability of structures. Recently, microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation …

Cementitious materials are the most frequently used building materials globally, with a wide
range of applications and increasing demand. The concrete possesses a few limitations …

Concrete is being extensively used in construction industry worldwide because of its
availability and affordability but it is vulnerable to crack formation. Because of cracking …

For more than two decades, with steadily increasing intensity, the focus of scientific
research, mainly on the laboratory scale but also in the field conditions, has been the …

The application of seawater-mixed concrete can effectively reduce the use of the freshwater
for concrete production. Moreover, the steel fibers added into concrete matrix can improve its …

There are many laboratory researches for microbial self-healing concrete (MSC) but few
engineering applications. Demonstration application is an essential link from laboratory to …

Concrete is a building material that withstands environmental actions for centuries.
Development of concrete technologies enables building up the lightweight, slender, and …