Tying rebar involves handling heavy materials, working in awkward positions, and repeating the same hand twisting motions over and over. All of this can lead to serious wear and tear on the body. A ...

Reinforced concrete relies on correctly positioned reinforcement bars to achieve the strength and durability expected from ...

Located in Beaver County, PA, the Koppel Bridge was a historic, 1,200-ft. structure dating back to 1914, where it was initially a privately owned toll bridge. The state of Pennsylvania acquired the ...

The Charles Pankow Foundation, which, since 2006, has spent $7.4 million funding 42 mostly unrelated research projects, is switching gears. To improve construction practice, it will now focus on ...

The TyBot rebar tying robot, manufactured by Advanced Construction Robotics, can tie an average of 36,000 rebar intersections in a 40-hour week, equal to four to six ironworkers. In one shift May 12, ...

Steel giant ArcelorMittal (MT) announced that it has shipped more than 192,000 tons of rebar for the Panama Canal expansion project. The company supplied the latest rebar, in grade 60 and grade 75, ...

Automation and digitization are revolutionizing nearly every industry, but in old school fields like construction, automation technologies have the potential to be truly transformative. The sector is ...