Every drop of water stored in our country's reservoirs, water treatment plants, and behind dams is vital ... structures is concrete shrinkage in the walls which can lead to cracks, enabling ...

We have all heard the saying “concrete can be counted on to do two things — get hard and crack.” Without thoughtful human intervention that saying might be true, but today slabs-on-ground ...

“This dam has significant structural deficiencies ... The company paid to grout cracks and add new layers of concrete.

Wyoming's state engineer said Thursday that there’s no saving the 115-year-old LaPrele Dam near Douglas, which is close to ...

The concrete structure was reinforced with ... We spoke early in the present article of certain cracks that appeared when the dam was first filled with water. Very significant is the fact that ...

State prosecutors in Brazil have identified cracks in a tailings dam owned by iron ore mining company Vale SA and have asked the firm to hire an independent auditor to look into the matter ...

According to the Libyan prosecutor, those responsible for managing dams in Libya had reported cracks in both of them as early as 1998. Two years later, Libyan authorities hired an Italian ...

But remember: concrete is very heavy. About halfway down the curve of the dome, the weight of the structure is pushing the sides outward, creating a stress called tension. Cracks are beginning to ...