Building standards treat all concrete the same, hindering the use of greener concrete, but climate conditions play a much bigger role in determining a structure’s durability
The paper is here
Building standards treat all concrete the same, hindering the use of greener concrete, but climate conditions play a much bigger role in determining a structure’s durability
The paper is here
The department that tests products and updates the code is probably underfunded
The study is for Europe, but in the US, the construction industry writes a model code and localities mostly just adopt it with fairly limited local changes
Underfunding of regulatory departments and rubber-stamping is also common in Europe, it was a major factor in the Grenfell fire