Structural Engineering
Concrete Structures

Concrete reinforced with steel was first invented in 1850. Because of its limited tensile (ability to stretch or be stretched) strength, concrete would be of little use today if it wasn't reinforced with steel.

Lafarge Cement Plant in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains at Exshaw, Alberta - Most of the buildings at the plant are made of concrete.
 
Three concrete ski jumps at Canada Olympic Park

Concrete bricks used in the construction of a building.

Trivia

1995 - World cement production was 1,421 million tonnes. This would be sufficient to make a road around the world 1 m thick and 188 m wide or a 3.5 m square column from the earth to the moon.

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