Marine Aluminum Shapes and Tubing: What to Specify

The practical issue behind Marine Aluminum Shapes and Tubing: What to Specify is not terminology alone; it is how the choice changes purchasing, fabrication, installation and service life. Aluminum combines low density, useful corrosion resistance and good...

Stainless Steel Uses in Construction and Fabrication

Stainless Steel Uses in Construction and Fabrication is the kind of question that becomes expensive when it is answered with a rule of thumb instead of a complete material specification. “Stainless steel” covers a family of alloys rather than one material. Grade,...

Reinforced Concrete Pipe vs Corrugated Metal Pipe

Reinforced Concrete Pipe vs Corrugated Metal Pipe is the kind of question that becomes expensive when it is answered with a rule of thumb instead of a complete material specification. A culvert order is only as good as the drainage design behind it. Diameter, shape,...

Welding Cast Iron: Material and Process Considerations

The practical issue behind Welding Cast Iron: Material and Process Considerations is not terminology alone; it is how the choice changes purchasing, fabrication, installation and service life. Welding is not one process and weldability is not one property. Base metal...

How to Tie Rebar: Materials and Planning

How to Tie Rebar: Materials and Planning is the kind of question that becomes expensive when it is answered with a rule of thumb instead of a complete material specification. Reinforcement should be purchased from the structural design, not from a generic rule of...