Crumbling Foundation Information
yptadmin2022-07-15T13:37:35-04:00Crumbling Foundation Information https://www.journalinquirer.com/connecticut_and_region/concrete-testing-to-improve-uconn-develops-new-method-to-test-foundations-assess-risk-of-failure/article_a73d9b56-0faf-11eb-b949-ffa4eb8a3603.html Concrete testing to improve; UConn develops new method to test foundations, assess risk of failure By Eric Bedner ebedner@journalinquirer.com A quest to determine how vulnerable crumbling foundations are to deterioration is a step closer to being reached as the University of Connecticut has quickly developed a less expensive and less invasive testing program supported by federal dollars. In August, the university was awarded $768,000 out of $1.5 million in federal funding for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, or NIST, to research how pyrrhotite deteriorates foundations and to establish a risk assessment to determine potential [...]