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There's a dire need to repair aging infrastructure in the U.S., and an innovative building material could be a game changer. Embedded with steel fibers, ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) is about 5 to 10 times stronger than standard concrete -- and unaffordable for most government-funded p...
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| Format: | Electronic Video |
| Language: | English |
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NewsHour Productions LLC,
[2022]
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| Summary: | There's a dire need to repair aging infrastructure in the U.S., and an innovative building material could be a game changer. Embedded with steel fibers, ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) is about 5 to 10 times stronger than standard concrete -- and unaffordable for most government-funded projects. In this NewsHour segment, special correspondent Cat Wise looks at the use of UHPC and how researchers are working to bring costs down. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released by NewsHour Productions LLC, 2022. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on December 13, 2022. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 video file (4 min., 56 sec)) : sound. |
| Format: | Streaming video file. System requirements: FOD playback platform. |
| Language: | Closed-captioned. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Title from distributor's description |