It is available in many forms, from spirals for reinforcing columns, to the common rod, to meshes and many other forms.

The services, including stairs and lifts, are housed in 16 reinforced concrete columns that are of five-metre (17 ft) diameter.

STEEL rods are being anchored to mold reinforced concrete columns at a site that a century ago was part of one of the largest iron and steel manufacturing centers in the country.

Reinforced concrete and masonry columns are generally built directly on top of concrete foundations.

More palazzo than château, with its frescoes and reinforced concrete columns clad in Italian marble, the museum is devoted principally to international modern design in ceramics, glass, and textiles from 1940 to the present day.

B-52 bombers flew missions against reinforcing columns that rolled out of Baghdad on Wednesday to reinforce Iraqi troops fighting around Najaf.

As engineers and construction workers rappelled down into the ruins to shore up quivering floors and reinforce fractured columns, firefighters and Federal rescue specialists fought back their frustration at leaving more than half of the building unsearched.

But the state has barely begun a a more extensive program to reinforce concrete columns on freeway bridges by wrapping them in steel blankets.

Construction work in the interior was carried out to reinforce the beams and columns, while retrofitting done on the exterior to restore the façade.

Funding would reinforce columns and repair damage to the roof in order to improve public safety.