Credit: Peter Wagner Flatness and Levelness are both factors for building owners On your checklist, everything on a polished concrete project looks under control. But dangers are underfoot: The concrete floor wasn’t finished properly and doesn’t meet specifications for...
Flatwork Discoloration: Cause and Remedies Folds and wrinkles in curing blankets become the location of water-evaporation and condensation cycles cuasing flatwork discoloration. Question: Last fall we placed a concrete sidewalk in front of a downtown office building. Because it...
Tips for pouring stronger, crack-free concrete slabs for better garage floors by William D. Palmer Jr. and Paul Newman Garage slabs take a lot of abuse. They have to support heavy cars and trucks and resist ice, dirt, salty...
Find Out What Makes a Good Epoxy Great! There are many things that we buy where ingredients make a world of difference. Nutritional supplements for example: the labels may have the same mg’s, but there can be a vast...
by Concrete Construction Staff Structural engineers for the project, specified Grace’s STRUX 90/40 synthetic macrofibers Wal-Mart’s new Salt Lake City Supercenter offers shoppers everything from groceries and general merchandise to a McDonald’s, vision center, hair salon, and portrait studio...
Get close, you’ll realize that this is not a log but a solid concrete cabin From a distance, you’d think the Refugi Liepthaus in the Alps was just another quaint log cabin. But if you get close, you’ll realize...
Alkali-Silica Reaction (ASR), the reaction between alkalies in portland cement and certain siliceous rocks or minerals Diagnosis: An expansive cracking condition with discoloration. Cause: A chemical reaction between the naturally occurring sodium and potassium in Portland cement and certain...
Concrete Honeycombing Cause: Failure of the cement paste to consolidate and fill the voids between the more coarse aggregates. Possible concrete repair solutions: Functional/aesthetic concrete only: Chip by hand to remove any loose material SSD (saturated, surface dry). This...