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18
Jun

Evaluating Flatness and Levelness when Polishing Concrete

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...

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17
Jun

Flatwork Discoloration

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...

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17
Jun

Better Garage Floors

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...

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17
Jun

All Epoxies Are Not Created Equal!

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...

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17
Jun

Time and Labor Savings in Store with Macro Fibers

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...

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16
Jun

Cozy Concrete Cabin in the Alps

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...

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16
Jun

Alkali-Silica Reaction

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...

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16
Jun

Blowup

A blowup is a localized upward movement of a concrete curb or slab, usually at a joint or crack. Diagnosis: Cracking and subsequent deviation from the straight plane of a concrete element due to forces imposed by thermal expansion....

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16
Jun

Curling

Curling of Concrete Slabs Diagnosis: Also referred to as edge-curling, it’s the lifting of a slab or topping at its corners and/or edges. You’ll see cracks or deterioration around the perimeter edge, and a noticeable up-lift at perimeter edge...

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16
Jun

Honeycombing

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...

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