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Low-cost wireless sensors are replacing the century-old practice to determine when a concrete pour has properly cured. Stoneway Concrete sells Giatec concrete sensors to contractors and uses them in their own projects to gain a…

The World of Concrete is a massive industry event hosted annually at the Las Vegas Convention Center. For those who have never been, it’s an endless sea of exhibitor booths, training sessions, and even a…

Materials Performance (MP) Magazine honored the new class of winners for the 2019 MP Corrosion Innovation of the Year Awards program in Monday’s ceremony at CORROSION 2019 in Nashville. The ceremony was held immediately outside…

Strength has been traditionally calculated by breaking sample cylinders cast from the same concrete material used for the building of a structure. In fact, using compression to test concrete strength has existed since the late…

Technological advancements have made it possible to obtain in-place strength data faster, without performing break tests. In particular, SmartRock™, the most widely used wire-free concrete sensor in the world, helps construction companies build structures faster,…

Engineers have used maturity calculations to help contractors complete jobs faster since the late 1980s. If they can know when a placement will achieve minimum strength without conducting time-consuming break tests on field-cured cylinders, contractors…

When it comes to testing concrete during placement, the most commonly used method for evaluating strength is the break test. Break tests require concrete sample cylinders to be subjected to high amounts of pressure in…

Giatec Scientific, a manufacturer of revolutionary concrete testing equipment, announced it has partnered with Redi-Mix, LLC (“Redi-Mix”), a business unit of U.S. Concrete, Inc., a supplier of concrete and aggregates for large-scale commercial, residential and…

In this article by Jobsite, a Procore Technologies publication, Giatec’s SmartRock wireless sensors are highlighted as a digital technology which allows site supervisors to monitor the temperature and strength of curing concrete. “The completely wireless…

Ottawa Business Journal has named Giatec as a tech-firm-to-watch in 2019. “There’s no industry more physical than concrete, and Giatec Scientific has become one of Ottawa’s fastest-growing companies by disrupting the sector’s foundations through its…

The Trillium Network for Advanced Manufacturing is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the growth of Ontario manufacturing. They connect, convene and collaborate with like-minded individuals and organizations to support the growth of Ontario manufacturing. …

In the news yet again! On-Site Magazine, Canada’s construction magazine of choice, covers Giatec’s mission to take on primitive concrete testing techniques in their August 2018 issue. To learn all about the journey to revolutionizing…