Slag Cement Life Cycle Assessment Calculator Free to Download
Get ready, ready-mix concrete industry, because the Slag Cement Association (SCA) has just introduced a new Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) calculator for slag cement, and…
Bullet-Proof Concrete Proposed for Border Wall
With President Trump’s border wall plans heavily in the works, a North Carolina company is ready to get their hands dirty. Partnering with a construction…
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Giatec Welcomes Concrete Materials as a SmartRock® Plus Producer
March 30, 2017 Pour smarter, build stronger.Get the Concrete Pour Checklist today! Download Free Checklist Concrete Materials, a leading producer of ready-mix concrete in South…
Relieving Pressure on Concrete Foundation Walls with Stud Rails
A deep five-level underground concrete foundation to support a 45-storey condo that is currently being built in downtown Toronto is using an innovative method to…
The Importance of Sequencing for Precast Concrete
Naturally, precasters spend a large amount of their time working to understand the chosen materials that go into their concrete mix designs. But how important…
What to do with Captured Carbon?With concrete being the second most consumed substance on earth (next to water), it is no secret that the concrete…
What to do with Captured Carbon?
With concrete being the second most consumed substance on earth (next to water), , it is no secret that the concrete industry is one of…
6 Reasons Ready-Mix Producers Should Partner with SmartRock® Plus
SmartRock® Plus is the new, branded, concrete mix solution designed to help concrete producers improve their bottom line. Ready mix companies are signing up for…
Sydney Metro Job Structural Failure Leads to Delays
Australia is currently working on a large-scale infrastructure project known as the Sydney Metre Job. Unfortunately, a key component of Australia’s biggest public transport infrastructure…
Heavyweight Concrete to Minimize Sounds and Vibrations
A number of articles have recently been published on the various applications and benefits of using light-weight concrete. Lightweight concrete is characterized by concrete whose…
Gaza Rubble Concrete – Building Our Future With Our Past
Gaza, a small self-governing Palestinian territory located on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, is no stranger to war. Over the past 10 years,…
Defects Aren’t Always a Bad Thing – Just ask the Ancient Romans
Concrete is a highly regarded building material in large part due to its inherent strength and durability – something that was first recognized by the…
Cement + Water + Wood = Concrete?!
The current outbreak the mountain pine beetle and its microbial associates, native to the forests of western North America from Mexico to central British Columbia…
Simplify Your Concrete Mixes with this All-in-One Additive
With concrete being one of the most popular construction materials used by engineers and professionals worldwide, it is easy to assume that this widespread material,…
America’s First Vertical Evacuation Shelter
Seismologists are predicting a one-in-three probability of a catastrophic earthquake with a very high likelihood for a subsequent tsunami to hit the coast of the…
Laser Scanning: New Fire Damage Detection in Concrete
Though concrete is known to be a material which has high fire-resistance, its physical, chemical and mechanical properties do endure severe changes when subjected to…
Have no Fear – EMP-Proof Concrete is Here
Have you ever had the fear that we are under the threat of an EMP attack that will knock out all electronics – spiralling the…
