Description
Summer is the highest-risk season for concrete quality. Accelerated hydration, rapid moisture loss, increased water demand, and the crossover effect can all conspire to undermine strength and durability, often before you realize something went wrong.
In this session, Giatec’s own Icaro Mariani, P.Eng., M.Sc., Director, Customer & Engineering Success, walks through how hot weather affects fresh and hardening concrete, what the standards say, and how concrete monitoring solutions can give teams the visibility to stay ahead of the heat at every stage, from the plant to the pour.
Topics covered include:
- How high temperatures affect slump, workability, and long-term strength gain
- The Crossover Effect: Why early strength gains in hot weather can mean lower 28-day results
- What ACI 305 requires and how disciplined pre-construction planning reduces risk
- Cooling strategies for mix ingredients, water, and aggregate
- How SmartRock® sensors provide actual in-situ temperature and early strength data where field- and lab-cured samples fall short
- Thermal Modeling: forecast concrete behavior at various depths to support thermal control plans and reduce physical mockup, following ACI 207.2R compliant calculation guidelines
- Timing finishing operations with confidence using real-time in-situ data
- Practical guidance for planning hot-weather pours before peak temperature hours
Whether you’re a ready-mix concrete producer or a contractor managing pavement, structural elements, or mass concrete this summer, this session gives you the tools to place with confidence.
Presented by
Icaro Mariani
Director, Customer & Engineering Success @ Giatec