More stories about Cracking and Crazing

  • Somero Matson SD Joint Saver

    SD Joint Saver fixes joints and cracks that are loose, rocking, or spalled.

  • Predicting Windy Day Problems

    We are planning to bid on a decorative patio on a high-profile project overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The area is known for its continuously changing weather and especially windy conditions. We would like to try to estimate how the varying weather conditions will affect our productivity. We would...

  • The Sometimes Magical Elixir

    Air—who would think something so visible, whose composition is so invisible, pervades our universe so completely, and has such omnipresence and power, can be both so useful and so harmful?

  • SCC in Tilt-Up Applications

    Q: Can self-consolidating concrete be used for tilt-up panels? What does the finish look like, and are plastic shrinkage cracks a problem?

  • One Year Later

    In February 2009, Concrete Construction magazine and Scurto Cement Construction Ltd., Gilberts, Ill., joined forces to conduct a field study focused on curling and shrinkage in warehouse floor slabs.

  • Floor Finishing

    With the finishing equipment available today, almost anyone can get a decent finish and adequate surface profile tolerances in the interior, wide-open portions of a slab placement.

  • Roadware Match-Crete Clear

    Match-Crete Clear two-component polyurethane repairs cracks, spalls, and joints in concrete subject to UV exposure from sunlight.

  • Electro-Osmotic Protection

    a method called electro-osmotic pulse (EOP) is starting to be used for both new construction and repair work. Once the system is installed, it can be operated for the same cost as running a 50-W lightbulb and you can “waterproof” your basement walls. That's less than the cost to operate a sump pump.

  • Biting the Dust

    The owner of a recently constructed manufacturing facility contacted us to help solve a problem with the concrete floor's surface.

  • Dog Work

    There's a good reason why World of Concrete draws best in Las Vegas: contractors are inveterate optimists who are ever-confident in their abilities to improvise, adapt, and overcome.