Find out the results of CC's two-year warehouse floor study.
One and a half years into the two-year curling field study on warehouse floors, the results have been unexpected.
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.
Concrete Construction and Scurto Cement Construction Ltd., Elgin, Ill., conducted a field test to learn more about shrinkage and curling in warehouse floors.
Six months ago Scurto Cement, Elgin, Ill., along with several companies that contributed products, constructed a warehouse in the Chicago area. As one of the nation's largest floor contractors, Scurto searches for ways to reduce long-term shrinkage and curling in its floors.
This is the second in a series of articles about our warehouse floor field test. The purpose of the study is to find economical ways to reduce curling in warehouse floors and to study the rate of moisture loss in concrete after placement.
The idea of initiating a field test to learn more about shrinkage and curling in warehouse floors is something that Concrete Construction magazine has considered for the past couple of years. So when Greg Scurto, president of Scurto Cement, Gilberts, Ill.