Total stations and robotic total stations were once tools for surveyors only, but manufacturers are not making them contractor friendly. As a result, more contractors are beginning to see the value in using total station technology.
Setting anchor bolts may sound like a simple task in preparing a slab or foundation for placement. But for industrial/commercial concrete contractors it can become a very complicated and important detail.
Serviceability is the name of the game with floor slabs that will have lift truck traffic. The most vulnerable places on such a floor slab are the joints. The joints break down when a lift truck moves toward the joint, deflecting down the edge of the slab panel it is on, then bumping against the...
Find out the results of CC's two-year warehouse floor study.
The article describes the different types on the market, their advantages, and how to install them.
Mark Peters, deputy to the associate laboratory director at Argonne National Laboratory, says the public has three concerns about nuclear reactors: they must be safe from extreme forces of nature, they must not leak radiation and highly radioactive spent fuels must be recycled, not stored.
The Atlanta Bonded Warehouse Corp. (ABW), Kennesaw, Ga., has always tried to improve its facilities and operations with each new warehouse or expansion.
Speed, durability, and sustainability are some of UV curing's benefits.
Placing mass concrete—which is defined for practical purposes as concrete formed with a minimum dimension of 3 feet—presents challenges in any type of construction.
A new pozzolanic cement when used to make concrete can resist attack in acidic or alkaline environments and also withstand higher temperatures than portland cement concrete.
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Refinements include reorganizing concrete reinforcing under Division 3 and updating Division 43 to correspond better with Division 46.
The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) trains workers in aircraft and airport maintenance, engineering, and flight operations. When the institute in Burnaby, B.C., opened a new hangar recently, it had a much more down-to-earth dilemma to tackle.
The Wacker Neuson Technical Academy will hold it's second prep course for the ACI Specialty Commercial/Industrial Concrete Floor Finishers certification.
The Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Caterpillar warehouse demands a lot of its 110,000-square-foot concrete slab.
The North American Industrial Coating Show will be held October 4-6, 2011 at the Duke Energy Convention Center in Cincinnati, OH.
The exposed aggregate finish features Mother of Pearl shells, mirror, and glass.
When international lighting manufacturer Electronic Theatre Controls Inc. was building its new corporate headquarters in Middleton, Wis., it had a unique design goal: All employees, administrative and factory staff alike, were to enjoy a carpeted floor throughout the entire 250,000-square-foot...
In the twenty years since the founding of the TCA, tilt-up construction has made monumental gains.
When precast fabricator High Concrete Group, Denver, Pa., decided to construct a $4.1 million, 16,200-square-foot maintenance building, it wasn't a big surprise that they went with precast concrete.
A project was chosen as CC's best of 2009 in each of the following categories: Best Landscaping Project, Best Industrial Project, and Best Transportation Project.