The article describes the different types on the market, their advantages, and how to install them.
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.
Financial results for 2011 show steady improvement in the concrete construction industry.
Asbestos was used in concrete products in the past and could pose a threat in some instances.
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...
Achieving better slabs by understanding a mix's shrinkage potential.
Find out the results of CC's two-year warehouse floor study.
Using a shrinkage-compesnating concrete produces a crack-free slab.
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.
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.
A failed floor coating may seem to be the result of near-surface alkali reaction but further investigation may be warranted.
Industrial paving presents a great opportunity for concrete contractors to exapnd their line of work to offer to owners.
Speed, durability, and sustainability are some of UV curing's benefits.
In February of 2009, CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION and Scurto Cement, Gilberts, Ill., decided to do a two-year warehouse floor study to monitor curling.
The Atlanta Bonded Warehouse Corp. (ABW), Kennesaw, Ga., has always tried to improve its facilities and operations with each new warehouse or expansion.
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.
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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 Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Caterpillar warehouse demands a lot of its 110,000-square-foot concrete slab.