The article describes the different types on the market, their advantages, and how to install them.
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.
The exposed aggregate finish features Mother of Pearl shells, mirror, and glass.
The Wacker Neuson Technical Academy will hold it's second prep course for the ACI Specialty Commercial/Industrial Concrete Floor Finishers certification.
The North American Industrial Coating Show will be held October 4-6, 2011 at the Duke Energy Convention Center in Cincinnati, OH.
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Refinements include reorganizing concrete reinforcing under Division 3 and updating Division 43 to correspond better with Division 46.
Find out the results of CC's two-year warehouse floor study.
Speed, durability, and sustainability are some of UV curing's benefits.
The Atlanta Bonded Warehouse Corp. (ABW), Kennesaw, Ga., has always tried to improve its facilities and operations with each new warehouse or expansion.
The Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA), Mount Vernon, Iowa, recently announced the recipients of the 2010 Tilt-Up Achievement Awards.
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.
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.
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.
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Garmin International is a worldwide leader in the design, manufacturing, and marketing of navigation and communication products utilizing GPS technology. From a handful of employees in 1989, the organization has grown to more than 7000 associates worldwide. Growth of this magnitude has resulted in...
A couple of years ago, Concrete Construction editors discussed the possibility of conducting a field test involving shrinkage and curling in warehouse floors. An excellent idea with plenty of potential to impact the industry, although one key ingredient was missing—a warehouse floor.
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.
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.
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...
The Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Caterpillar warehouse demands a lot of its 110,000-square-foot concrete slab.
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.