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The owner of a recently constructed manufacturing facility contacted us to help solve a problem with the concrete floor's surface.
I'm relatively new to the concrete polishing business. My company has been involved in treating stone and tile floors for years, and recently began to polish more concrete surfaces. Recently, we were asked to bid on a project that featured a concrete floo
Can stainless steel tie wire be used with standard rebar?
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I've heard guys on jobsites talking about yield and they don't mean “get out of the way.” Is this something I should care about?
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We have our first large self-consolidating concrete (SCC) project coming up soon, so I want to ensure that we get this right. The engineer performed the required test mixes to confirm slump, flow, spread, and compressive strength performance. The mix from
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Are concrete contractors really committed to green issues? Or are they just paying it lip service to get jobs?
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The contractor says it is a workmanship problem between me and the excavator. What are your thoughts on this and how should I go about repairing it? The contractor suggested pumping grout under the floor at the joints, but I don't think that is a good ide
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We are pouring a 60,000 square-foot indoor facility in Northern Ohio that is being heated with a 2 million btu salamander. We have good ventilation but are concerned about carbonation.
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What is microcracking? As a small concrete contractor, should I be concerned about it?
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I am the building manager for a large church on the East Coast. We recently have contracted with a company to grind and overlay about 5000 square feet of our church.
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I am the building manager for a large church on the East Coast. We recently have contracted with a company to grind and overlay about 5000 square feet of our church.
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Would you please provide us with information on soil cement? Specifically, we are looking for product information and how it is purchased--by ton, weight, truck load? We also need pricing information.
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I would like to consider using the small glass spheres described in an article I found on your Web site. However, I cannot locate the company that was reclaiming glass from the waste stream and recycling it into this lightweight aggregate. Can you provide any information?
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I've heard many times that changing the water-cement ratio in concrete has a large effect on its strength. The question is, why?
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As we are more and more concerned with durability, how do we measure it on a given structure after a year or after 5 years?
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One problem with trying to remove this type of stain is that you may find yourself left with a nonuniform appearance--the areas of cleaner, brighter concrete standing out where dark stains used to be. You might try blasting lightly using blast media that'
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I have recently taken charge of a multistory construction building in Pakistan, which three floors are already built, including one basement. On the first floor, it has been observed that the proper mixing of the material has not been maintained and the coarse material could have contained mud...
I am searching for a supplier of inflatable formwork for constructing culverts onsite. I believe the balloon-like apparatus comes in different sizes, but I can't find a source.
I am employed by a home builder and currently dealing with a homeowner who is claiming moisture damage to the hardwood flooring in her home. She hired a professional who completed the ASTM F2170 test.
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What's the nominal weight of standard concrete?