Placing & Finishing

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    Concrete Pavement Returns to Alabama

    An overlay and slipforming equipment help pave I-59 in Alabama.

     
  • Electric-Powered Curing Blankets Aid Bridge Construction

    Contractors use electric-powered curing blankets to heat poured concrete in cold temperatures.

     
  • Tower 4 of the new World Trade Center site used various formwork products to address construction challenges.

    Climbing and Shoring Equipment Aid in Tower Construction

    Various shoring products were used to construct the World Trade Center's Tower 4.

     
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    CPR Saves Oklahoma Freeway

    A survey of the Oklahoma City section of I-44 proved to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) that it was in desperate need of repair. Their solution: concrete pavement restoration (CPR).

     
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    Cast-In-Place Gives Theater a Makeover

    The Arena Stage renovation project in Washington, D.C., presented Clark Concrete Contractors, Bethesda, Md., with unusual challenges: In addition to renovating two theaters and constructing a new elliptically shaped theater that involved complex concrete designs, the company had to consider...

     
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    Formwork Supports Bridge Replacement

    The Brightman Street Bridge had endured 100 years of use and abuse. Serving the city of Fall River, Mass., it is a vital link for residents traveling across the Taunton River to neighboring areas.

     
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    Finding Buried Treasure With Diamond Grinding

    With an unprecedented number of roadways in need of repair across the U.S., cost-effective pavement rehabilitation techniques remain a pressing issue for roadway engineers and owners.

     
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    Cement Product Offers Benefits Over Asphalt

    Although asphalt has dominated the road repair market for years, recent studies and changing market conditions now indicate the numerous benefits of concrete over blacktop.

     
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    Moisture- And Static-Free Concrete Floors

    In 2003, the OKI Telecom management team invested in a protective electrostatic discharge (ESD) flooring system to eliminate static electricity from the production floor at its Suwanee, Ga., facility where the company manufactures automotive electronics, cellular phones, and personal communications...

     
  • Fluted Round Columns Highlight Elegance

    At the heart of Los Angeles' Century City/Beverly Hills region, the 42-story, 147-unit luxury condominium tower known as “The Century” is designed to be an epicenter of upscale living on the Avenue of the Stars.

     
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    Jobsite Rebar Fabrication

    Rebar bending and cutting on a jobsite can be a difficult and laborious job. With the right tool, however, it can be less taxing on the operator.

     
  • Walking Tall

    Just a few months after starting operations last January, M6 Cutting and Coring,Wichita, Kan., rose to new heights when refurbishing the world's largest grain elevator facility, located near its hometown. The jobsite was at the top of the silos--120 feet above ground.

     
  • Water World

    When Hurricane Wilma crashed through the Atlantic basin in October 2005, the record-breaking storm demolished docks at Cozumel, Mexico, and threatened the $5 billion tourist industry whose Caribbean cruise ships depend on those docks.

     
  • Hydrodemolition Clean Up

    When a massive fire erupted in a major tunnel in the Newhall Pass on Interstate 5 near Santa Clarita, Calif., the heat from the flames reached temperatures up to 1400° C (2550° F), causing the concrete in the tunnel to split.

     
  • Rapid-Setting Cement Products Save Time

    A tight schedule and a variety of project challenges were no match for contractor DF Perez, Anaheim, Calif., when renovation began on the California Institute of Technology's six-building South House complex.

     
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    Speedy Dam Project

    Seven Dynapac rollers were used on the Nam Theun 2 dam project—one of the world's largest hydroelectric dam designs.

     
  • Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Withstands Heavy Loads

    The Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Caterpillar warehouse demands a lot of its 110,000-square-foot concrete slab.

     
  • Products Solving Problems

    Removing delaminated concrete at Pearl Harbor, and restoring coating at an animal hospital in a week--without closing for business.

     
  • Products Solving Problems

    Removing delaminated concrete at Pearl Harbor, and restoring coating at an animal hospital in a week--without closing for business.

     
  • Formwork in Hotel Construction

    Three hotel projects around the country are using formwork.