The company offers calorimetry tools to quickly and easily analyze early hydration of cementitious mixtures, screen materials, assess setting times, and troubleshoot or design mixes.
Learn about two ways to measure the strength of in-place concrete.
Air content of concrete is usually tested with a pressure meter.
Testing compressive strength of concrete by casting cylinders and flexual strength using beams.
In-place strength testing hammer, quiet safe pavement, unbreakable sledge hammer, and self-curing concrete featured in this month's roundup.
Several tests are done on fresh concrete to check its properties.
Concrete test cylinders don't always reflect the strength of the concrete in a structure, especially during cold weather.
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People make up our industry, and they're doing impressive things.
In his third installment in this testing series, Hover discusses what to do with properly sampled concrete test results.
How sampling location influences information collected from concrete tests.
Get better results by taking care of technicians and cylinders on the jobsite.
The James Bond Test MK III equipment tests the tensile bond strength of overlays, adhesion strength of paint and coatings, and tensile strength of underlayments.
A new test determines risk of polished concrete floors.
The Pundit Lab ultrasonic test equipment for concrete is an innovative instrument with online data acquisition, waveform analysis, and full remote control of all transmission parameters.
In February of 2009, CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION and Scurto Cement, Gilberts, Ill., decided to do a two-year warehouse floor study to monitor curling.
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Is there a way to determine the compressive strength of concrete in-place, without removing samples for laboratory testing?
The AquaProbe measures moisture content in soils, such as lean clay, silt, sand, and general types of silty-sand soils.
In February 2009, Concrete Construction magazine and Scurto Cement Construction Ltd., Gilberts, Ill., joined forces to conduct a field study focused on curling and shrinkage in warehouse floor slabs.
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Reader Jeffrey Cannon, principal, Kleinfelder, Sacramento, Calif., asked about the six diagrams showing break configurations of concrete tested cylinders.