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Will using a thin sand layer under floor slabs reduce subgrade or subbase support, causing cracking and poor joint performance, especially under repeated loadings such as forklift traffic? To gather data to help answer this question, The Aberdeen Group performed California Bearing Ratio tests on...
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Convinced there had to be an easier way to form concrete footings, builder Richard Fearn invented and patented two fabric forming systems that overcome many of the disadvantages of using lumber.
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When Whiteman Industries, a division of Multiquip Inc., Carson, Calif., built a new 134,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Boise, Idaho, in 1998, it hired Concrete Northwest of Idaho to do all the concrete work. Whiteman also gave CNI a unique opportunity: the chance to test drive the latest...
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Years ago, many bridges had unsealed joints. A simple gap in the deck accommodated small movements, and finger-plate joints or similar systems accommodated larger movements.
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A first-time exhibitor at World of Concrete, Doka Formwork Technology is a full-line formwork supplier with principal factories in Austria and Germany, and other facilities in more than 16 countries around the world.
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Within the last few years, major U.S. admixture suppliers have introduced a new category of chemical admixtures—shrinkage-reducing admixtures (SRAs).
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This is an article defining concrete for the new worker.