Prairie Material teamed up with Butterfield Color, project designer Alfred Benesch, the Chicago DOT, and concrete contractor Capitol Cement to develop a unique red mix that would delineate the bus-only concrete lanes on 14 blocks.
A special mix concrete was used to create dedicated lanes for buses and cyclists in Chicago's congested downtown.
Many in the concrete construction industry believe that a diamond saw blade is just a diamond saw blade. There are, however, many different types of diamond saw blades that when properly used can maximize cutting tool performance.
Cutting concrete with diamond tools began in North America in the late 1940s when flat saws were used experimentally to saw highway joints.
