Over a span of almost four years, we have completed more than 40 column articles, and now find another year's end approaching.
They are concretes of a sort, masonry mortar and stucco, that is. They both contain portland cement and aggregates, but then they separate into distinct compositions and purposes.
The click word is “greening.” The word's significance perhaps is summarized best as anything that helps our world become physically better and healthier.
What if some things you hear about portland cement, supplementary cementitious materials, cement paste, entrapped and entrained air, aggregates—coarse and fine—mineral and chemical admixtures, durability, concrete longevity, and strength are not true or o
Because of space limitations, some things were not included in 'Lesser Known Evils of the Concrete World'; (March 2008 issue). This column includes sources of some of the culprits and more on some of their behavioral problems. Part of our goal has been to