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Posted on June 28, 2019

How to Get Consistent Results on Your Polished Concrete Overlays

Guidelines for a Successful Installation. More

Tags: Concrete Surfaces, Polished Concrete, Finishing, Mix Design

Posted on January 29, 2019

Not Having Fun with Fibers?

By Bill Palmer

Our new column on working with fiber-reinforced concrete begins by defining 10... More

Tags: Fiber-Reinforced Concrete, Best Practices, Cracking and Crazing, Finishes and Surfaces, Forta Corp

Posted on January 24, 2019

By Jean-Philippe Thierry

New ready-mix formula cures three to five times faster than standard mixes. More

Tags: Ready-Mixed Concrete, Repair, Mix Design, Construction Schedule, Concrete Masonry

Posted on January 15, 2019

Tags: Cement, Technology, Carbon Footprint, The Concrete Producer, Mix Design

Posted on November 21, 2018

How to Make the Most of Fast-Setting Concrete

By John Kim

Mixes made with belitic calcium sulfoaluminate (BCSA) cement provide a competitive edge IF you know how to exploit the material’s advantages. More

Tags: Cement, Alternative Materials, Concrete Setting, CTS Cement Manufacturing Corporation, Durability

Posted on October 29, 2018

By Craig Cottongim

Behind the scenes with a ready-mix team. More

Tags: Contractors, Business, Ready-Mixed Concrete, Management, Mix Design

Posted on October 18, 2018

NRMCA Certifies Knife River EPD

The EPD was created by Knife River utilizing the Cement Sustainability Initiative’... More

Tags: National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Concrete Producers, Ready-Mixed Concrete, Environmental Product Declarations, The Concrete Producer

Posted on March 20, 2018

VIDEO: Using Internal Curing to Mitigate Early-Age Cracking

This free online education presentation given by W. Jason Weiss discusses mixture... More

Tags: Concrete Curing, Sustainability, Mix Design, American Concrete Institute

Posted on March 19, 2018

By Jay Shilstone

To reduce the amount of cement, you must first reduce the amount of water. Here’s... More

Tags: Water-Cement Ratio, Engineering, Problem Clinic, The Concrete Producer, Mix Design

Posted on December 06, 2017

By Elizabeth G. Burns, Klaus-Alexander Rieder, Joshua W. Curto, Nathan Tregger

Control flow concrete bridges the gap between conventional and SCC More

Tags: Superplasticizer, GCP Applied Technologies Inc., Concrete Materials and Admixtures, Mix Design, Self-Consolidating Concrete

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