Sources: ASTM International, West Conshohocken, Pa.; CP staff
The proposed New Specification for Colloidal Silica for Use in Concrete (WK60809) under ASTM Committee C09 on Concrete and Concrete Aggregates ...
... finds that concrete structures show less embodied carbon levels than steel alternates; floor slabs represent the highest proportion of embodied carbon in most building types; prestressed concrete hollow ...
GrapheneCA is presenting its Original Graphene (OG) as the first commercially available admixture series in its class, formulated to reduce cracking and increase strength in finished concreteslabs or ...
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ParkPlus’ Rack and Rail system features a parking platform of 8-ft. post-tensioned slabs and all reinforced concrete construction.
“This system is not just one of the world’s tallest ...
... concrete members” and the overall design as “cast-in-place concrete emulation with precast elements.”
He and colleagues define “emulative detailing” as the design of connection systems so a precast concrete ...
Source: Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA), London
GCCA has formed Innovandi, the Global Cement and Concrete Research Network, aiming to drive innovation with actionable findings and build ...
... lime within a portland cement concrete matrix, augmenting formation of calcium-silicate-hydrate, the backbone of strength in concrete.
BINDER EFFICIENCY
Surface Tech researchers have ...
An 850-ft. mixed-use tower has rapidly climbed into the Seattle skyline on the strength of a unique core wall system with requisite volumes of high performance concrete but no conventional rebar. Topped ...
There’s a newly released version of the American Concrete Institute’s ACI 318: “Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete,” the document that governs design and construction of structural concrete. ...
... by addressing barriers to decarbonization in the short- to medium-term if companies are to secure their future.”
The group engages the global cement, aggregate and concrete elite in “Investor Expectations ...
... cracking and increase strength in finished concreteslabs or structures. Liquid black with minimum 30 percent graphene content, the inaugural OG offerings are Concrete Admix Plus, 4.5-lb. plastic containers; ...
... of a unique core wall system with requisite volumes of high performance concrete but no conventional rebar. Rainier Square Tower marks the debut of what local engineer Magnusson Klemencic Associates (MKA) ...
... on cement and admixture technology, along with concrete practice.
Visitors to the new warehouse of helical pile and rebar accessory manufacturer Foundation Technologies Inc. don’t need to look ...
... Efficient compaction allows for minimum cement content in slabs, owing to the high concrete density and exponential effect on compressive strength development.
MULTI-PRODUCT CASTING
Independent screw ...
Glimpsing the future of concrete production
The 2019 edition set a new attendance watermark for the bauma trade fair. PHOTOS: Rick Yelton
bauma 2019 was a week-long carnival ...
Sources: National Precast Concrete Association, Carmel, Ind.; CP staff
NPCA directors have approved a new structure of Board and Products Committees, citing their improved capacity “to move quickly to ...
A robotics-savvy, 3D concrete printing equipment developer eyeing affordable housing solutions will deploy its first commercial unit in partnership with a fellow Austin, Texas, business and like-minded ...
... concrete.
Concrete Products was present and offers this report on new research involving cast-in-place concrete for transportation infrastructure. We described TRB 2019 research in prestressed, precast ...
... lifting equipment for concrete products and slabs, has announced these appointments to its North American sales force: Jeff Baldwin, with more than 20 years of experience in extraction, construction, manufacturing ...
Updated software generates floor flatness and levelness figures from laser scan data, and visualizes wet or hardening concreteslabs’ high or low areas with elevation or deviation heatmaps, contours and ...