Remotely monitored sensor gauges concrete strength, temperature

Product engineers bill intelliRock III as the first concrete strength and temperature profiling system equipped with a built-in thermal imager. Powered by the company’s Lepton thermal micro camera, the system provides construction professionals with instant access to the data and alerts they need to continuously monitor projects—ensuring maximum concrete quality and adherence to project specifications and deadlines.

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Tool speeds rebar tying, lowers wire consumption, shortens ties

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Launched at World of Concrete 2018, the battery operated TwinTier RB441T is faster and delivers greater efficiency and labor savings than the company’s earlier rebar tying tools. Product engineers cite among leading TwinTier attributes: faster tying speed, which further increases productivity; a reduction in wire consumption, adding to cost savings for end users; and, a wire tie that is shorter in height, thereby requiring less concrete cover.

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BASF agent propagates CSH crystals to increase early, late-age strength

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Focusing on the compound at the heart of quality concrete, BASF Construction Chemicals has developed a first-of-its-kind liquid admixture that improves early- and late-age strength development. Master X-Seed 55 is a stable suspension of synthetically produced crystalline calcium silicate hydrate (CSH) nanoparticles that facilitate growth of CSH crystals between cement grains and improve overall portland cement hydration.

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Terex Advance shortens, lightens new urban fleet-geared front series

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Terex Advance bills the Charger front discharge mixer as its first true city-class truck designed and built specifically for delivering concrete in urban areas. Premiering in a three-axle version at World of Concrete 2018, the lighter, shorter model offers the tight turning radius characteristics of traditional Terex Advance front discharge mixers, including the current FD and FDB series models, and is priced competitively with rear discharge trucks.

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TRB: Albedo change study quantifies role in climate change; PCC overlays perform

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The 97th annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board in January drew 13,000-plus transportation engineers and specialists from across the country, and around the world to Washington, D.C. More than 5,000 presentations in over 800 sessions addressed topics in multimodal transportation, including materials and design involving ready mixed concrete and precast/prestressed products. Concrete Products was there and this month presents a report on new research findings in cast-in-place concrete. We’ll look at precast/prestressed related research from TRB 2018 in an upcoming issue. For more information, visit www.trb.org.

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Assembly Required

Over the second weekend of 2018, lead contractor Barton Malow Co. of Southfield, Mich., mustered 131 tradesmen at the Arlington, Texas, Hilton Garden Inn for a continuous, 6,470-yd. pour, yielding what the project team and owner dubbed the Texas Mega Slab: A 256,000-sq.-ft. expanse of 8-in. thick, steel fiber-reinforced concrete, placed and finished in under 1.5 days, at the GM Arlington Assembly Plant.

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Front Line Excellence

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The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association’s 22nd Ready Mixed Concrete Driver of the Year program recognizes three industry veterans from a pool of outstanding delivery professionals. The NRMCA Safety, Environmental and Operational Excellence Committee assembled a panel of judges to weigh nominees’ competence, driving skills, number of years without an accident, and colleague or customer testimonials.

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A CERTAIN CHAIRMAN

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MMC Materials’ Rodney Grogan leads NRMCA in 2018

New brands and digital products serving key building or pavement markets, coupled with allied group collaboration, have the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association set to sustain recent successes in membership, market and workforce development, plus advocacy at federal, state and local levels.

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Dodge steps closer to project hub

Dodge Data & Analytics’ recently launched Dodge Construction Central advances a vision for a single unified hub, where industry and project stakeholders can access new and unique insights from the construction ecosystem and along the full project lifecycle to make timely, data-driven decisions. The service delivers deep intelligence to project stakeholders from a comprehensive industry data cloud. It empowers them to collaborate with project teams and integrate insights directly into their business processes by leveraging artificial intelligence, advanced analytics, collaboration and workflow automation technologies. Among key capabilities:

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