Cornell’s Hover, ACI 318’s Moehle join Florida tower investigation team

Sources: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Md.; CP staff The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has named members of a technical team investigating the June 2021 partial collapse of the reinforced concrete Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Fla. Cornell University Professor of Civil Engineering Kenneth Hover and ACI Committee 318 Immediate…

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Patents recognize TopCure sheet’s pH-modifying, anti-skid results

Sources: Anchor Capital Partners, Southlake, Texas; Transhield Inc., Elkhart, Ind.; CP staff Transhield has been awarded two additional patents for its TopCure product, a moisture-retaining sheet rolled onto fresh concrete slabs or surfaces and recognized for imparting abrasion resistance. U.S. Patents 10,919,181 and 10,987,827 reflect continuous product improvement by Transhield’s Research & Development team, and join an initial utility patent…

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