MasterFiber MAC 360 FF, a new synthetic hybrid fiber developed to meet the performance targets of contractors, concrete producers and engineers, strengthens plastic concrete to minimize shrinkage and settlement cracking, while augmenting hardened slabs and structures’ post-crack flexural toughness.
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BASF’s Concrete Now! application: Informative, interactive, spontaneous
A versatile smartphone application BASF has released in the U.S. and Canada, Concrete Now!, affords instant access to information on concrete properties. Intended for contractors, engineers, architects and producers, the free app serves as a channel to basic knowledge on the fundamentals of concrete use. It includes concepts and design factors, plus interactive tools that provide answers related to concrete slump, air, finishability and set time.
Read MoreBASF tops providers of LEED v4 Manufacturer Inventory Reports
BASF Construction Chemicals and Performance Materials divisions in North America can provide design and engineering professionals reports satisfying requirements for Building Product Disclosure and Optimization – Material Ingredients, Option 1. The company’s Product Compliance Management Process was recently certified by a third-party organization, GreenCircle Certified LLC, to ensure independent authentication of environmental claims.
Read MoreBASF antimicrobial admixture suits underground, environmental structures
BASF Admixture Systems has formulated the integral MasterLife AMA 100 admixture to protect concrete structures from biodeterioration by destroying bacteria and micro-organisms that cause microbial-induced corrosion upon contact through an electrophysical mechanism. Sewage or wastewater exposure and subsequent reactions can cause premature deterioration in concrete pipes, manholes and other conveyance or drainage structures, resulting in increased maintenance and life-cycle costs plus compromised aesthetic appearance.
Read MoreBASF tops LEED v4-compliant Manufacturer Inventory Reports providers
Sources: BASF Construction Chemicals, Cleveland; CP staff
BASF Construction Chemicals and Performance Materials divisions in North America can provide design and engineering professionals reports satisfying requirements for Building Product Disclosure and Optimization – Material Ingredients, Option 1. The company’s Product Compliance Management Process was recently certified by a third-party organization, GreenCircle Certified LLC, to ensure independent authentication of environmental claims.
Read MoreAltus precasters map “Innovate, Insulate, Integrate” education tour
Sources: AltusGroup, Bethlehem, Pa.; CP staff
The AltusGroup partnership of 21 North American precasters will present a free, full-day program to educate architects and other building team members about designing enclosures that save energy, last longer and meet aesthetic goals. “Innovate. Insulate. Integrate” will offer up to six AIA LU credits.
Read MoreORGANIZATIONS – JUNE 2016
American Concrete Institute members, assembled in Milwaukee for their spring Concrete Convention and Exposition, elected Michael Schneider, FACI, president, and David Lange, FACI, vice president for the 2016-2017 term, along with four board members, who were elected to three-year terms.
Read MoreBASF mills first fiber to pipe standard recognizing synthetic alternatives to steel
American Concrete Pipe Association (ACPA) and BASF Corp. (Admixture Systems) officials joined University of Texas at Arlington Structural and Applied Mechanics Professor Seyedali (Ali) Abolmaali for a World of Concrete 2016 presentation on how a new ASTM Committee C13 on Concrete Pipe standard positions dry cast structures more competitively against less robust drainage alternatives.
Read MoreACI awards BASF’s Goodwin, Lafarge’s Buffenbarger at Concrete Convention
The American Concrete Institute and ACI Foundation named 2015 recipients of legacy awards during Concrete Convention and Exposition activities last month in Denver.
Read MoreGeopolymer Cements Make Headway
The authors of a global geopolymer market profile project compound annual growth rate of 30-plus percent from 2015–2019, attributing among drivers increasing geopolymer cement acceptance in concrete for offshore and transportation structures.
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