Benefits of Using Crafco's HP Concrete Patch

This thermoplastic resin product can easily help a contractor make concrete repairs on any parking lot.

February 15, 2016

The Safety Culture of Concrete Strategies Starts With Leadership

More To The Pour: Safety On the Concrete Construction Jobsite

Creating a safety culture for your construction company is built from a foundation of great leadership. The strategy behind the safety program at Concrete Strategies.

Field-cured test cylinders should be cured in the same manner as the concrete they represent. The temperature-time history of the test cylinders should match the in-place concrete curing conditions. In this case, the field-cured test cylinders overestimated the in-place concrete strength because they were sitting adjacent to a jobsite heater..

How to Estimate In-place Strength of Concrete

Contractors need to know how to correctly evaluate the in-place strength of concrete so they can determine to proper time to remove formwork, backfill or open up a pavement to traffic.

Stand the Test of Time | JLG®

Stand the Test of Time | JLG®

Your work is meant to weather through some of the toughest conditions. Your equipment should do the same. That's why the best contractors trust JLG®.

How Asphalt Contractors Place Concrete With Pavers

Did you know that there's a growing market for paving with Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC)? It's a type of zero-slump mix that can be paved and rolled very similar to asphalt, and the demand for it is higher than ever.

Study Textile-reinforced Concrete Sustainable Construction

Concrete Research: Textile-reinforced Concrete

By reinforcing concrete with textiles instead of steel, researchers from the Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden present a method that makes it easier to scale up analyses and thus facilitate more sustainable construction.

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Trials Begin for Potential Replacement of Portland Cement

Concrete decarbonization company Terra CO2 announced concrete trails for OPUS ZERO as an alternative to portland cement.

CarbonCure Produces 50 Million Cubic Yards of Lower Carbon Concrete

CarbonCure Produces 50 Million Cubic Yards of Lower Carbon Concrete

The climate tech company CarbonCure Technologies announced that the 50 million cubic yards of its lower carbon concrete has been produced to-date globally - saving 400,000 metric tons in CO2 savings.

The low-rise multifamily construction is currently losing more market share to the wood industry than any other segment of the concrete industry. Podiums, the part of the building containing parking and commercial space, are still concrete construction. The rest of the structure is typically wood frame. Changing building codes is one reason for this.

Concrete Vs. Wood

Wood is taking market share away from concrete. How does the concrete industry reclaim market share?

Functionality That Makes a Difference | JLG®

Functionality That Makes a Difference | JLG®

From Smart Load technology to self-leveling innovations, helping you and your crew return home safely is more than our job – it’s why we’re here.

Concrete in Winter Working with Concrete in the Cold

Cold Weather Concreting - Tips for Smaller Projects

The factors and considerations concrete contractors should be aware of for placing concrete in cold weather

Saint-Gobain Opens Application Lab in Chicago

Saint-Gobain Opens Application Lab in Chicago

Saint-Gobain Construction Chemicals has opened a new technical center for North American customers to provide concrete professionals with hands-on service to see how materials perform with CHRYSO and GCP products.

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Setting C02 in Concrete Improves Its Strength

How injecting C02 into concrete can increase the concrete's strength.

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GC Demos Silicate SCM for Porsche Dealership

Houston’s Christensen Building Group replaces fly ash for OPUS SCM in Porsche dealership concrete placement.

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Fight Shrinkage Cracking With Magnesium Oxide Admixture In Concrete Water & Wastewater Structures

Shrinkage cracking threatens concrete water containment structures. One of the ways to prevent or minimize shrinkage cracking is using a magnesium oxide additive in the concrete mix.

Inside the R&D at Milwaukee Tool

Inside the R&D at Milwaukee Tool

This Digging Deeper podcast episode brings us to the Milwaukee Tool PIPELINE 2024 event, featuring senior product manager Alicia Rothenberg.

What To Know About Mixing With IBC Totes - Intermediate Bulk Containers

What You Need To Know About Mixing In IBC Totes

An intermediate bulk container might be convenient for shipping and storage, but not that great for mixing. Here's what to know about using a portable mixer with an IBC tote onsite.

Transforming How Concrete is Poured and Delivered With Emerging Technologies

Transforming How Concrete is Poured and Delivered With Emerging Technologies

September 20, 2023

The emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, quality assurance, mobile manufacturing, cloud-based systems, and eTicketing are changing the way concrete is poured and delivered.

Concrete Pavement Factor in Urban Heat Island UHI Effect

Top Post of 2022: Streets of Fire? How Concrete Proves To Be A 'Cool Pavement'

Researchers in warm climates are leading the way when it comes to investigating how pavement materials affect air temperature and the Urban Heat Island effect.

People Key To 100 Years of Sucess for Luck Companies

The Key To 100 Years In Business: People

This episode of Digging Deeper profiles Luck Companies, a family-owned crushed aggregate and environmental performance producer, celebrating 100 years in business.

Saint-Gobain Construction Chemicals Optimizes Customer Services

Saint-Gobain Reaches Milestone

After joining GCP Applied Technologies and CHRYSO within Saint-Gobain and forming a new Construction Chemicals division, the company has announced projects across the country to optimize customer service.

Luck Companies Celebrates 100 Year History

The nation’s largest and fastest-growing family-owned and operated producer of crushed stone aggregates and environmental performance products, Luck Companies, celebrated its 100-year anniversary in 2023.

Solve Sands & Aggregate Issues With The Sika CODE Concept & The Sika Sand App

Up to six times more abrasion resistant than concrete, this solution permanently bonds to concrete, metal or rebar and wood.

Lawson Products Metal Mega-Crete Fast Cure 50-lb. Kit with Aggregate

Up to six times more abrasion resistant than concrete, this solution permanently bonds to concrete, metal or rebar and wood.

Four times stronger than concrete, the medium-cure compound can be applied to damp concrete and cold floors down to 35°F (2°C).

Lawson Products Mega-Crete Slurry II Kit for Concrete Repair

Four times stronger than concrete, the medium-cure compound can be applied to damp concrete and cold floors down to 35°F (2°C).

Ameripolish LG-7K mixes with the dust created while grinding concrete floors to create a durable matrix that automatically fills pinholes, small air voids, pop-outs, microcracks and other gaps in concrete.

Ameripolish Unveils LG-7K Liquid Grout Coating System

Ameripolish LG-7K mixes with the dust created while grinding concrete floors to create a durable matrix that automatically fills pinholes, small air voids, pop-outs, microcracks and other gaps in concrete.

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Green Concrete Tech for Earth Day

Producing, specifying and delivering more sustainable concrete is complex, let's look at tech's role in streamlining the process.

Functionality That Makes a Difference | JLG®

Functionality That Makes a Difference | JLG®

From Smart Load technology to self-leveling innovations, helping you and your crew return home safely is more than our job – it’s why we’re here.