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Data centre concrete needs protection against fire and dust risks

Fire Risk: A Major Concern for Data Centres

A risk that demands respect

Data centre fires may be uncommon, but their potential impact is disproportionate. Data centres sit at the heart of modern business. They support everything from...

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Project Gemini Data Centre - data centre concrete challenges addressed with AQURON moisture protection

Data Centre Concrete Challenges: The Unseen Risks Builders Face

Concrete failures cause domino effects of failures in other areas.

Demand for data centres is exploding. Data centre concrete challenges are often overlooked until they become costly and disruptive problems on-site. The construction of data...

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Villa car park, Christchurch | MARKHAM INFRA-TECT Protection

A multi-storey car park for Christchurch

... after the earthquakes

Villa Car Park, constructed in 2015-16 on the corner of Litchfield and Madras Sts in Christchurch NZ, was one of the first multi-storey car parks...

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Metro tunnels - preventing concrete carbonation

Metro tunnels – How to prevent Concrete Carbonation

A concrete deterioration mechanism.

Carbonation in Context If I was stationed in a cold, dark tunnel, with trains regularly hurtling past shaking the surroundings and pounding my heart into...

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Concrete curing with hydrogel protection treatment application

Concrete Curing: Investing Today for a Sustainable Future

Curing for both today and tomorrow

When it comes to the durability of concrete structures, a little investment during the design, construction, and curing phase can result in significant savings in...

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Concrete civil and marine infrastructure is subject to extreme challenges and needs protection

Waterproofing Civil Concrete Infrastructure?

Let's talk.

Of course, concrete will withstand exposure to water. After all, concrete’s innate durability is one of the reasons the material is used so extensively in...

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Warehouse treated with hydrogels for concrete durability from day one

Enhance concrete durability: starting a long-term investment on the right foot

Quality curing for both today and tomorrow

Concrete durability from day one? Wolter Reinold de Sitter, a part-time Professor in the design of concrete structures at the Eindhoven University of Technology, proposed a Law...

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OJI Fibre Solutions warehouse Christchurch SLAB-TECT

Quality and Durability at the OJI Fibre Solutions Warehouse

Constructing durability from day one

35,000m2 of investment at the new OJI warehouse in Christchurch. MARKHAM was involved supplying and applying the SLAB-TECT® system to the concrete floor, to ensure...

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Stonemason creates silica dust

Silica. Silicosis. Siliconfusion.

We get it, there’s a lot of disjointed information out there.

Read until the end! SILICOSIS IS IN THE NEWS. SO WHAT IS IT? “What is silicosis? Silicosis is a long-term lung disease caused by inhaling...

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Warehouse floor slabs need protection

Truly, madly, deeply hard floor slabs?

The special needs of warehouse concrete floors

Ever been involved in building a warehouse? You can probably skip over some of this preliminary stuff; you know it already. Warehouse floors are under...

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