Of course, concrete will withstand water exposure. After all, concrete’s innate durability is one of the reasons the material is used so extensively in construction....
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How to Protect Concrete Against Sulphate Attack?
Concrete deterioration due to sulphur reactivity is more common than you may realize
Let’s start at the beginning! What are sulphates? Firstly, sulphates and sulfates are the same thing, depending on whether you use UK or US spelling,...
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Highways, Bridges, and Caring for Concrete
Enhance durability and extend service life
It’s Costly to Maintain Concrete Infrastructure If you’re in charge of the care of civil road or bridge infrastructure (or the related repair budget) you’ll...
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Disrupting the Maintenance Cycle
Reducing costs for the longer term
There are certain situations where the maintenance of a concrete structure becomes a significant ongoing cost and has to be considered frequently. We often talk...
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What does airport concrete need?
Concrete transport infrastructure deserves some special attention
Despite the recent disruptions, air transport remains a crucial part of freight and resource logistics, and for public transport. And hey, there’s a lot of...
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‘There’s cracking in that structure!’
Oh no! Does this mean that it is at the end of its service life?
Definitely not! As long as there is uncured calcium (free lime) in the concrete there’s scope for service life to be extended. Your concrete is...
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Resist Attacks!
Softwater and other reactants hazardous to concrete
Here’s the situation. You’ve got the care of your council’s water storage and supply infrastructure, which includes many elements constructed of concrete. Concrete is extremely...
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Concrete Rail Infrastructure Needs Protection!
Protection against environmental and operational challenges
Rail transport remains a crucial part of freight and resource logistics, and for public transport. And rail infrastructure includes an impressive amount of concrete. Markham...
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Safe Concrete Treatments for Water Infrastructure
Extremely critical!
Here’s the situation. You’ve got the care of your council’s water storage and supply infrastructure, which includes many elements constructed of concrete. Concrete is extremely...
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Bridge Destruction by Neglect
The importance of pro-active maintenance.
Let’s talk about … maintaining concrete bridges. Or if you’d prefer to listen in the background, play this podcast on the topic! The Tension of...
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