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Concrete slabs being poured for pH testing

Understanding pH Levels in Concrete for Floor Covering Success

And a little-known challenge

Ensuring the success of your flooring installations involves more than just skill and precision. It requires a keen understanding of the materials you’re working with,...

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Sunset Views Manor, Tarneit | MARKHAM Moisture Control

Sunset Views Manor: Hygiene and Moisture Control

Permanent protection for healthcare and aged care

Sunset Views Manor – protection for aged care floors For moisture control, and to protect the concrete long-term, MARKHAM supplied and applied our popular penetrating...

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Exposed concrete underfoot at the IBEX warehouse

Underfoot and Protected at IBEX Lighting Tauranga

Specific treatments for varied commercial requirements

Exposed concrete underfoot! The MARKHAM team cured and sealed the IBEX Lighting warehouse floor at Tauranga, NZ, with SLAB-TECT®, for increased durability and permanent anti-dusting....

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Concrete placement - waiting for concrete to dry

Waiting for concrete to dry?

Concrete drying time is an issue for toppings, impermeable coatings, and floor coverings

There are many situations where concrete slabs and elements must be completely dry throughout before application of further coatings, toppings, or coverings. How long does...

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Quality control for concrete flooring moisture treatments

How Can You Deliver Quality Without Control?

You can't!

Quality? Control? Fact is, the construction world could fall apart due to low-quality assurance and no quality control. A lack of due diligence on quality...

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Aged care floor slabs under flooring need protection against contamination - wrap the processes into one

Wrap It Into One!

Multiple benefits - one treatment

How can we wrap multiple processes into one? So here’s the situation. You’re building an aged care complex (or maybe a hospital or laboratory) and...

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Concrete retail floor slabs

Retail floors: Strong protection for the concrete

Underfoot! Overlooked!

Retail floors – underfoot and overlooked When was the last time you walked into a shopping mall and thought, “Hey, what a great floor!”? Retail...

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Education sector news fast-track construction school auditorium seats benches desks

Fast-Track Construction in the Education Sector

Let's not delay the path to learning!

We’ve all noticed how construction schedules in all sectors are getting tighter. In this 2-minute read, we’d like to focus on the education sector, and...

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Flooring in hospitals is at risk from contamination

Concrete in Hospitals? Does it need an emergency response?

We need to think about the concrete's health!

Let’s Start with Hospital Concrete Floor Slabs There are 2 risks for hospitals when it comes to flooring over concrete: – Biofluid contamination causes irremovable bacterial...

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Resilient flooring direct stick to concrete

Concrete Floors and Construction Moisture?

Need to fast track construction?

Direct Stick Flooring In the construction of new buildings, it is common practice to apply floor coverings directly to concrete floor slabs. Unfortunately, floor failures...

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