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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Curing Concrete: starting a long-term investment on the right foot
Curing for both today and tomorrow
Wolter Reinold de Sitter, a part-time Professor in the design of structures in concrete at the Eindhoven University of Technology, proposed a Law of Fives...
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Challenges: Waterproofing membrane failure.
Why is moisture so important to control?
Here are a few commonly known facts about concrete and moisture. Water is an essential ingredient of concrete. Hydration and evaporation control is fundamental to...
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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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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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Curing Concrete is Not Just for Today
Curing for both today and tomorrow
Wolter Reinold de Sitter, part-time Professor in the design of structures in concrete at the Eindhoven University of Technology, proposed a Law of Fives for...
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Cracking, Sealing, and Healing
How does all concrete have self-healing capabilities?
Let’s start at the start! What causes Concrete Cracking? Concrete can succumb to cracking in a whole lot of ways. Surprisingly, much of it...
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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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Protecting the Concrete in Car Parks?
Multi-level concrete car parks deserve some special attention
Multi-level car parks are not very exciting structures, but of course, they’re practical. Due to the inherently low visual appeal, it sometimes seems the façade...
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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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