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7 Challenges When Working with High Slag Concrete Mixes

On site realities

As the construction industry seeks practical ways to reduce embodied carbon, high-slag concrete mixes are increasingly specified across Australasia. Slag (GGBS) has become a major...

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Manawatu Gorge freeway bridges included waterproofing admixtures for durability

Concrete strength vs durability?

An old quandary with new challenges

Strength vs Durability: Does stronger concrete always mean longer-lasting concrete? In the construction industry, concrete strength is often treated as a shorthand for quality. Higher...

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Liquid admixtures are recommended for better concrete mix

4 Benefits of Liquid Admixture for Concrete

There’s more to selecting waterproofing and workability admixtures than meets the eye.

When selecting admixtures for concrete, it can be difficult to ‘compare apples with apples’. If you’re into mix design, no doubt there are several reliable...

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CONQOR B25 workability admixture

Workability! Make your mix easier to place and finish.

Safe and sustainable rheology admixture

Tired of stodgy mixes? Frustrated by congested reinforcing? Struggling with unusual formwork shapes? You want better mix workability. You need CONQOR B25. CONQOR B25 is...

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Pouring concrete with the perfect concrete admixture

Choosing the Perfect Concrete Admixture?

4 things to consider

For starters, it depends on what you intend the concrete admixture to do for your mix, doesn’t it? Admixtures can be used for Integral waterproofing....

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EPD for the construction industry

EPDs: Benefits to the Construction Industry

What are they, and how do they help?

Introduction to Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) are becoming an essential tool in the construction industry, offering architects and contractors valuable insights...

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East Rockingham Waste-to-Energy Plant: Permanent Concrete Protection

A remarkable energy project

The Challenge at East Rockingham The East Rockingham Waste to Energy Plant is a state-of-the-art facility that was designed with durability and protection in mind....

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Concrete cancer deterioration act early to preserve durability

Tomorrow’s pain points killed today

Culling future maintenance costs

This is not about getting a few more years’ life out of your Ford F100 and saving some bucks at the mechanic. This is about...

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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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4 Must-Know Concrete Insights for Architects

And how does concrete protection help the planet?

How do you incorporate concrete in your projects? Maybe concrete is really, really your thing. Brutalism, anyone? Perhaps you follow the maxim, if you can’t...

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