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January 21, 2013

Road base is typically introduced after the subgrade has been prepared and compacted to a stable and level surface.

What Is Road Base?

Going back to basics, this article details the importance of the correct road base in the durability and life of roads.

Spring rains left this foundation with standing water in the excavation. Concrete placements should take place promptly before saturation of the grade occurs.

Standing Water in Prepared Footings: A Problem or a Precaution?

The Concrete Foundations Association addresses the concern for structural integrity of concrete footings due to water in the excavation.

Stand the Test of Time | JLG®

Stand the Test of Time | JLG®

Your work is meant to weather through some of the toughest conditions. Your equipment should do the same. That's why the best contractors trust JLG®.

Rapid Set Asphalt Repair Mix is a fast-setting, cementitious repair material with a coarse aggregate blend designed for moderate to deep asphalt repairs.

CTS Cement Rapid Set Asphalt Repair Mix

Rapid Set Asphalt Repair Mix is a fast-setting, cementitious repair material with a coarse aggregate blend designed for moderate to deep asphalt repairs.

Heating and cooling lines under the concrete prevent large equipment from being on the floor, so Bravo Cement outfitted a Somero PowerRake and CopperHead screed with flotation tires to level and grade the concrete.

Under the Ice: Repairing An Ice Rink Concrete Slab

Specifications and restrictions allow no room for error when Bravo Cement Contracting Inc. installed the concrete slab under an ice rink.

Monolithic Concrete Pours Drive Efficiency For Concrete Contractors

Pouring Concrete With The Times

How monolithic concrete placements can drive efficiency for today's concrete construction contractors.

Above and below: Properly placed/supported reinforcement will result in properly located reinforcement in the slab. Consult manufacturers' literature for maximum chair and other support spacing and use a 12-inch minimum reinforcement spacing so workers can avoid walking on the reinforcement.

How To Reinforce Concrete Slab on Ground to Control Cracking

Steel reinforcing bars and welded wire reinforcement provide crack width control in nonstructural slabs-on-ground.

The EZYScreed from Marshalltown

A 4th Generation Mason's 'Top 10' Tool List for Your Next Concrete Job

The wide variety of concrete tools available for the concrete contractor can make even the most seasoned mason's head spin. Here are some of the tools you will need for your next concrete job.

Fast and effective

Fast and effective

What to do if roads are worn out? If only the top layer is damaged, only that layer needs to be repaired. Take advantage of innovative solutions.

One of the rules for laying out sawed contraction joints is to not join them at angles less than 60 degrees because cracks form across the angle as shown here.

Controlling Cracks in Slabs with Unusual Panel Geometries

Tips for crack control in concrete panels with unusual shapes.

Handleless rope brushes work well on large slabs and in confined areas where handles are awkward.

How to Avoid Broomed Concrete Finish Disputes

Best practices can protect contractors and minimize disputes between job owners and architects.

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Adding Calcium Chloride to Improve Cold Weather Concrete Pouring

Calcium chloride is the most effective and least expensive cold weather accelerator for concrete. But its use may be limited by building codes or prohibited by some specifications.

The Toyota Parts Center, Ontario, Calif. is a super flat floor with joint spacing up to 120 ft.

Jointless Floors: A High-Performance Solution

The trend toward jointless floors continues to grow anywhere fewer joints, fewer cracks, less maintenance and exceptional durability are essential.

NXT PHASE Fresno Finisher's Tote Kit

NXT PHASE Fresno Finisher's Tote Kit

Included in this kit are 4 Octagon Swaged Handles with a 1 3/4-in. diameter insert, the new 7 by 48 in. Fresno with the QAS Bracket, and the Gen3 MagVibe Package which includes the Pro Tilt.

Stand the Test of Time | JLG®

Stand the Test of Time | JLG®

Your work is meant to weather through some of the toughest conditions. Your equipment should do the same. That's why the best contractors trust JLG®.

Deep groover for installing a tooled joint.

Contraction Joints: New Developments for Slabs-On-Ground

Now that the ACI Committee on Residential Concrete recognizes early contraction joints, here's how the Trak Joint early contraction joint method can help reduce random cracks in your concrete slab.

Lythic and MTSU will hold public Day1 trowel aid tests as the 2013 World of Concrete and are looking for contractor volunteers.

Tests Show Troweling Aid Extends Concrete Finishing Time and Strengthens Slab

Research by MTSU's Concrete Industry Management Program could be the first step toward quantifying the effectiveness of troweling aids

Concrete Contractor Develops GoldiLox Concrete Slab Protection System

Concrete Contractor Develops Concrete Slab Protection System

A concrete contractor created their own concrete floor protection solution designed to allow contractors to keep their concrete slab safe as construction continues.

The BullVibe Vibratory Bull Float

Blend-in Concrete & Bring The Cream Back Up With MBW's BullVibe Vibratory Bull Float

Contraction joints and placement of reinforcement in concrete floors with radiant heating.

Contraction Joints for Radiant-Heated Floors

Best practices for concrete contractors

The first Somero Laser Screed, serial number 001.

Q&A with the Inventor of the Somero Laser Screed

The Somero Laser Screed revolutionized the concrete industry by increasing concrete floor quality and taking some of the physical burden off concrete workers.

Construction schedules and contractor economics typically require concrete placements of 10,000 to 20,000 square feet or from 30,000 to 50,000 square feet when a Laser Screed is used. This figure shows a 300,000 square foot pour that was completed within 24 hours in a single concrete placement.

Specification Limits on Slab-on-Grade Placement Size

ACI 302 has stated since 1980 that a limited placement size concept has not achieved any better shrinkage results, is more expensive, and adds time to the schedule.

Gator Tools Quick Clasp Float Case - A Complete Kit

Gator Tools Quick Clasp Float Case - A Complete Kit

The penetrations required in this depressed area in an elevated floor slab make it difficult to use 10-foot straightedges and riding power trowels. Specifiers should consider these multiple obstructions to finishing operations when determining F-number values. In this case, the specifier required F-numbers in the small depressed floated area that was to receive ceramic tile for bathrooms.

The Limitations of F-Number Specifications

Contractors need to be cognizant of certain situations that make it difficult to achieve routine FF and FL requirements and know how to get those specifications changed to more reasonable requirements.

Coldweatherconcrete Concrete Ideas

Cold Weather Concrete Pouring

You can place concrete in temperatures down to and below freezing but it takes careful preparation

Think of a vapor retarder as though it were an imaginary 'bathtub' that should hold water if filled. Repair any tears and tape up areas around conduits and pipes.

How to Install Vapor Retarders

Proper design, selection and installation of below-grade vapor retarders are keys to a successful concrete floor.

Stand the Test of Time | JLG®

Stand the Test of Time | JLG®

Your work is meant to weather through some of the toughest conditions. Your equipment should do the same. That's why the best contractors trust JLG®.