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Concrete Equipment & Products
GCP Applied Technologies Introduces TYTRO Admixture System for Shotcrete Applications
GCP Applied Technologies Inc.
The system is designed to deliver lower costs, superior performance and reduced cycle times.
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Concrete Equipment & Products
MAPEI Americas Adds Cement Additives to Product Portfolio
MAPEI Corporation USA
The cement additives being introduced in the Americas include grinding aids, strength enhancers, Cr(VI)-reducing additives and dust-control technology for all types of cement.
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Concrete Equipment & Products
Creativity and Originality Transform the Zephyr Hotel
How collaboration created an architectural transformation to illustrate the power of concrete in design.
The PolishedCrete team working with Jett Landscape Architecture + Design created a whimsical graphic that resembles a “swirl” effect within the polished concrete surface.
Sustainable Snippets
Can Recycled Materials Improve Concrete Performance While Reducing Emissions?
New research shows the chemistry of concrete systems can be improved to provide better performance, while reducing its carbon footprint
A barrel of broken down concrete that the NJIT then crushed again to make research specimens
Concrete Equipment & Products
Designing High Modulus of Elasticity Mixes
Helping to reduce building sway in super-tall buildings due to wind.
The compression testing machine shown here is used for testing compressive strength and MOE.
Colors & Stains
Huntsman Begins Production at New Pigments Plant
Huntsman Pigments and Additives
New color facility in Augusta, Georgia now operational.
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Concrete Materials
New Type of Cement Could Offer Environmental Protection, Lower Cost
The findings of a recent study show great potential for a type of cement that gains strength through carbonation, rather than the use of water.
Concrete Materials
Summit Materials Enters Las Vegas Market with an Integrated Aggregates and Ready Mix Concrete Acquisition
Summit Materials
The acquisition provides Summit with premier, well-located assets in an expanding market.
Concrete Materials
Summit Materials Announces Completion of Boxley Materials Company Acquisition
Summit Materials
Boxley and the recently announced American Materials Company acquisition comprise 11 aggregates locations , along with four asphalt plants, four ready-mix concrete plants and one architectural products manufacturing facility.
Forms
Rebuilding the Smith House After Hurricane Sandy
On October 29, 2012 Hurricane Sandy battered the Jersey Shore area in New Jersey. Susan and Walter Smith’s 1953 bungalow was located in one of the hardest hit areas and it took them three weeks just to get back to their house to see the damage.
The top floor of the house is where the master bedroom is located. Three steel containers were lifted into position to form the bedroom walls. The doors at either end can be opened to view the ocean and allow breezes to flow through.
Concrete Equipment & Products
Cemrock Builds Home for SeaWorld Otters, Sea Lions and Seals with QUIKRETE Shotcrete and Stucco
The QUIKRETE Companies
Cemrock Landscape, Inc. employed a multi-phased process using a combination of QUIKRETE Shotcrete MS and QUIKRETE Base Coat Stucco – Pump Grade to transform an old existing exhibit into a new natural habitat.
A critical element in creating Pacific Point Preserve, which resembles a fishing wharf along the Pacific Coast, was incorporating a home for the Asian small-clawed otters, sea lions and harbor seals.
Concrete Equipment & Products
Greencore USA Elevates Environmental Building Standards with New High-Yield Mortars, Stuccos and Grout
The QUIKRETE Companies
All of the mortars, stuccos and grouts from Greencore USA are manufactured using a unique combination of slag cement and Portland cement to increase the environmental benefits on a project while improving productivity and reducing costs.
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