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Practical Curing Advice for Jobsite Realities
A renewed focus on curing will take effort and a change to existing jobsite practices. Here are some practical, job-tested advice to help contractors prioritize curing while keeping the job moving and avoiding unnecessary headaches.
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What It's Like Being Judged on Your Concrete Work
August 6, 2025
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Installing Backyard Pickleball & Tennis Courts: A Pro's Guide to Overlay Systems
June 25, 2025
Compact Cut 450
LISSMAC Introduces Compact Cut 450 Self-Propelled Floor Saw
June 20, 2025
Ensuring the load-centration from steel platforms requires a careful and accurate evaluation of the concrete slab's capacity.
Understanding Concrete Slab Load Capacity
May 28, 2025
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Proactive Sustainabilty Efforts
May 26, 2025
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Understanding Spalled Concrete Joints
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Concrete Contractor 2025 Top Products Award Winners
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ACI/PTI Code for Post-Tensioned Structural Concrete Released
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Catching an Edge on Concrete
Operative Plasterers' & Cement Masons' International Association
The basics on how to catch an edge.
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Placing, Finishing, Sawing and Curing Total Concrete Slab Packages
Structural Services Inc.
The following is the second article in a two-part series that reviews current practices for installation of total concrete slab packages from base course to final finish.
Early entry sawing.
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How to Finish Flatter Concrete Floors
KB Engineering LLC
Proper concrete finishing tools and techniques will help you increase your FF numbers so that placing very flat and super flat floors becomes routine
Restraightening will cut down high spots and fill low spots; it can increase FF numbers from about 30 to 50 percent.
Polishing Materials & Equipment
The Basics of Concrete Grinding, Honing & Polishing
Cuviello Concrete and Terrazzo Polishing
Understand the processes, the variables, and the differences between each category of a processed concrete floor. Let's go over what a concrete contractor needs to know about grinding, honing, and polishing concrete.
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Concrete Equipment & Products
How to Install Vapor Retarders
KB Engineering LLC
Proper design, selection and installation of below-grade vapor retarders are keys to a successful concrete floor.
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.
Concrete Equipment & Products
Reduce Random Cracking with Plate Dowels
KB Engineering LLC
Use plate dowels at construction joints to reduce the risk of random cracking.
Steel plate dowels carry loads across a construction joint, maintain vertical alignment between adjacent slabs and allow concrete shrinkage both perpendicular and parallel to the joint.
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Getting Started with Super Flat & Level Floors
Operative Plasterers' & Cement Masons' International Association
The first step in super-flat floor work is recognizing the skill involved. Let's go over the elements involved.
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Flatwork Accessories
Who Received a 2023's Golden Trowel Award?
The Face Companies
The Face Companies awarded a dozen Golden Trowel Awards at World of Concrete 2024. International work dominated projects.
The Golden Trowel awards were presented January 24 during World of Concrete 2024. The Golden Trowel is a 24-karat gold-plated Marshalltown trowel mounted on a polished granite and walnut base and is an award given by the Face Company each year to concrete contractors who produce the flattest and most level floors in the world.
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CTS Cement Rapid Set All Tile Mortar
CTS Cement Manufacturing Corp.
Rapid Set All Tile Mortar meets the strength requirements of ANSI A118.4, A118.11 and A118.15 standards without additional additives.
Rapid Set All Tile Mortar meets the strength requirements of ANSI A118.4, A118.11 and A118.15 standards without additional additives.
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