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January 9, 2013

Levelset Payment Speed

The Key to Faster Construction Payment: Better Communication

Most recent Levelset survey of contractors suggests the three biggest factors helping contractors get paid faster boil down to communication: expectations, status and timelines

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10 Hottest Construction Stories This Week: Cummins EPA 2021 X12 and X15 Engines Use Less Fuel

Most-read construction stories include Caterpillar and PAC-MAN rolling out a new game, a test of orange pavement markings in work zones, new Cat S42 rugged smartphone withstands submerged scrubbing and more

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How PPP Loans Can Challenge Revenue Growth for State DOT Contractors

Experts say there may be some long-term revenue-generating challenges that come from taking advantage of the Paycheck Protection Program loan

Restraightening will cut down high spots and fill low spots; it can increase FF numbers from about 30 to 50 percent.

How to Finish Flatter Concrete Floors

Proper concrete finishing tools and techniques will help you increase your FF numbers so that placing very flat and super flat floors becomes routine

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.

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.

It can be easy to underestimate the importance of correct surface preparation before installing a new floor, but improper preparation can cause a failure in your coating which can increase costs.

Concrete Tips for Flooring Success

Mistakes to avoid when preparing concrete floors for a new coating.

One of the major concerns on the project was the extensive plumbing running throughout the floors with a potential for reflective cracking along the pipe placements.

State of the Art Facility Incorporates State of the Art Technologies

A 300,000 square foot expansion of a food processing facility required the contractor to install a high performance floor with minimal construction and control joints.

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MAKO Improves on Award-Winning Concrete Elevation Control Systems

Offers durability, support and efficiency as part of the MAKO Screed Support Systems

Placing pavement on steep slopes is challenging—estimating is more difficult, concrete mixes must be low slump, more labor is needed, equipment needs are different, and finishing is more complicated.

Building A Velodrome

The Kenosha Park District in Wisconsin is rebuilding its velodrome, a track arena dedicated to bicycle racing. The track has two straight sections and two 180-degree high pitched circular bends. It’s one of the oldest tracks in the U.S., starting in 1927.

Bases for slabs-on-ground must be smooth, hard and compacted.

Slabs-On-Ground: Slab Thickness and Base Tolerances

Slab thickness is the greatest single factor controlling the load-carry capacity of a slab-on-ground.

MAKO’s Base Plate and FinCap 4.5 Screed Support System provides exact elevation control for concrete slabs.

Elevation Control System Helps Meet Ff Specifications

Poppoff Inc. teamed with Joseph Easley Construction to complete the division three concrete package for the the new Preferred Freezer Services project. Pictured here, Matt Poppoff and James Easley.

Warehouse Project Consumes Nearly 47,000 cu. yds. of Concrete

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Spectra Precision QML800 QuickMark Layout

Lasers controlled by a mobile application running on an Android tablet

New admixtures for control flow concrete

New admixtures for control flow concrete

CONCERA® admixtures enable the production of control flow concrete, allowing contractors to complete projects faster, while reducing labor costs and greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production of concrete.

Pictured is the completed service bay at Western States Equipment Company after cleaning with the autoscrubber and before applying the FirstPolish, step three.

Mutually Beneficial Relationships Creates Solution

The FORTA-FERRO macro-synthetic fiber was used in a very large slab on metal deck project in Middleton, Del., that provided a working surface for the 2nd-level order fulfillment operations for the Amazon.com division of Amazon Corporation.

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FedEx Flips for Concrete

Merlo Construction proves concrete’s benefits over asphalt on a recent 1 million square foot distribution facility paving project.

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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.

Finishing the pervious concrete was done with roller-screed strike-off, covered with plastic and rolled, and then received a plastic cover cure.

Pervious Concrete Pavement Gets Fiber Reinforcement

Two types of synthetic fiber reinforcement added durability to light and medium-to-heavy duty pervious pavement areas

December 11 Webinar: ADA Compliance in Concrete Construction

This ASCC webinar will addess some of the challenges associated with ADA requirements for curbs, ramps, transition points and ADA detectable warnings

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Webinar: Constructability of Voided 'Two-Way' Flat Slabs

Voided slab technology can reduce the dead load of a concrete slab by as much as 35% and allow for large clear spans.

Allen Concrete College

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Classroom and hands-on training in concrete placing and finishing techniques to produce high F-Number floors.

The outside facade of the Billy Earl Dade Middle School in Dallas, Texas, which opened on time and under budget thanks in part to a new rapid-drying concrete technology.

New Rapid-drying Concrete Technology Shaves 4 Months off Construction Schedule, Cuts Costs on School Project

Aridus is a proprietary concrete mix that provides high early strength, minimizes curl, and reduces drying time and floor covering risks associates with excess moisture vapor in the slab.

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