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Building a Seaside Foundation on the Rock

Every year the Concrete Foundation Association (CFA), based in Mt. Vernon, Iowa, holds a contest to honor the best and most difficult foundation projects of the year.

Building the foundation for house on rock is no easy thing. Shown here are the footing pads and piers. Workers are beginning to form the concrete deck which will become the floor of the house.

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Is your concrete winter-ready?

Crafco Inc.

Winter is the toughest season for concrete. See how a safer new class of concrete protectant blocks salt and ice damage.

Is your concrete winter-ready?

Watch Time-Lapse Video of Final Concrete Pour at Hinkley Point C Reactor

The final concrete pour for the base of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station has been completed, and is a new record.

Hinkley Point C

Concrete Polishers

How Epoxy Flooring Can Transform the Ordinary Into Art

Advanced epoxy flooring systems can mitigate, revitalize and improve overall aesthetics of average concrete floors.

S2S applied a micro-blend flake system to the common areas and hallways at a new automated self-storage facility in Texas.

Researchers Innovate Materials and Anchor Systems to Keep Bridges Safe

Two University of Texas at Arlington researchers are working with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) on new technology that could strengthen riverbanks and eliminate harmful erosion around bridge supports.

University of Texas at Arlington Researchers

ACI Foundation Announces the Roger S. Johnston Memorial Scholarship

American Concrete Institute (ACI)

The $5,000 scholarship will be administered by the ACI Foundation and awarded annually to undergraduate students enrolled in a bachelor's degree program in civil engineering or construction management.

ACI scholarship

The QUIKRETE Companies Celebrates 80 Years

The QUIKRETE Companies

The QUIKRETE Companies turns 80 on May 22.

QUIKRETE Logos

3D-Printed Concrete Used in Offshore Wind Energy Infrastructure

Wind off the coasts of the U.S. could be used to generate more than double the combined electricity capacity of all the nation’s electric power plants, reports have suggested.

3D Printed Concrete Wind Turbine

Quikrete, Contour Crafting Develop 3D Printed Concrete Mix

The QUIKRETE Companies

The QUIKRETE Companies and the Contour Crafting Corporation (CC Corp) recently entered into a collaboration to develop proprietary concrete used in the automated construction of residential, commercial, industrial and government structures using Contour

QUIKRETE 3D

ACI Foundation Funds Research Projects

The ACI Foundation’s Concrete Research Council (CRC) selected eight research projects to receive grants this year.

Keystone KeySystem III Retaining Wall System Evaluated by FHWA

Keystone Retaining Wall Systems LLC

The Keystone® KeySystem™ III retaining wall system was recently evaluated by the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) new Innovations, Developments, Enhancements and Advancements (IDEA) program.

Underslab Insulations and Structural Implications Explained

Lightweight and versatile, molded polystyrene foam is a commercial building material that despite being commonly used remains somewhat misunderstood.

Pat Austin March 2014

ACI Foundation Announces Re-Election of Trustees

American Concrete Institute (ACI)

The American Concrete Institute Foundation has re-elected two trustees — Joseph Bracci and Antonio Nanni.

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