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40,000-sq.-ft. Concrete Floor Placement Proceeds Like Clockwork

A well-planned job, well-trained staff and reliable, high-performance equipment all contribute to a profitable day’s work.

Milis Flatwork, Kaukauna, Wis. working on a 40,000 square foot warehouse expansion. Seventy trucks delivered almost 700 cu. yds. of concrete. Wacker Neuson trowels were used to finish the slab.

OSHA Inspector Says 'Excavation Was Not To Regulation'. What Now?

Concrete Foundations Association (CFA)

This column has previously presented technical issues related to the residential concrete foundation industry. In 2018, we turn to a range of topics related to OSHA regulations and their interpretations to help prepare you as an employer.

Figure 1: Residential basement excavation with over 8-ft of depth. No benching, loose soil encumbrances on the slope and spoil piles closer than 2-ft from the opening. This excavation should not be entered until corrected.

Concrete Colors & Stains

Why Color Choice is Vital to the Polished Concrete Process

For more than 2,000 years, stains and dyes have been an integral part of concrete floor systems.

Integral color is part of an overall mix design and has distinct advantages over most dyes and stains from an owner’s perspective. As part of the concrete mix the integral color extends throughout the concrete slab.

Decorative Concrete

Concrete Countertops

An examination of current trends.

Concrete is probably the most versatile material for making countertops. It can take any shape, be colored almost any color, have expose aggregate that is either natural or man-made, be stained or dyed, diamond polished to a high shine or left in a more rough state. They can be cast-in-place or precasted in controlled settings. The opportunity to be creative is endless.

Along These Lines

How Construction Workers Remain Physically Fit

A new study finds that construction workers actually have a ‘physical wisdom’ that allows them to work effectively, even in their old age

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Industry Groups Introduce Web-Based Pavement Design Platform

American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA)

PavementDesigner.org is free of charge and was created for city, county, and consultant engineers, academia, or anyone involved in design of roadway, industrial, and parking area pavements.

A screen capture depicts the welcome portal for PavementDesigner.org.

Concrete Hand Tools

New Milwaukee REDSTICK Concrete Levels

Milwaukee Tool Corp.

Built for concrete, the new levels offer an industry-first, 3-in-1 solution for a variety of screeding and smoothing applications with a magnesium base and overall design that is easy to clean after the messiest concrete jobs.

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Concrete Crushers & Shears

Pulverizer Attachment Delivers Cost-effective Concrete Recycling

A lower-cost concrete pulverizer attachment has proven both its worth and its durability in chewing up concrete stockpiles.

The Strickland SCP80 mechanical concrete pulverizer is shown in use on a CAT 345C L excavator at the Profex yard in Newburgh, NY.

Multiquip Donates Ride-on Trowel to Support Educating Future Concrete Leaders

Multiquip is again proudly supporting the annual Concrete Industry Management (CIM) auction at World of Concrete 2018

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Terex Tower Crane Carries the Load During Downtown Library Reconstruction

Vancouver's public library reconstruction project required a mobile crane to hoist large materials while not being cost-prohibitive or require shutting down an entire street

The Vancouver Public Library is designed after the Roman Colosseum and surrounded by an elliptical wall.

A Museum and Theater for the Motion Picture Industry

Building a theater in the air.

The Geffen Theater is a structural concrete sphere that will weigh 25 million pounds. The outside surface is made from precast concrete panels molded for a specific location. Two feet of highly reinforced shotcrete is placed against the precast on the inside. The penetration holes in the precast will be used to support the glass canopy mounted two feet away from the precast. The projection booth will extend out from the sphere through the large square opening. Notice the color of the shoring towers, it indicates the amount of load they can carry. .

Building on a strong foundation

Construction of Denver’s fourth tallest building calls for innovative solution to compensate for soft sedimentary bedrock

Construction workers topped out and completed exterior glazing, making 1144 Fifteenth a prominent addition to the Denver skyline.

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