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CRC Announces New Research Product

American Concrete Institute (ACI)

The ACI Foundation is pleased to announce the completion of a new research product: Evaluation of Seismic Behavior of Coupling Beams with Various Types of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete.

Pictured here is an example of woven coupling bars.

Sponsored Content

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Crafco Inc.

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Lifting & Material Handling

Kenco Multilift V1

Kenco Corporation

Kenco's Multilift V1 lifting attachment automatically grabs and releases concrete wall, blocks and slabs, and works on any machine with lifting capabilities

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Unique Grasscrete Becomes Ideal Solution to Solve Drainage Issues at Louisiana Building Site

FEMA requirements meant the site of rebuilding an auditorium in Louisiana needed to be raised out of the flood plain, creating a 7-ft. slope that needed a unique stabilization solution

“The slope needed to be stabilized beyond the parking lot because of the steep grade and concerns about erosion,” says Robby Oswald, owner of Bomanite of New Orleans. Grasscrete was the ideal solution because it forms a concrete lattice that allows grass or other vegetation to grow within the voids. In this case it was covered with sod.”

Contractor-Focused Items Available at 2017 CIM Auction at World of Concrete

Concrete Industry Management

The auction is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 18 in the North Hall Room N262 of the Las Vegas Convention Center. The silent auction will be held from 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. PST and the live auction begins at 1 p.m PST.

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Concrete Industry Management (CIM) Program Announces Bucket List Items for 2017 Auction

Concrete Industry Management

The auction is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 18 in the North Hall Room N262 of the Las Vegas Convention Center. The silent auction is held from 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. PST and the live auction begins at 1 p.m. PST.

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Material Processing & Debris Handling

Portable Axle Load Scale (PALS) Weighing Solution

Fairbanks Scales

Fairbanks Scales' Portable Axle Load Scale (PALS) weighing solution eliminates the need for a pier or slab foundation requiring only a flat, unyielding surface to install and complete the unit

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Concrete Equipment & Products

Concrete Homes in Residential Construction

For one foundation and wall contractor, developing awareness and acceptability for fully encapsulated residential concrete structures is achievable.

Lance Anderson is setting his sights on making concrete homes an acceptable form of residential construction vs. traditional wood frame built homes.

Decorative Concrete

Decorative Concrete for the Las Vegas Arena

The plaza of the new Las Vegas Arena (T Mobile Arena) owned by MGM Resorts, Las Vegas, Nevada has 149,472 square feet of decorative concrete pavement, 3,425 contact square feet of walls.

The new 149,472 square foot plaza for the Las Vegas Arena consists of random integral pastel color shapes meant to compliment the desert surrounding area that Las Vegas is built on. There are no right angles in panel shapes so the decorative concrete contractor, T.B. Penick, decided to hire a surveying company to set points for panel corners to facilitate forming operations.

Concrete Equipment & Products

The 122 Delaware Apartment Construction

Building concrete residential units competitive to wood construction.

The model of the new 122 Delaware Apartment complex shown here is an all concrete structure. The apartment building rooftops will include gardens and concrete paver walkways, a load that concrete can easily accommodate.

CFA Announces Newest Certified Foundation Company and First in North Carolina

Concrete Foundations Association (CFA)

The state of North Carolina is the latest state to lay claim to residential concrete foundations constructed by a concrete professional that has achieved the status of Certified Residential Foundation Company.

Rebar & Reinforcement

Durability: The Cornerstone of Sustainable Construction

The sustainability of construction (commonly referred to as Green Building) has become a goal for builders across the globe.

A great deal of attention has gone to reducing cement during construction and minimizing power and water consumption during operation. An often-overlooked parameter taken for granted is the durability and service life of the final structure.

Decorative Concrete

New Ester Simplot Water Park Features Special Precast Components

Creating a very distinguishing look for the park’s new vehicular bridge, the arched bridge fascia panels, cast with wood grain finish, were installed three on each side of the bridge and the column pier caps were mounted on top of the bridge columns.

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