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Wacker Neuson Opens Technical Academy

Light-equipment maker will train customers in the latest construction techniques

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Wacker Neuson Opens Technical Academy

Light Equipment Maker Wacker Neuson Opens Technical Academy to Train Customers in Construction Techniques

A Pavement Showcase

Rabine Group uses its uniquely paved parking lot as a marketing and educational opportunity.

Rabine Group's multi-surface lot is a great marketing and education tool, but it's not just for show. The lot is actively in use everyday. Keeping the different areas in the parking lot in use will help Rabine Group get a better grasp on the lifecycle of each pavement used.

Ten Companies Win 2010 Golden Trowel Awards

The Face Companies 22nd Golden Trowel Awards sees repeating and new winners placing the flattest, most level concrete slabs.

New Surface Finishes for As-Cast Formed Concrete

KB Engineering LLC

Allowable formwork fins, other surface projections, surface voids and tolerances are defined in the new ACI 301 specifications.

Rubbed finishes (free of bugholes) consist of either smooth-rubbed, grout-cleaned rubbed or cork-floated finishes. Here a worker is producing a grout-cleaned finish free of bugholes by rubbing a grout into the surface voids.

Decorative Concrete

A Scientific Approach to Polishing Concrete

Cuviello Concrete and Terrazzo Polishing

The ability to measure scratch patterns and how they relate to quantifying the various stages of a polished concrete floor will remove the guesswork from the polishing equation.

Contractor Keeps Pace with the Industry

As Mike Poppoff witnessed the evolution of the concrete flooring industry over the last two decades, he kept his concrete construction firm competitive by getting involved and staying educated while utilizing the latest in equipment technologies. Today his company is a leading provider of slabs in Eastern Washington and planning for another generation of success.

Poppoff, Inc. built a 5,500-square-foot concrete pad for a tennis court in Skykomish, Wash. Specifications called for an FF 35, but Poppoff, Inc. crews attained an FF 72.

Remove and Replace Trumps Pavement Overlay

Instead of suggesting a third overlay, S&G Asphalt wins a job proposing a remove and replace for a failing asphalt parking lot.

The first lift of the parking lot was a 2.5-in. lift of binder which was then compacted to 2 in. A second 2.5-in. lift and compaction to 2 in. followed.

Installing Tactile Domes at Disneyworld

Contractor EBS Elite Bobcat Service relies on SafetyStepTD to bring new bus loading zones into ADA compliance on new Disneyworld parking lot

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Decorative Concrete

Becoming Sealer Savvy

The Euclid Chemical Company

Different concrete sealer options offer pros and cons. Use these guidelines for sealer selection.

Common film forming sealers like cure & seals are applied in thin layers and typically last one to two years. Penetrating sealers can last as much as 10 years before reapplication is required.

Concrete Repair

A Light Reflective Concrete Floor with Less Mess

Advance Construction takes a purpose built concrete slab and turns it into a light reflective floor while keeping jobsite restrictions a top priority.

The concrete contractor had to find products that would successfully complete the job without the risk of water or material seeping into the levels below the two suspended concrete slabs.

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Troubleshooting Floor Problems

American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC)

Answers to contractors' questions about dueling tolerances, poor value-engineering and the inevitable random cracks.

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