[VIDEO] DITEQ’s New Vacuum Brazed Diamond Cup Wheel

New bead cup wheels from DITEQ have vacuum brazed diamonds, are very fast and have an extremely long life

October 23, 2017

New bead cup wheels have vacuum brazed diamonds. They are very fast and have extremely long life.

This Week's 10 Hottest Construction Stories: New Rules Open PPP Payoff to the Smallest Businesses

Why the most-read construction stories include how to troubleshoot concrete cracks, 9-day continuous concrete pour slipforming grain silos, where surface transportation funding stands, six factors when adding drones to your construction business

Construction News Tracker: Arctic Blast from Texas to Maine Drives Fuel Prices Skyward

All construction material prices increased during January for the first time since 2018, NAHB measured a 14.5% increase in new home construction permits in 2020, PCA forecasts 2021 regional cement consumption to be led by a 3% increase in the South

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Point of Rental's What to Take (and Leave Behind) From 2020

Point of Rental shares lessons from 2020, what will continue (and change) in 2021, and about the technology available to help businesses tackle touchless processes, like renting via smart lockers.

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A Product Designed to Aid the Repair of Our Crumbling Infrastructure

Repairing a pylon typically requires a one-time use form of cardboard in select prefab sizes. The Form-A-Tube product allows contractors to do the same, but with the benefit of making a tube as you need with interlocking pieces.

Construction of the 24 slipform silos at roughly 75% completion. They are 21-ft. in diameter and will reach 140 ft. tall.

Arizona Grain Slipform Silo Construction Required 9-Day Long Continuous Concrete Pour

Concrete contractor McCormick Construction benefited from admixtures in its concrete mix to achieve a successful ready-mix concrete pour.

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Monitor Local Weather with Your Own Weather Station - The KelstrelMet 6000 Cellular Weather Station

A worker spraying PoreShield on the I-65 highway in Indiana. PoreShield is a sustainable and cost-effective solution, derived from soybeans.

WisDOT Study: PoreShield Reduces Concrete Pavement Damage

Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) study shows that PoreShield, a concrete durability enhancer technology, can provide long-term concrete pavement protection from chloride ion diffusion.

Get Out Your Brackets - ‘March Masonry Matchup’ Tips Off

Concrete block home designs face-off in a bracket-style challenge

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Darragh Company Joins the Minnich Manufacturing Dealer Network

Minnich Manufacturing announced the addition of Darragh Company to its dealer network in the mid-South region, with the full line of Minnich products available at 11 locations.

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FiberTech Super Duty Outrigger Pads

DICA introduces the FiberTech Super Duty Outrigger Pads, featuring crush ratings of up to 600 psi, 13 layers of quad axial continuous glass fibers and vinyl ester resin, and one inch thick FiberTech Pads.

Contractors need to digitize the communication and workflow between the office and field with technology to create a fluid line of communication and information among the team.

Six Technologies, Tools & Workflows Giving Contractors an Edge in 2021

With BIM and IoT now commonplace, construction companies need to bolster themselves with proven solutions to help ensure projects are completed correctly, on time, and on budget.

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The First Step in Choosing the Right Abrasive

In surface preparation, there are a number of things to consider when selecting a metal-bond diamond abrasive. Start at the concrete floor and figure out what you’re working on.

Finishers should edge along the edge form so contraction joints are easily visible for accurate sawcutting.

How to Hand-Trowel Edges and Joints to Match Power Trowel Finishes

Techniques for matching a power trowel's surface density and darkness by hand

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Recycle Concrete & Save Time, Money with the ALLU Screener & Crusher Buckets for 10 to 38 Ton Machines

How the ALLU Transformer Concrete Screener & Crusher Buckets for 10 to 38 Ton Machines can save time and money.

Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union recently unveiled the façade of its new branch, which incorporated 3D printed materials.

3D Printed Building Façade Reportedly First Ever

A credit union in Tennesse partnered with Branch Technology to create the first-ever 3D printed building façade.

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5 Tips to Optimize Concrete Forming Panel Performance

APA-trademarked panels can be used repeatedly with proper care. Maximize concrete form lifetime—and your budget—with these five tips.

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Optimize the Performance of Your Concrete Mix with the Web-based SmartMix App Dashboard

With Giatec's artificial intelligence algorithm, Roxi, concrete producers can use the SmartMix Dashboard to optimize concrete materials and predict the performance of their mixes.

PINOTH developed a special chassis while McNeilus developed a custom mixer body. The PRINOTH PANTHER T16 served as a starting point. This is a 33,500-lb. payload capacity tracked carrier vehicle that typically hauls digger derricks, aerial devices, cranes, drills, and more into the most challenging terrain.

Tracked Concrete Mixer Provides Off-road Access

PRINOTH and McNeiluis collaborate on mixer designed for the off-road construction market.

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The FloorMate80E - A Fully Electric Mobile Mixer & Pump Combination

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Festool Announces Its Systainer Systems Collection

Festool USA has unveiled its largest Systainer release ever with the new Systainer3 tool organization systems, providing efficient protection, storage and transportation of all tools and materials in the workshop or on the jobsite.

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7 Questions on Colors & Stains

Insight from John Reynolds, director of technical services at Solomon Colors on acid- and water-based stains, common problems, and applying stains to a slab.

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The Placer Mobile Batch Plant & Gypsum Pump

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Infrastructure Bill Would Have “Profound Effect” on Construction Activity, Building Materials

A multiyear federal infrastructure investment bill could boost construction spending by 2% and drive prices and volumes for cement and aggregates higher.

Lehigh Cement has published product and plant-specific EPDs for all of its cement products produced at its Edmonton, Alberta, plant.

Lehigh Cement Among Latest to Launch Reduced Carbon Footprint Concrete

Lehigh Hanson has launched EcoCem PLUS at its Edmonton plant in Canada.

By removing the necessity of on-site personnel to collect data, COMMAND Center AutoCollect can save teams the expense and labor hours of manually collecting data onsite.

The COMMAND Center AutoCollect - Autonomous Concrete Data Collection

Access concrete temperature history, calculate maturity, and strength data offsite

The Research in Concrete Sensor Technology

Pushing construction technology further to get real time data from concrete sensors, Purdue researchers have been working on a years-long project to investigate the value of integrating concrete sensors with the internet of things.

HeidelbergCement has launched a carbon capture pilot project in Germany.

HeidelbergCement Scales Up CO2 Capture Technology

HeidelbergCement is starting the further development and scaling-up of the LEILAC technology (Low Emissions Intensity Lime And Cement) together with the Australian technology company Calix and a European consortium.