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Concrete Equipment & Products
MK Diamond Products New SRX-150 Green Cut Early Entry Saw
MK Diamond Products, Inc.
Compact and lightweight, the SRX-150 dry cutting saw is engineered for early entry sawing of crack control joints within one to two hours of concrete finishing. It is perfect for use on driveways, parking lots and residential projects.
September 19, 2016
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Business Services
What Factors Prohibit Good Contractor-to-Contractor Communications
Contractors who choose to extend positive and proactive communications will be leaders in their industry and surface as a preferred contractor for customers
September 19, 2016
Contractors who choose to extend positive and proactive communications will be leaders in their industry and surface as a preferred contractor for customers.
Machine Grade Control, GPS, Laser & Other
Technology Helps Clean Up Mess of a Parking Lot Project
Heartland Concrete Construction turned to the Trimble Business Center – HCE system to re-engineer a complex parking lot project.
September 6, 2016
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Concrete Repair
Metzger/McGuire's Edge-Pro 80
Metzger/McGuire
Edge-Pro 80 is Metzger/McGuire's newest addition to its line of semi-rigid concrete floor joint fillers.
September 1, 2016
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General Tool
CreteClean Plus – Single Dose
CURECRETE DISTRIBUTION, INC.
CreteClean Plus – Single Dose conditions and enhances regular, densified and densified-polished concrete floors with just one bottle in one tank.
August 24, 2016
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Concrete Equipment & Products
Tips for Maintaining Your Power Trowel
Conducting routine maintenance on your power trowel will ensure this vital piece of equipment will continue to perform.
August 16, 2016
Concrete Equipment & Products
Uniform Polished Concrete Starts with the Canvas
Proven techniques to avoid problems.
August 16, 2016
Figure 1 - Bump Cutting: Differential aggregate exposure due to bump cutting, scraping the paste off the high spots and depositing it in the low spots. When polishing, the aggregate in the high spots will be exposed first.
Business
Who's to Blame for Sinking San Francisco Luxury High-rise Tower?
Millennium Tower has sunk 10 inches more than the builder predicted the high-rise would sink over its lifetime
August 2, 2016
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August 1, 2016
Patrick J. Harrison
Material Processing & Debris Handling
Why Tack Coats Improve Parking Lots and Driveways
Tack and multiple layers extend pavement life, improve investment return
August 1, 2016
Asphalt emulsion bond coat placed full width with overlapping nozzle pattern will result in more durable parking area overlay.
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Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One…Anecdotes Masquerading as Data
American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC)
June 13, 2016
Business Services
How Value-added Services Can Improve Your Construction Business' Bottom Line
Construction Business Coaching
Continue to offer services you're best at but explore new services, ideas or customers to become a resource and a partner for your customers now and in the future
May 18, 2016
Be more than a service provider. Be a resource and a partner in your customer's future. When you offer more than the lowest price and the minimum required, your business will grow and make more money.
Concrete Equipment & Products
Ground Penetrating Radar Can Save Money and Avoid Hazardous Conditions on Jobsites
Geophysical Survey Systems (GSSI)
A few firms that provide concrete scanning services weigh in on the critical importance of locating embedded and or buried obstructions by scanning for these features using ground penetrating radar (GPR).
May 12, 2016
Figure 1 – GPR used to evaluate concrete slab
Business
APM Paves Parking Lot Using Mix with Toner Additive
Recycled printer toner passes first U.S. paving test – laydown – in Kentucky
May 9, 2016
APM Asphalt is the first U.S. contractor to construct an asphalt pavement that contains the MTP as an additive in the hot mix asphalt.
Decorative Concrete
A Decorative Mix for Diamond Polishing
April 13, 2016
Diamond polishing overlay toppings is a significant part of the market so Diamatic, a manufacturer of diamond grinding equipment, decided to develop an overlay product with favorable polishing qualities. Its low shrinkage and hard wearing characteristics, gains strength quickly, and produces a high-polish surface.
Concrete Equipment & Products
How to Manage Moisture Loss and Temperature of Freshly Placed Concrete
KB Engineering LLC
Curing, the action taken by contractors to maintain adequate moisture and temperature of freshly placed concrete, promotes the chemical hydration of the cementitious materials within the concrete.
April 13, 2016
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Decorative Concrete
Things to Consider When Choosing a Concrete Overlay
When considering if an overlay is right for your client it's important to paint wide strokes of possibilities, but root expectations in the complexities of the install.
April 13, 2016
CTS Rapid Set TRU Self-Leveling Overlay is a hydraulic cement-based, self-leveling topping, re-surfacer and underlayment for both indoor and outdoor jobsites. The product cures to a light off-white color. It is ideal for floors that are stained, integrally colored, and those with decorative embedded aggregate flooring.
Concrete Equipment & Products
Somero S-940 Laser Screed
Somero Enterprises
April 3, 2016
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