Designing the mix “The best high MOE concrete is the mix with the least space between large and small aggregates,” says MacDonald. Often referred to as “well-graded”, you start with the ...

Once mixed, the fresh concrete is loaded onto trucks and delivered to construction sites, ready for use. Watch the fascinating transformation of raw materials into high-quality concrete!

Engineers have created a system that sprays Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC) onto structures. Such concrete not only has the potential to patch walls, fix pipes and restore drainage culverts, it ...

high concrete temperature, low relative humidity, and high wind speed—all of these are factors that could affect the quality of freshly mixed or hardened concrete which according to ACI 305.R10 ...

Sustainable building solutions leader, Holcim US, was named a winner of a NRMCA Concrete Innovations Award for its participation in the Lower Carbon Content Concrete Pavement MnROAD project. Through a ...

Research highlights the use of machine learning to assess compressive strength in concrete reinforced with steel fibers, ...

To make concrete, limestone, or calcium carbonate, is mixed with clay and other materials and then calcined at high temperatures, so CO2 is released via the thermal decomposition of calcium carbonate.