With a storm on the way, Victory Outdoor Services races to finish a concrete pour—using expert timing, tools, and techniques ...

Patio or pool deck. Here, pouring a concrete slab 4 inches in thickness is fine. While you may choose to reinforce it with rebar, wire mesh should be sufficient. Outdoor kitchen foundation.

Here, pouring a concrete slab 4 inches in thickness is fine. While you may choose to reinforce it with rebar, wire mesh should be sufficient. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

Here, pouring a concrete slab 4 inches in thickness is fine. While you may choose to reinforce it with rebar, wire mesh should be sufficient. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

Once concrete is hard enough to stand on after it’s finished, water is its friend. If you can keep fresh concrete wet for days after you pour it, it helps the curing process.

By identifying this before the pour, they were able to make the critical adjustments and avoid significant rework.” Another OpenSpace customer, Baker Concrete, uses OpenSpace for issue management.

Crews poured the first of two deck pours Saturday, using 27 truckloads of concrete to repair the bridge after it was damaged in a Nov. 1 fire.

Six concrete pump trucks and 200 workers pumping cement at a rate of 600 cubic yards per hour. Concrete pour encases 1,000 tons of rebar already in place in a 23-foot deep and 35,000 square foot hole.