NPCA Blog: Production

Questions from the Field is a selection of questions the NPCA Technical Services Department receives from calls, emails and comments […]

By John W. Dutschmann Choose a hole-forming process that is right for your precast concrete operation. Constructing holes in precast […]

When you see the word hydration you might think of water, a sports drink commercial, or maybe you think of […]

Cement hydration is temperature and time dependent. The higher the temperature, the faster the reaction happens. As time passes, strength […]

One of the most common methods of combating steel rebar corrosion in precast concrete applications is the use of fusion-bonded, […]

Concrete is one of the oldest and most widely used building materials in the world. Some of the earliest concrete […]

What happens when 4,400-lb highway barriers are placed on top of a 10-ft-wide, 60-ft-long precast, prestressed concrete double tee? Engineers, […]

Talk to people who are not in the precast industry about bleeding concrete, and it may evoke visions from a […]

Like a persistent mosquito, one question has plagued precast concrete producers for years: “How can I eliminate bug holes?” In […]

When bricklayer Joseph Aspdin burned powdered limestone and clay in his kitchen stove at his home in Leeds, England, during […]

Waterproofing and damp proofing sound like the same thing, and the general objective of both – minimizing the travel of […]

Throughout the construction industry, the common belief is that concrete takes 28 days to cure and reach 100% of its […]