A Closer Look: Viscosity-Modifying Admixtures
Editor’s Note: This is the final article in a year-long series explaining common raw materials used […]
Precast Provides Car Wash Savings
When the owners of Toad’s Cove, a gas station and convenience store in Trempealeau, Wis., decided […]
Sequencing in Mix Design
By Debbie Sniderman Precasters must consider order when establishing proper mix designs. Precasters spend plenty of […]
Material Matters: Accelerators
By NPCA Staff and Debbie Sniderman Cement hydration is temperature and time dependent. The higher the […]
Watertightness of Precast Concrete
By Claude Goguen, P.E., LEED AP If someone asked you to name the greatest duos of […]
Concrete Bleeding
By Claude Goguen, P.E., LEED AP Talk to people who are not in the precast industry […]
Damp Proofing vs. Waterproofing: Part 2
By Tim Frazier Editor’s Note: This is part two of a three-part series. In the previous […]
Damp Proofing Vs. Waterproofing: Part 1
By Tim Frazier Editor’s Note: This is the first of a three-part series. Part 1 in […]
Test Methods & Troubleshooting: SCC Part 2
By Sue McCraven Editor’s Note: Part 1 of this two-part series covered self-consolidating concrete (SCC) characteristics, […]
Implementing SCC: Part 1
By Sue McCraven Editor’s Note: This condensed, two-part overview of self-consolidating concrete (SCC) is based on […]
Chemical Admixtures for Concrete: What’s Next?
By Terry Harris and Ara A. Jeknavorian, Ph.D. There can be little doubt that some of […]
A Destructive Marriage: All You Need to Know About ASR
By G. Terry Harris Sr., FACI Before addressing alkali-silica reaction (ASR) in concrete, let’s start with […]
