Aggregates: A Vital Component of Your Mix Design
Consideration of aggregate’s effect on concrete properties is vital to manufacturing quality precast products. By Eric […]
Questions from the Field
Questions from the Field is a selection of questions the NPCA Technical Services Department receives from […]
Cement Hydration Kinetics
By Kayla Hanson, P.E. When you see the word hydration you might think of water, a […]
Top 10 Facts about Dry-Cast Concrete
By Eric Carleton, P.E. Concrete is one of the oldest and most widely used building materials […]
Tunnel Vision
By Shari Held Virginia’s $2.1 billion Elizabeth River Tunnels Project, connecting Norfolk and Portsmouth, is one […]
UHPC Offers Endless Possibilities
By Kayla Hanson, P.E. An emerging classification of concrete, called ultra high performance concrete, is changing […]
Damp Proofing vs. Waterproofing: Part 2
By Tim Frazier Editor’s Note: This is part two of a three-part series. In the previous […]
Causes and Fixes for SCC Bug Holes
By John Pelicone Like a persistent mosquito, one question has plagued precast concrete producers for years: […]
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, […]
Meet a Precaster-Western Precast Concrete, Inc.
This month we are pleased to feature Western Precast Concrete, Inc. as part of our Meet a Precaster […]
Change the Way You Track Your Product
RFID tags and bar codes are changing the way precasters are tracking their precast concrete products. There are many National Precast Concrete Association (NPCA) members who make these products.
