Rate of placement and screeding method are baseline decisions that must be made prior to start of placement. Placing/finishing concrete is time sensitive and susceptible to environmental conditions.

For many years it’s been assumed that applying cold curing water to hot concrete surfaces can cause thermal shock and cracking. As early as 1971, Section 2.2.1 of ACI’s Recommended Practice for Curing ...

The world’s first internal curing concrete additive has been launched in the UAE. Named CureAssure, Asian Paints’ new generation innovative self-curing liquid additive can eliminate the need for ...

A research team of The Electronics and telecommunications research institute (ETRI) is in the process of developing a technology that can estimate the concrete strength in advance by planting optical ...

Using AI as a companion to browse the web or generate lifelike images and videos are a few of the features some people are starting to take for granted. Lately, I almost always search the web with AI ...

Asian Paints, one of Asia’s construction solutions companies, has unveiled a breakthrough innovation for the regional building sector with the launch of CureAssure — the world’s first internal curing ...

A new slab/beam system that is claimed to allow for the forms to be removed and transferred on within four days, bypassing the need to wait 14 to 21 days for the concrete to harden first, has been ...

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A transfer slab is simply a thick reinforced concrete floor slab where a column sits on top of a slab but does not have a column immediately below. In other words, it bridges between supporting ...