Industrial concrete floors: not an easy accomplishment
- Nicoletta Zeminian
- 22.02.2023
- Concrete admixtures
Out of all civil engineering work, industrial concrete floors are most certainly considered the easiest to create. This has often led to an underestimation of the ...
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Evaluating durability of parking deck systems
- Albert Berenguel
- 16.02.2023
- Refurbishment
Multistorey car parks are challenging structures. Floors and deck surfaces are under constant attack due to the circulation of vehicles - abrasion, abrupt braking, ...
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Looking back to 2022. Top winter reads for construction experts.
- Albert Berenguel
- 20.12.2022
- Refurbishment
It's that time of year again - time to stay at home next to a warm fire or maybe time to load up the car and head for a ski resort or jet off to a nice Caribbean beach. ...
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Eight things you need to know about concreting in winter
- Oliver Mazanec
- 08.12.2022
- Concrete admixtures
When concreting in winter, special measures must be taken both during production in the ready-mixed concrete plant and during processing and post-treatment on the ...
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Challenges of asphalt repair
- Reinhard Stoeriko-Pasker
- 21.11.2022
- asphalt
Everyone has experienced this: potholes, delamination and cracks in asphalt roads. The consequences are also well known: speed restrictions and closures for repair ...
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Innovation in action: a new way to renew wastewater tanks
- Elisabeth Casas Bolivar
- 23.09.2022
- Concrete structures
MasterSeal 7000 CR is a good example of how to succeed in a change of era that requires us to innovate in the way we take decisions, especially for water preservation. ...
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Using super water absorbers for soil conditioning in EPB tunneling
- Mike Sposetti
- 05.09.2022
- Tunnel Construction
Underground construction in soft ground below the water table using Earth Pressure Balance (EPB) tunnel boring machines (TBMs) is undergoing tremendous growth. The EPB ...
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REduce+ REfurbish+ REuse: Three measures to fight severe lack of rain
- Albert Berenguel
- 02.09.2022
- Concrete structures
Drought is a serious problem that can no longer be ignored. While acknowledging that there is no easy solution, this blog explains three essential measures that can help ...
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Top Summer 2022 reads. What do the experts say?
- Albert Berenguel
- 19.07.2022
- Concrete Repair & Protection
Behind projects and products there are always human stories; people who created their own companies and, with effort, passion, and sometimes even suffering, grew them to ...
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A day with the onshore wind team in Seville – testing new grouting ...
- Vanja Landeck
- 13.07.2022
- Onshore wind
In the global onshore wind turbine business, expertise, experience, and trust are of enormous importance for long-term success. Above all, it is about people, ...
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Six ways that liquid-applied waterproofing save costs in green roofs
- Albert Berenguel
- 04.07.2022
- Waterproofing
In a survey conducted after the COVID 19 pandemic by Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability (CERIS) at the University of Lisbon (1), 79% of ...
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Supporting a circular economy in the concrete construction industry ...
- Raphael Breiner
- 28.06.2022
- Concrete admixtures
As the world’s population grows and urbanization increases, the resulting building boom presents the construction industry with an uncomfortable reality – building is ...
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