Entries for 2025

Question: We are preparing to pump, place, and finish a reinforced concrete slab on metal deck (SOMD) in a 4-story (e.g. 4 elevated decks) structural steel-framed office building. Each floor slab has an area of 100,000 gross square feet (GSF), which we plan to complete in 4 each 25,000 square foot (SF) pours per floor, or 16 total placement days.  We have scheduled our first concrete placemen...

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Over the last few years there has been an increase in scaling observed in roadway and parking lot pavements in the Midwest. Several calls to the ASCC hotline, member photos, newspaper articles and issues noted by ready mixed producers and associations in multiple states are discussing this outcome. The purpose of this newsletter article is bringing awareness that several teams have started or will...

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