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Built
to Last: Celebrating a Century of Concrete
One hundred years ago, the concrete market was
highly competitive, expanding fast and seriously
lacking in standard practice.
Concrete
Thinking for a Sustainable World
Concrete has been a foundation of sustainable
design for centuries.
New
Strategies for Concrete Pipe
Powered by a vigorous membership, plus new technologies
and research, the concrete pipe industry is regaining
market share.
Surface
Transportation Issues
Industry and the public sector, working in tandem,
have made great progress in improving the safety
and performance of the national highway system.
Pumping
Farther Safely
Concrete pumps continue to expand the use of concrete
by placing farther and faster with more precision
than ever before. Last year, the world’s
pumping record was set on the Taipei Tower in
Taiwan at 1,460 ft.
Fusion
Welding of Reinforcing Bars
The Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute (CRSI)
has modified its long-standing position on using
welding as a means for assembling reinforcement
for site-cast construction.
Repairing
and Restoring Concrete
The International Concrete Repair Institute (ICRI)
is the only association in the concrete industry
devoted solely to repair and restoration.
Moving
Toward Performance-Based Specifications
The ready-mixed concrete industry is a $30-billion
industry. It consumes approximately 75% of the
cement in the U.S., producing an estimated volume
of 405 million cubic yards last year, with a projected
5% increase in 2004.
Tilt-Up
Delivers Creativity and Durabiltiy
Since its founding in 1986, the Tilt-Up Concrete
Association (TCA) has become an influential voice
in innovative construction technology.
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Celebrating
Beautiful Concrete
Last March members of the American Concrete Institute
sat entranced as they watched one striking image
after another express the beauty and power of
concrete.
Colorful
Concrete: A New Design Palette
One of the biggest advances in recent years is
colored concrete technology.
Productive
Forming
At the turn of the 19th century, St. Louis blacksmith
Arthur H. Symons developed a method for lowering
both the time and skill necessary to prepare and
pour concrete columns in commercial buildings.
New
Ways to Strengthen Structures
There is an increasing demand for upgrading structural
strengthening, for reasons ranging from seismic
and blast-resistance requirements, to code changes.
Liquid
Stone
Awed by spectacular architecture by Richard Meier
and Santiago Calatrava, visitors to Liquid Stone:
New Architecture in Concrete at the National Building
Museum in Washington, D.C., may well find new
respect for concrete.
Saving
Man-Hours
When forming contractor Verdi Group needed a well-designed
system that could be erected with minimum effort,
time and manpower for the Mississauga, Ontario,
City Gate II, a 36-story residential project,
it chose Aluma Systems’ brand new Aluma Dek®.
Big-Time
Pump Performance
Scheduled for completion in February 2007, the
$1.04-billion Skyway segment of the eastern span
crossing San Francisco Bay from Yerba Buena Island
to Oakland, CA, is well under way.
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