“Green Architecture” has been on the rise since the term’s initial use back in the 1990s. The past few years have seen the concept of “Green Building“ erupting through money saving and sustainability...

Fear of powdered admixtures clumping in the concrete mix is not something that has come up much, as many knowledgeable buyers will automatically dismiss it as unsubstantiated. However, I have seen...

At 8 am on March 10, 2013, False Creek Rowing Club hosted their 3^rd annual Head Up The Creek rowing regatta in False Creek. With the beautiful city of Vancouver behind them, rowers of all ages rowed...

In June 2012, the tragic collapse of the Algo Centre Mall in Elliot Lake Ontario claimed the lives of two women. How did this happen? After much finger pointing, much of the blame is ultimately...

Most concrete structures are designed such that the water is intended to stay put – either on the inside, like with a reservoir, or on the outside, as with a basement.  Similar to a sponge, concrete...

In 1980, Kryton invented the first crystalline concrete waterproofing admixture, calling it Krystol Internal Membrane (KIM). The initial discovery was that it retarded the concrete, reduced set-time...

At World of Concrete 2013, we caught up to one of our distributors from the East Coast. New England Dry Concrete (NEDC) has been distributing Kryton’s line of products for almost 10 years. As experts...

Tiny hairline cracks are inevitable when creating a new concrete structure. It’s the nature of the environment: the earth, and therefore the foundation, will probably move a little. So how do we plan...

Last week, I wrote a post about Torrent Shotcrete winning the American Shotcrete Association (ASA) Outstanding Project of the Year for Infrastructure (2012) for their outstanding work on the Van...