CONCRETE THOUGHTS

Waterproofing Underground Mansions

With a population of over 8.17 million people, the city of London, England continues to grow. The most recent census, released in 2012, reported a population increase of 12% over the past 10 years....

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Can anything really be waterproof?

Traditionally, waterproofing of concrete structures has been accomplished using a membrane of some sort. The membrane can be anything from a simple coating of tar to a very technical adhered polymer...

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Monitoring concrete infrastructure focus of ACI Seminar

The theme of this year’s ACI B.C. Chapter Spring Seminar was infrastructure maintenance, repair and monitoring. Held in Vancouver, the roster of guest speakers was impressive and kept to industry’s...

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A tale of two earthquakes

It’s often said that earthquakes don’t kill people, buildings do.A tragic example of this took place earlier this year. On January 12th Haiti was rocked by an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter...

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