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...
I came across an interesting discussion on Quora, the question was “Instead of building the world’s tallest skyscraper, why can’t we start building the world’s deepest building?” Interesting...
Kryton’s Krystol Mortar Admixture (KMA) transforms rendering mortars, usually applied to exterior building surfaces as finishes, into waterproof protection.
Concrete is made up of cement, water, aggregate, SCMs and admixtures. Before you can pour your concrete and build your structure you need to determine the quantities of the aforementioned components...
A long-term corrosion study was conducted by Joshua Ropert, MS and Ian N. Robertson. Ph.D., S.E., Professorfrom theUniversity of Hawaii College of Engineering, for the Harbors Division of the...
GUADALAJARA Museo de Arte Moderno y Contemporaneo, is a new museum that will be built in Guadalajara. Unlike the abandoned plans for a Guggenheim Guadalajara, this new art museum will be “100%...
The original waterproofing contractor came and did a repair work on their own external membrane. This is the result…. !!!
