CONCRETE THOUGHTS

The Importance of Basements

“Get underground! – There’s a tornado coming!” This recommendation seems logical, but what if there is no “underground” to access?

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Stronger Communities – One Build Day at a Time

We put a video together from our fantastic day working with Habitat for Humanity Greater Vancouver!

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How NOT to Waterproof Concrete

Concrete structures have been using concrete waterproofing since the first structural leak was discovered. Since then, the industry has been quickly evolving, and improving best practices with new...

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The Basics of Self-Sealing

Left - concrete crack | Right - self-sealed crack
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International Forum Opens Doors for the Future of Concrete

Concrete has been around in different forms for thousands of years, but the last few decades have shown new innovation and technologies to improve concrete’s versatility and durability. With so much...

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Three Causes of Slump Loss

All concrete has slump loss or it would never harden. In the normal slow congealing we call ‘setting’, the concrete first gradually loses all its slump and then proceeds to harden.

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Kryton in Malaysia

Recently, our sub-distributor in Malaysia, Structural Repairs (EM) Sdn Bhd attended a tradeshow in Kuching, promoting Kryton products. Structural Repairs was formed in 2009 with the aim of promoting...

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From Europe to Haiti - The Future of Sustainable Infrastructure

It seems like every-other week you hear about the state of our failing infrastructure, the crumbled aftermath from a recent earthquake or litigation for shoddy construction.

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How Concrete It Is

Check out this great ode to concrete by architecture student Klaudia Siczek We came up with our own lyrics for the remix!

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