New product innovation Q & A
Q: I’M INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING A NEW CEMENTITIOUS PRODUCT BUT NEED HELP FIGURING OUT A FORMULATION TO MEET THE SPECIFICATIONS. IS THIS SOMETHING BETON HAS EXPERIENCE WITH? A: The products […]
Specifications
Hot-weather concreting
As the weather warms up, it’s good to review best practices for hot-weather concreting. The American Concrete Institute defines hot-weather concreting as “one or a combination of the following conditions […]
Concrete exposure classes
Concrete exposure classes are part of a decades-long trend toward performance specifications. Traditionally, specifications were prescriptive. That is, they specified what the concrete must be. So there might be limits […]
Thermal control plans minimize cracking in mass concrete
Specifications for mass concrete require thermal control plans to control cracking. Historically, mass concrete meant dams, but many other structures may be large enough —or have high enough portland-cement contents […]
Specifications for high-performance concrete
When I was a graduate student in the 1980s, papers about high-performance concrete nearly always started out by explaining that “high performance” means more than high strength. Then they went […]
I-91 Brattleboro Bridge relied on MacDonald’s expertise
Beton’s Kevin MacDonald designed the concrete mixture proportions and performed thermal control modeling for the I-91 Brattleboro Bridge in Vermont. The bridge took First Place in the Infrastructure Division of […]
Beton and Primekss develop concrete for industrial concrete floors
Big box stores, warehouses, and manufacturing facilities need industrial concrete floors that are flat and level to accommodate forklift traffic and stacking of goods on pallets. Concrete slabs on ground […]
Beton can Help You Specify Durable Concrete
State DOTs want their bridges to have a service life of 75 years or longer, which means they need durable concrete. As a contractor, how can you be sure your […]
Floor Flatness and Levelness after 72 hours
Floor Flatness (Ff) and floor levelness (Fl) are required by ACI specifications to be measured within 72 hours of placing the slab. Concrete contractors prefer to grab Ff and Fl measurements before […]
Tips for Ensuring a Flat and Level Concrete Slab-on-Grade
A persistent challenge of slab-on-ground and elevated slab construction is achieving floor flatness (Ff) and floor levelness (Fl) to ensure safety, effective functionality, and aesthetics. Examples of effective functionality are […]