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It’s Costly to Maintain Concrete Infrastructure If you’re in charge of the care of civil road or bridge infrastructure (or the related repair budget) you’ll be well aware maintenance does not come cheap; to say nothing of the cost of ... Read More

No doubt you know that high-quality curing actually helps concrete last longer. … You’re probably very conscious of high-pressure timeframes and stringent budgets. … In many ways, that sums up the tension that’s going on in this space: cost and ... Read More

Infrastructure for water is a big subject – delivering water, removing water, storage, and processing, not to mention effluent. And there’s a lot of concrete involved in all that infrastructure. What’s involved in maximising service life for concrete water infrastructure? ... Read More

Wolter Reinold de Sitter, part-time Professor in design of structures in concrete at Eindhoven University of Technology, proposed a Law of Fives for structural concrete maintenance. There are various English versions extant, but fundamentally the Law reads as follows: The ... Read More

Early cracking in concrete can be defined as developing with in the first 7 days after casting or placement. It’s a common problem, so much so that it may not be given much attention in the field. It is certainly ... Read More

Of course, concrete structures will withstand water exposure. After all, concrete’s innate durability is one of the reasons the material is used so extensively in construction. This includes exposed civil infrastructure such as bridges, wharves, and transport elements. Markham adding ... Read More

Markham – Adding Life to Concrete To all our die-hard civil engineering fans out there … this is the final instalment of our series on dam concrete, by Dr Jon Belkowitz. This follows on the articles focusing on the Hoover ... Read More

Dr. David Harris worked for the US Bureau of Reclamation for almost 40 years. The Bureau owns and operates about 400 dams in the United States, 100+ of which are concrete – including the famous Hoover Dam. Markham – adding ... Read More

 “Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. It was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression and was ... Read More

 “Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. It was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression and was ... Read More

In one sense there’s nothing new here. All the points below are the subject of constant discussion and study. This is a broad-brush overview, and you’re probably well educated on most of the details. But maybe we can show you ... Read More

IT’S COSTLY TO MAINTAIN A CONCRETE BRIDGE. If you’re in charge of the care of a concrete bridge (or the related repair budget) you’ll be well aware they’re not a cheap item to maintain; to say nothing of the cost ... Read More