Other stories by The Concrete Producer Staff

  • It's About Time

    We are constantly battling time constrains on ready-mix deliveries and need help extending the time limits on some projects. We can maintain slump with water reducers easily beyond the 60 or 90 minutes allowed in the specifications. What advice can you offer?

  • Extend Drum Life, Save Fuel

    Smart Drum-equipped truck mixers increase drum life up to 80% by optimizing drum speed without driver involvement. 

  • Insulated Wall Panels

    CarbonCast Insulated Architectural Cladding is a lightweight, insulated precast wall panel for horizontal or vertical use as a non-load-bearing spandrel or column cover. 

  • Hybrid Water Heater

  • Sustainable Waterproofing Mix

    Krystol Internal Membrane (KIM) concrete waterproofing admixture is an environmentally friendly alternative for creating waterproof concrete.

  • Volumetric Concrete Mixers

    The Zim-Mixer features a dual-chain material feed system that offers low maintenance costs and can run materials independently, eliminating material waste.

  • Sustainable Products & Services

    With green building codes and measurements becoming more mainstream, sustainability has become more than a buzzword in the concrete industry.

  • Your Concrete's Air Content

  • The Future of Concrete is Here

    Superplasticizers are not just water reducers anymore.

  • Quality's Costs

    Q: I'm a quality control manager for a mid-size ready-mix producer and am dealing with several quality issues which need resolution. I am having difficulties convincing the owner that he needs to increase funding for the quality system in order to produce more consistent concrete. How can I...