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In this video I'm finishing a concrete sidewalk with a stone textured stamping mat. When your finishing concrete the most important thing is the timing of wh...
USC Technologies in San Jose, Calif., the research development arm of U.S. Concrete, a producer of ready-mix and precast concrete in Houston, is collaborating with two universities to create "alternative supplemental cementitious materials." The research seeks to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to greenhouse gas emissions by using less cement in concrete.
Concrete is expensive. According to the National Ready Mix Concrete Association, the cost of concrete is $108 per cubic yard. On top of this is the cost of delivery fees, truck rentals, driver pay, loading/unloading workers, etc. And this doesn't even include the cost of time spent during the delivery process testing and checking the quality of the concrete to make sure it arrives at the jobsite at the right consistency and quality required for the job.
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Canada-based CarbonCure Technologies has developed a technology that turns waste carbon dioxide into solid carbonate to capture the gas and put it in the concrete. The company is now moving into the ready-mix industry with its technology. Meanwhile, environmental chemist David Stone and civil engineer Narayanan Neithalath are working on their cement alternative called Ferrock, which requires no energy input to produce.
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As we continue on our discussion of “Concrete Mix Design: Art and Science” I would like to move on to a discussion of “paste”. We have already discussed paste near the beginning of this series (www.commandalkonconnect.com/2013/07/15/concrete-mix-design-art-and-science-paste/) and, after rereading it, it is a pretty good start, but I would like to add a few things …