Concrete Curing Part I – Why cure? Curing is the action taken by the contractor to maintain the moisture and temperature conditions in freshly placed concrete. Curing promotes the chemical hydration ...

Curing sounds simple: it is the maintenance of moisture and temperature conditions in freshly placed concrete to promote the hydration of cementitious materials. When done correctly, curing helps a ...

'Self-healing' concrete is being developed by researchers at Northumbria University which could see cracks in concrete buildings become a thing of the past. Dr Alan Richardson, a Senior Lecturer in ...

Once it's properly cured, you can trust a concrete driveway to give you exactly the kind of durability and longevity you need for decades of daily use. But their long-term performance depends a lot on ...

“People just don’t realize we’re still in the Stone Age. Or that humans will always live in the Stone Age.” —Donald Mikulic, retired senior paleontologist, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign I ...

Researchers have developed a process for turning the solid waste products of coal power plants into a useful ingredient that could improve properties of concrete. Coal ash is the less notorious ...

While you might not think of dish soap as part of the concrete mixing process, it's used by contractors to help create some ...