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• TCA forms seismic design task group 

  The Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA) has announced the formation of a seismic design task group. According to Jim Baty, technical director of the...

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• Compressive and flexural strength 

  April 1963 April 1963 Q. In normal concrete work, the maximum compressive strength that can possibly be obtained is generally reckoned to be...

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• Study details advantages of performance-based specifications 

  A study by the NRMCA Research Laboratory compares the properties of concrete mixtures optimized for performance that may not comply with typical...

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• Cold weather concreting 

  October 1956 October 1956 Q. How soon after concrete has been poured can it be frozen without sustaining damage? A. In "Recommended Practice...

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• Best of Concrete Construction: concrete paths of the past 

  Some readers may have memories of ducking under their school desks during routine A-bomb drills half a century ago. Others associate the term...

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• Productivity? 

  February 1975 February 1975 Q. Lately we have had contractors placing too large an area of concrete floor slabs, so that finishers are not able...

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