CCR Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Many people think of concrete as a material that doesnt have any issues even as it ages. While concrete is a highly durable material, it can age or run into issues with its well-being, just like any other building material. Concrete spalling is one of the most common signs that your concrete needs attention right away.

Concrete Pouring

For Construction Pros

JULY 14, 2025

Scott Metzger Jul 14, 2025 Metzger/McGuire Concrete contractors widened a structural joint for repair. Metzger/McGuire The spalled concrete joint repair preparation and installation process when using semi-rigid or sand-modified semi-rigid repair materials is not unlike the initial joint filling process.

Concrete Pouring

For Construction Pros

JULY 21, 2025

bubutu - stock.adobe.com Concrete contractors in 2025 are facing a perfect storm of challenges that are reshaping how work gets done on-site, impacting project timelines, budgets, and workforce stability. In several cases, misaligned test results have led to full concrete removals and re-pours, pushing back schedules and inflating costs.

Concrete Pouring

For Construction Pros

JULY 18, 2025

The first question a concrete contractor will need to determine is if they are allowed to dump any excess on-site. This can clean out the drum better and, depending on the wash-out system utilized, the material washed may very well be reusable for jobs requiring lower-specification concrete.

Concrete Pouring

For Construction Pros

JULY 18, 2025

aboutmomentsimages - stock.adobe.com Marianna Kopsida, PhD, industry manager - IMF & Vertical Construction at Trimble, shares her insight into the state of the concrete industry and the challenges contractors are managing daily. Concrete Contractor connected with Kopsida over email in June 2025.

Concrete Pouring

CCR Magazine

MARCH 13, 2025

Driving 1,335 150-foot-long piles (stretching 37 miles long if lined up end to end) and pouring 26,500 cubic yards of concrete. Installing high mast lighting, stormwater collection systems and other ancillary structures and systems.

Heavy Lifting Transportation

CCR Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2025

So, just go ahead and picture this: a construction crew ready to start pouring concrete, but the rebar they ordered is nowhere to be found. Delays That Slow Down Entire Projects Delays were briefly mentioned earlier, but it really does deserve some more attention. Now the whole site is on pause, and the clock is ticking.

Schedule Management

For Construction Pros

JULY 29, 2025

shares his insight into the state of the concrete industry and the challenges contractors are managing daily. shares his insight into the state of the concrete industry and the challenges contractors are managing daily. Concrete Contractor connected with Keeling over email in June 2025.

Concrete Pouring

CCR Magazine

MARCH 21, 2025

The Next Generation of Construction is on Under the expert guidance of skilled professionals, students will engage in a variety of activities, including personal safety training, concrete pouring and rebar shoring, soldering, pipe bending, Building Information Modeling (BIM), heavy equipment operation, framing, woodworking, roofing, and painting.

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

For Construction Pros

AUGUST 7, 2025

Jonathan Kozlowski Aug 7, 2025 Aquajet Keith Armishaw, business development manager - North America - at Aquajet, shares his insight into the state of the concrete industry and the challenges contractors are managing daily. Concrete Contractor connected with Armishaw over email in June 2025.

Concrete Pouring

For Construction Pros

AUGUST 4, 2025

Mark Reinhart, vice president of sales and marketing at Cemen Tech, shares his insight into the state of the concrete industry and the challenges contractors are managing daily. Concrete Contractor connected with Reinhart in June 2025. What have been the more challenging issues for concrete contractors this year?

Concrete Pouring

Roads Online

MAY 18, 2025

Crews have poured the first stage of both the north and south abutment walls that will elevate the new road bridge over the rail line. The process involved tying together steel reinforcements before pouring more than 300 cubic metres of concrete into giant moulds to form the wall structure.

Concrete Pouring

For Construction Pros

JULY 11, 2025

Jul 11, 2025 Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) @Rattanachat - stock.adobe.com The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI ) released the 2025 PCI Regionalized Industry Average Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for architectural, insulated, and structural precast concrete products.

Concrete Pouring

CCR Magazine

APRIL 3, 2025

Beauty “Caterpillar” Corridor A sleek, minimalist passage in poured concrete and resin, featuring French apothecary staples alongside international beauty brandsmany making their U.S. Equal parts gallery and retail, the space includes areas to shop, relax, and linger.

Painting/finishing

Roads Online

JULY 3, 2025

Image credit: VEGA Australia pours more than 30 million cubic metres of concrete each year from roughly 1300 batching plants – and a five-year public-infrastructure pipeline worth $213 billion is set to keep trucks rolling for years to come. With margins tightening, producers can no longer afford guesswork or idle fleets.

Concrete Pouring

For Construction Pros

JUNE 10, 2025

Then there’s newer concrete technology, like green concrete, which can affect assets in different ways than traditional concrete. A strategic PM plan can help keep assets running safely, while accounting for fleet growth and green concrete use. Running a construction fleet can be a Herculean endeavor.

Maintenance

For Construction Pros

AUGUST 6, 2025

Jonathan Kozlowski Aug 6, 2025 Orion Concrete Sakrete For months, eight teams of concrete contractors have worked through a gauntlet of challenges to prove their skills and showcase what they can do with a bag of concrete. Concrete Combat: Season 2 is available on Roku TV and YouTube. and filmed, and published.

Concrete Pouring

Roads Online

MAY 21, 2025

Crews will also finish painting the bridges retaining walls, pylons and concrete road barriers ahead of its opening next month. Structural work continues east and west of the rail line, with concrete pours completed on the east bridge abutment and central pier, and steel fixing completed on the west bridge abutment.

Concrete Pouring

CCR Magazine

JANUARY 28, 2025

When it comes to construction, concrete is a cornerstone of strength and durability. Whether youre building a home, a commercial structure, or improving existing spaces, the quality of your concrete work significantly impacts the project’s success. However, achieving these benefits requires proper handling, mixing, and curing.

Concrete Pouring

For Construction Pros

JULY 26, 2025

Plus, recommendations for low-carbon concrete projects. None of this would be possible today without two of the world’s oldest construction materials — cement and concrete. After all, technology can only operate if it’s housed in resilient infrastructure made primarily of concrete. What Makes a Dependable Data Center?

Concrete Pouring

For Construction Pros

JUNE 10, 2025

From cement production plants to commercial concrete contractors, every stage of the process requires accuracy. From the precise blending of raw materials to the critical timing and environment of every pour, a miscalculation of even a single degree or one cubic yard can derail an entire project and budget.

Concrete Pouring

For Construction Pros

JUNE 22, 2025

By the [EPA] exemptions for example, if someone is pouring concrete using a trowel powered by a Honda engine in California, it’s still exempt after 2026 for construction. The worlds largest manufacturer of concrete mixers is making a big splash at World of Concrete with a new poly drum mixer that’s compact but with big capacity.

Concrete Pouring

For Construction Pros

MARCH 11, 2025

The editor of Asphalt Contractor magazine, Brandon Noel, steps way out of his comfort zone and into a giant concrete pour. The crew at Ace Avant in North Carolina put him through the paces of any rookie's first day on the job.

Concrete Pouring

Roads Online

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Works on the new Dubbo Bridge are pushing ahead, with a third of the concrete deck now in place for the $263.2 The decking is being built in sections, with each section involving the pouring of about 105 cubic metres of concrete to provide a deck slab of up to 25 centimetres in depth.

Concrete Pouring

Construction Superintendent Magazine

DECEMBER 30, 2014

In Miami, Florida, Skanska recently executed one of the world’s most unusual concrete pours: creating a martini glass-shaped, 500,000-gallon seawater aquarium tank through a non-stop 25-hour, 1,200-cubic-yard placement. frontpage'

Concrete Pouring

Roads Online

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

The use of a durable concrete sleeper retaining wall that sits behind timber panels, has helped to preserve the authentic appearance of Ballarat’s famous Sovereign Hill. National Precast member Sunset Sleepers was selected to manufacture and supply 800 purpose-built concrete sleepers for the project. To read the magazine, click here.

Historic Preservation

Roads Online

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Image: stock.adobe.com/ aboutmomentsimages The Mickleham Road Upgrade- Stage 1 has used a new concrete mix which holds the potential to help decarbonise the construction industry. The new mix uses specially treated waste clay as a replacement for some of the cement binder in concrete, leading to a reduction in CO 2 emissions.

Concrete Pouring

Roads Online

JANUARY 22, 2024

Construction will begin on the Luddenham Station next month, including the concrete pour. The post Progress for Western Sydney Airport metro line appeared first on Roads & Infrastructure Magazine.

Concrete Pouring

Construction Superintendent Magazine

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

The 35-story Capitol Tower office project – which Skanska is developing and building in Houston, Texas – started in part recently with a 19-hour, 20-minute concrete pour to create a mat foundation that varies between seven and nine-and-a-half feet thick.

Concrete Pouring

Roads Online

OCTOBER 7, 2024

kilometres of trenching for earthing cables and electrical and instrumentation conduits, 500 metres³ of concrete foundations poured and 9000 meters of conduit installed, with nearly 54 kilometres of cables run. To watch and learn more about the project, click here.

Fire Protection System Installation

Roads Online

JUNE 17, 2024

In total, 51 concrete beams were installed on the bridge deck and pedestrian walkway with more than 1200 cubic metres of concrete poured during the 12-month construction period. The post Visualisations released for new Inland Rail precinct appeared first on Roads & Infrastructure Magazine. Image: Inland Rail.

Concrete Pouring

Roads Online

JANUARY 4, 2024

The integrated counterforts are jointed onsite to a structural concrete footing, which then forms a highly efficient and robust cantilever retaining wall. The cast-in-place footing is then poured, securing the panels in place and increasing the effectiveness of the load transfer mechanism to the ground.

Wall Systems

Roads Online

MAY 24, 2023

The post Improvements, LXR fast tracked on Packenham line appeared first on Roads & Infrastructure Magazine. An online community survey was used to help the planning of the makeover, creating more direct links between public transport, the town centre and additional parking.

Concrete Pouring

Roads Online

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Fulton Hogan’s recent works at the Melbourne Airport have highlighted the effectiveness of rapid-hardening concrete that can withstand full loads after just one to two hours of production. Roads & Infrastructure Magazine finds out. How did the product perform and how does it fare against conventional products?

Concrete Pouring

Roads Online

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Jointly funded by the Federal and Queensland governments, the $3.026 billion, one kilometre bridge that spans the Coomera River, Hope Island Road and Saltwater Creek is taking shape, with 350 bridge girders installed and 13 bridge deck concrete pours completed so far.

Concrete Pouring

GCP Applied Technologies

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Concrete construction innovations. Control flow concrete construction. Mass pours. One of the latest innovations in concrete construction is the development of an entirely new type of concrete. One of the latest innovations in concrete construction is the development of an entirely new type of concrete.

Concrete Pouring

Roads Online

JULY 23, 2023

PBG uses this tool to measure the volume of upcoming concrete pours. Shane explains that using this tool helps him calculate the cost of the concrete order. The design also allows him to manage complicated puddle pours or slabs with falls, especially when there are multiple different slab depths.

Concrete Pouring