Contractors can increase the speed and ease of placing concrete with the latest technologies. But even the most advanced equipment cannot significantly enhance the quality of concrete. To do this, the ...

Internal curing of concrete using lightweight aggregate increases hydration, prevents shrinkage and cracking, improves durability, and ensures better quality, while ultimately reducing costs, ...

Lyten, the supermaterial applications company and inventor of Lyten 3D Graphene™, today announced its expansion into the global concrete market with the launch of Lyten S Cure™, a high-performance ...

From left, Purdue University graduate students Paul Imbrock, Kambiz Raoufi and John Schlitter pour concrete for a test specimen in research to improve Indiana bridges. The state is using a new type of ...

Drexel researchers are recycling coal ash, a waste product from coal power plants, to make a porous, lightweight aggregate that can be used as a concrete additive to aid the hardening process. Coal ...

Every year, traditional concrete curing methods consume billions of litres of precious water across construction projects in the UAE. In a region where sustainability is more than a goal—it is a ...

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