Floor Stripping

Making Floor Strippers Pitch Perfect

An experiment commissioned to mark the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) Beer Festival found that the secret to pouring the perfect pint is in...

Rebar Scanning

Concrete is used virtually everywhere in commercial, residential, and industrial construction. Rebar reinforcement is used to add structural integrity to concrete to keep it...

Compaction Control of the Future

Track Assist, the free-of-charge Android app, is the next phase in the development of the Smart Doc app from Hamm and offers drivers of...
green concrete

From Gray to Green

Portland cement, in addition to being a large user of energy in processing, is the second greenhouse gas contributor (CO2) in the world today....

Welding Weathering Steels

Part 2: Understanding the material and choosing filler metals for the job Weathering steels are often a viable option when atmospheric corrosion is a concern...

Next-Gen Talent

As companies continue to utilize drones, automated vehicles, 3D printing, and other new technologies on jobsites, business leaders need to take note: The future...

Service Eye in the Sky

What is the value of a machine that can instantly communicate with a project manager, service technician, or operator to let them know that...
Adding fiber to cement eliminates need for rebar, improves construction strength and durability

Fiber-reinforced Concrete Speeds Construction, Reduces Costs

“Phoenix will be a great city when it’s finished,” said a visitor in the 1950s. An Arizona State University engineering professor is trying to promote a method...

Volumetric Technology

Mark Rinehart is vice president of Sales and Marketing for Cemen Tech, the worldwide leader in the volumetric concrete industry with customers in over...
3D Woven Composite Fabrics

Benefits of 3D Woven Composite Fabrics

Complex, single-piece structures are strong and lightweight Three-dimensional (3D) weaving of composite fabrics can produce complex, single-piece structures that are strong and lightweight. Compared to...