by Standley Batch | Jan 30, 2017 | Material Handling Systems
While concrete pavers look lavish, recent innovations have shown increased benefits for communities that use them for side roads instead of asphalt. For example, in Atlanta, Georgia, a city very prone to flooding, city officials had six miles of permeable pavers...
by Standley Batch | Jan 25, 2017 | Material Handling Systems
While fly ash and Portland cement are the big dogs in terms of raw materials for adding to cement, there are other alternatives ready to make a name for themselves. Silica fume This fine, glass-like powder is collected from electric arc furnaces. This multipurpose...
by Standley Batch | Jan 20, 2017 | Material Handling Systems
If you’re not well into the concrete industry, the differences in product creation and the reason for those differences can be hard to grasp. With wet cast and dry cast, the differences go further than the product’s manufacturing purposes. Wet cast is a favorite for...
by Standley Batch | Jan 3, 2017 | Material Handling Systems
If developing concrete were easy, the world wouldn’t need professionals to tackle the job. However, a big problem facing some in the industry is cement-admixture incompatibility. For the record, when discussing admixtures, we’re referring to air-entraining admixtures,...
by Standley Batch | Dec 29, 2016 | Material Handling Systems
Imagine the installation time for your building project decreased 80 to 90 percent with minimal effort? Prefabricated rebar roll mats promise to aid in the reduction of overall labor and time put into construction sites. Instead of reinforcing crews individually...