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The American Shotcrete Association’s What’s In The Mix
Items in this issue:
Visit the ASA Booth at the 2010 International Bridge Conference
Shotcrete for Rehabilitation of American’s Infrastructure Workshop
ASA 2010-2011 Graduate Scholarship Program Now Open!
New Functionality on On-line Buyers Guide
Spring 2010 Shotcrete E-Magazine Link
Government Projects Open For Bid
New Building Information Modeling Guide Book.
With this strategic guide to building information modeling (BIM), you’ll learn how to implement this new technology as part of a comprehensive systems approach to the design, construction, management, operation, maintenance, and use of buildings. The authors, among the leading experts and pioneers in BIM, show you how …
Slag Cement Concrete Development Report
Topics include materials aspects related to the benefits of adding slag in concrete to prevent alkali-silica reactions, reducing drying shrinkage, and reducing the potential for thermal cracking during the curing period. Also covered are high-volume applications of slag cement in: concrete for transportation structures, high-performance concrete pavements, mass concrete, and high-density concrete.
To learn more or to
Guide for Lap Splice and Development Length of Shotcrete High Relative Rib Area Reinforcing Bars
This guide is provided to help designers take advantage of higher bond strength exhibited by high relative rib area bars in the calculation of tension lap splice length and development length of bar reinforcement. It includes expressions for development and lap splice length applicable only for high relative rib area bars. This guide is available in hardcopy/printed or PDF format.
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World of Concrete Solar Building Ideas…
Hi shotcrete/gunite fans,
My oldest son, Wes Waddell, joined me at the world of concrete this year to get some ideas on how to apply specialized concrete techniques in his new passive solar home design.
He just posed a couple of the ideas he got on his Building with Solar News BLOG at:
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