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2023 Yearbook of Engineering Achievement: Transportation & Infrastructure

Civil + Structural Engineer

The project leveraged four alternative delivery methods including: landside and airside construction management at-risk, a design-build-operate-maintain baggage team, design-bid-build award contracts and multiple design-build concession/tenant packages.

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Vibration isolation for Norfolk House development 

Civil + Structural Engineer

Now, it has been converted into a new eight-story commercial office building. However, given the building’s proximity to the London Underground and HS2, vibration control was required for the newly excavated basement level. The solution was a concrete floating floor.

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Ready mix concrete resource

GCP Applied Technologies

Ready mix concrete resource. The perishability of ready mix concrete makes it a complex product to ship. Ready-mix producers must set controls in place at the plant, in transit and on the jobsite to optimize their production, minimize leakage and maximize profits. Contents: Concrete mix design. Sustainable concrete.

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ASTM F710: Preparing the Concrete Floor

GCP Applied Technologies

ASTM F710: Preparing the Concrete Floor. Why prepare the concrete slab? But just as important as these—and often overlooked—is careful preparation of the concrete slab. But just as important as these—and often overlooked—is careful preparation of the concrete slab. What constitutes a good concrete slab prep?

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Preventing flooring failures: Factors to consider in substrate prep

Construction Specifier

Certified installers, especially those who carry substrate prep certification, are trained to assess and correct moisture and pH issues, so flooring projects start on the right foot, and help protect the integrity of the floor’s performance and design.

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Ready mix concrete life cycle

GCP Applied Technologies

Ready mix concrete life cycle. Concrete producers can leverage advanced concrete admixtures , predictive analytics tools, and more to improve efficiency, from materials management to batching to concrete delivery. Concrete mix design. Concrete admixtures help to enable the use of these alternate pozzolans … more.

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Reduce variability with an in-transit concrete management system

GCP Applied Technologies

Reduce variability with an in-transit concrete management system. One way ready-mix producers can minimize leakage—rejected loads, back charges and material inefficiencies—is through improved consistency truck to truck, reducing variability of the concrete. All while delivering consistent, quality concrete truck after truck.