Ground control: Earth friendly paving techniques
Hardscaping does more than shape your space — it impacts soil health, water flow and the surrounding ecosystem.
Providence's India Point Park is getting a major makeover. Here's a closer look.
The new plaza in India Point Park, around the entrance to the pedestrian bridge over the freeway, has been five years in the making and phase two of three for the entire park, Par ...
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San Francisco’s first ‘permeable pavement’ street tanked by speed bumps
The Cumberland project would have been an effort to expand this infrastructure to an entire street using concrete paver bricks, and the city chose the block of Cumberland Street between Guerrero and ...
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Experimental investigation of mechanical and durability performances of self-compacting concrete blended with bagasse ash, metakaolin, and glass fiber
The experiment included measuring the amount of charge passed to the SCC specimens in a cell exposed to 60 V for 6 h on a 100-mm-diameter by 50-mm-depth concrete disk using Equation 2, where one of ...
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Colored Concrete Trends: Choosing Between Dyes, Stains & Pigments
Penetrating stains are a more permanent solution than film-forming, because they penetrate deeper into the porous concrete surface. Available in a wide range of tints and shades, penetrating ...
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Pervious Concrete Will Play an Increasing Role in the Future Concrete Industry
Another piece of equipment gaining interest in the market is slip form pavers designed specifically for pervious concrete installations. The number of manufacturers of pervious slip form pavers ...