I may have read about freshly mixed concrete being "placed" as opposed to "poured" in an ACI document, but cannot at the moment recall which one . It could have been an opinion statement in one of the magazines. But I remember recognizing it as a truth I wanted to amplify.
Now, I would guess...
I'd like to ask you to please accept my apology for my previous jovial comments.
I intend no disrespect to anyone. However; I like to see folks enjoy the science of concrete and concrete materials testing.
I assure you, you guys will be the best of the best techs as is evident by your current...
A true concrete technician is one who loves Zimms Crack Creme for dry, cracked hands, takes a specimen out of the compression machine and smells the inside of it if the result was low, never authorizes the addition of water to any load of concrete and hopes for the day when others see the...
When recording the temperature of one of my curing tanks on the second day of a recent CCRL lab inspection the inspector noted that the third and final temperature reading in one of the 7 tanks was low by two tenths of a degree celcius. This was the only defficiency he found in two days. He...
