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Engineered for the needs of the concrete industry CONQOR Making Concrete Better
Proactively Engineered for Your Concrete Challenges
Collaboration and ECI at the preconstruction phase
Does ECI Matter? Challenges for Preconstruction Teams
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Built to Last? Helping Concrete Survive Extreme Environments
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Concrete strength vs durability? Aren’t they equivalent?

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Engineered for the needs of the concrete industry CONQOR Making Concrete Better

Proactively Engineered for Your Concrete Challenges

Meeting the needs of a changing industry

Engineered for Your Concrete Challenges We get it. You’ve got a concrete batching plant to run. There are a lot of things happening at once....

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Collaboration and ECI at the preconstruction phase

Does ECI Matter? Challenges for Preconstruction Teams

Increasing challenges in a fast-paced industry

The Preconstruction Team is Critical to Construction Project Success In today’s construction environment, the most challenging work often happens before a shovel hits the ground....

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Built to Last? Helping Concrete Survive Extreme Environments

Extreme conditions demand a smarter approach

The Challenge of Extreme Environments Concrete infrastructure is expected to perform reliably for decades. But when structures are in extreme environments, the pressure on their...

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Concrete strength vs durability? Aren’t they equivalent?

Old quandary. New challenges.

Strength vs Durability: Does stronger concrete always mean longer lasting concrete? In the construction industry, concrete strength is often treated as a shorthand for quality....

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Data Centres and Unseen Concrete Challenges

If the concrete fails, everything fails.

Demand for data centres is exploding. The construction of data centres is accelerating sharply, driven by the surging demand for cloud services, artificial intelligence workloads...

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Clearer Standards Down Below?

The construction industry needs clarification for basement design in Australasia

Clearer Standards Needed for Basement Waterproofing As urban landscapes in Australia and New Zealand continue to grow upwards and outwards, there’s a corresponding trend driving...

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Pouring and placing concrete with advanced admixture for better outcomes

Achieving Better Outcomes with Admixtures

Specialist concrete admixtures are helping industry professionals like you!

Better outcomes for everyone involved You might be surprised to know that an additive to the concrete mix can add value in more ways than...

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Sustainable concrete curing

Concrete Curing: Investing Today for a Sustainable Future

When it comes to the durability of concrete structures, a little investment during the design, construction, and curing phase can result in significant savings in...

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Basement Waterproofing – 5 Things We’ve Learned

Thinking about the challenges of basement waterproofing in Australasia

Basement waterproofing – a vexed subject Basement waterproofing has become a rather vexed subject in the construction industry. The MARKHAM team has been out around...

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Protecting a Podium Deck – Waterproofing and Durability

Advanced concrete waterproofing ... and a real-life example!

What is a podium deck – for starters? Rooftop and podium concrete decks are used for car parks, equipment plants, and similar situations. Typically, they...

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Concrete curing on Car Parks – a Project Manager’s challenges

Does it seem like any curing method comes with a set of problems?

Construction project managers come across varied issues when it comes to concrete construction on multi-story car parks. Curing the concrete in particular can be pressuring...

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Bust the Short Maintenance Spiral

Don't be caught short-sighted.

There are certain situations where the maintenance of a concrete structure becomes a significant ongoing cost and has to be considered frequently. We often talk...

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