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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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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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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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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