...temperatures go up, reach a peak point and then start coming back down.” The resulting thermal stress produces cracks. In the 1980s, engineers tried reducing the cement and water in the mix to ...

Firm provides 75,000 tons of roller compacted concrete to help the Gross Reservoir Dam Expansion project in Boulder County, ...

In the early hours of December 14, 2005, high atop Proffit Mountain in the Missouri Ozarks, a triangular section on the northwest side of the Taum Sauk Dam Upper Reservoir failed, discharging 1 ...

Perhaps, you never thought you'd see the day where concrete was the subject of a feature in Asphalt Contractor magazine, much less putting it on the cover of an issue! However, roller compacted ...

After four decades in the asphalt paving business, Robert Smith began dabbling in Roller-Compacted Concrete (RCC) – a heavy-duty cement mix that can be poured as quickly as asphalt. The company has ...

The inquiry is set to examine the root cause of structural and stability issues identified with the dam, which the Queensland Government intends to lower by five metres for safety. The first hearing ...

Oroville >> A local company is providing the grout, mortar and cement for work going on now at the Oroville Dam spillway. Mathews Readymix, located on Pacific Heights Boulevard in Oroville, is making ...

...leveled for laydown and to fit offices, warehouses, mechanic shops, general storage, two RCC plants, a conventional concrete batch plant, parking for 600 cars and a 750,000-gallon reservoir for ...