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by Joseph A. Dobrowolski (Editor) "Portland cement is a hydraulic cement: that when mixed in the proper proportions with water, will harden under water (as well as in air)..." (more)
Key Phrases: dry aggregate weight, required average strength, slipform operation, American Concrete Institute, United States, Bureau of Reclamation (more...)
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Product Description
Fully revised, with all codes and standards updated, this classic handbook offers construction professionals, engineers, and architects the most complete and current information available on all aspects of concrete technology and construction. Packed with essential data and illustrated instruction, it features 13 easy-access sections covering the full range of modern materials and methods--including formwork and shoring, batching and mixing, placing concrete, finishing and curing, architectural concrete, and concrete repair. This edition now incorporates the 1995 ACI Concrete Building Code and contains all-new material on high strength concrete and repair and design innovations resulting from the Northridge earthquake.

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"A thorough look at concrete construction."--Construction Data. The Bible of the industry, Concrete Construction Handbook has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the entire range of modern concrete technology and advanced practices. Professionals who turn to these pages will find extensively revised sections on materials, formwork and shoring, batching, mixing and transporting, finishing and curing, special concrete, and leading-edge building construction systems. Packed with the most needed concrete information and liberally illustrated with figures, tables, and graphs, this essential handbook features 13 easy-access parts in straightforward, nontechnical language. Updates through the 1995 ACI Concrete Building Code. All new material on high-stength concrete. Earthquake-resistant design innovations. Repair techniques developed after the Northridge earthquake. The latest on finishing, curing, special surface treatments, and ornamental concrete. New corrosion protection techniques. Form, testing, and equipment developments. And much more.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 64 pages
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing; 4 Sub edition (July 1, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 007017198X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0070171985
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 2.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
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  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,443,704 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"Portland cement is a hydraulic cement: that when mixed in the proper proportions with water, will harden under water (as well as in air)." Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dry aggregate weight, required average strength, slipform operation, coloring admixtures, batching water, batching devices, wet sandblast, slipform paving, discharging concrete, walkway brackets, mockup sample, field mockup, batching controls, deflected strands, specific gravity factor, unformed surfaces, unit water content, stressing bed, slipform construction, shoring frames, architectural concrete, form vibrators, field cured cylinders, formwork and shoring, slipform paver
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
American Concrete Institute, United States, Bureau of Reclamation, California Department of Water Resources, New York, Roller Compacted Concrete, Concrete Manual, Portland Cement Association, Set-up Total Operations, Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles, Set-ups Total Operations, Welding Code, Courtesy of Eagle Iron Works, High Chair, Oroville Dam, Personnel Required, Wasted Effort, Concrete International, Courtesy of Portland Cement Assoc, Courtesy of Rexwerks, Form Fillers, North America, American Society of Civil Engineers, Cement Corp
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