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Repair of Concrete

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12 Practical Safety Tips for Your Business

Jobsite safety will pay off in the long run by reducing accidents and workers compensation claims and improving the bottom line

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The Goal of Jobsite Safety Is Getting Workers Home at Night

Any jobsite safety program should be focused on getting workers home at night.

At Lloyd Concrete Services, Rustburg, Va., President Steve Lloyd encourages his workers to tape photos of their families in their hard hats, reminding them the goal of jobsite safety it getting home each night.

Why You Should Enforce Ladder Safety

Ladders might not seem as dangerous as other equipment on the jobsite, but ladder safety should be stressed and reviewed to keep all employees safe and healthy

There are around 724,000 people injuried in the U.S. from a ladder-related incident each year.

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Ohio's First Large-Scale Wind Farm Uses Lafarge Cement for Turbine Concrete Foundations

The Blue Creek Wind Farm relied on Lafarge cement for turbines' concrete foundations and soil stabilization

The construction of 15- to 20-ft.-deep concrete foundations to support all of the 328-ft.-high towers with 2-MW turbines required 30,000 tons of cement. On average, each of these below-ground support systems used 60 truckloads of concrete which was poured via a two-step process.

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MI Plans $187 Million in Detroit-Metro Road Work

Fiscal 2013 plan will improve 80 miles of pavement and repair 15 bridges in the MDOT Metro Region

Astec to Exhibit at Bauma 2013

On display will be a 1/8 scale model of a complete Astec M-Pack relocatable asphalt facility

On display will be a 1/8 scale model of a complete Astec M-Pack relocatable asphalt facility.

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Chile invites bids for $723-million upgrade of Santiago Airport

Chile's Ministry of Public Works began pre-qualification for a $723-million upgrade project at Arturo Merino Benitez (AMB) international airport

Free Material Kits Enhance Construction Safety Meetings & Training

Complianceandsafety.com offers a directory of free safety training materials that can be used during safety meetings

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Video: What is the International Concrete Repair Institute?

International Concrete Repair Institute formed 25 years ago to create guidelines for concrete repair as well as offer certifications for repair contractors

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Repairing and Leveling a 20-Year-Old Concrete Subfloor

Concrete contractor only had two days to repair and level a severely cracked, 4,000-square-foot concrete subfloor

Covalt Floor Leveling used a polymer-fortified, portland cement-based self-leveling underlayment capable of being poured from feather edge to any thickness in a single pour for this repair job.

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