08 June 2023

The design of industrial floors in warehouse, manufacturing, and distribution center's is a critical aspect that often goes unnoticed amidst the construction process. However, neglecting proper floor design can lead...

08 February 2023

An industrial concrete floor’s principal duty is to serve as the work surface for the intended use of the building.  Ideally, this working surface needs to be durable, flat and...

30 September 2022

Armoured Joints are an important consideration when designing and constructing industrial floor slabs. Not using a steel armoured edge to protect the aris of the joints edge will result in...

29 September 2022

Thinking Smarter and Greener with GFRP Reinforcement and dowels With tensile strength 2x that of steel and non corrosive, Casta Smart-Bar glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) rebar is designed to replace...

14 September 2022

How to mitigate the risk of corrosion in concrete though using Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymers (GFRP) Corrosion of steel dowels in concrete slabs have been an issue for as long...

14 September 2022

What is load transfer? A concrete floor is often constructed in many panels and the point where one panel meets another is called a joint. Anything on top of the...

12 September 2022

WHY CARE ABOUT JOINTS? We often get asked why we put so much emphasis on joint layout and joint type in our slab designs. There’s a specific reason for...

31 March 2022

We often get asked how can fibre reinforcing provide a stronger slab than traditional mesh reinforcing? The tensile strength of reinforcing mesh only comes into effect when it is bridging...

31 March 2022

WHY CARE ABOUT JOINTS? We often get asked why we put so much emphasis on joint layout and joint type in our slab designs. There’s a specific reason for this:...

31 March 2022

Swap mesh for fibre and halve your carbon footprint We’re passionate about optimising concrete slab and pavement designs – not just because they can be made more durable and cost-effective...

18 February 2020

Traditional concrete is made from sand and aggregates mixed with Portland cement. The cement, sometimes incorrectly referred to as ‘concrete’, is in fact a separate element of the concrete mix...

04 July 2019

As a general rule, we make the pavements with the premise that they are flat. Flatness is the main characteristic that we request a slab. Even when we execute it...

09 January 2019

Curling is a phenomenon that occurs in concrete slabs, lifting the edges of them and causes problems such as: Level change between slabs, which effect to the passage of vehicles,...

20 July 2018

Early work by the US Army Corps of Engineers (Ludirdja and Young, 1993) investigated the effects of exposure to various poly fibres.  Polyester, polyacrylics, and polyamiucs (nylon) can potentially undergo...

16 July 2018

Synthetic fibres are fibres manufactured from organic polymers from many formulations: acrylic, aramid, carbon, polyester, polyethylene, and the most common nylon and polypropylene. Synthetic fibres are engineered to withstand the...

05 July 2018

Cellulose fibres provide excellent crack control due to the fibre properties to include: high fibre surface area, close fibre spacing, and excellent bonding within the hydrated cementitious matrix (Soroushian 1996)....

27 April 2018

PHOTO: Concrete Beam Tested in a Third-Point Flexural Apparatus, Courtesy SELlabmanager In our Concrete Strength series, we discussed the flexural strength of beams; the failure lines are discussed in the...

27 April 2018

PHOTO: Concrete Slab Curling, Courtesy of DCI Coatings blog   Curling in concrete is a significant problem, especially in pavements. NRMCA defines curling as the distortion of a slab into a...

17 April 2018

Another parameter that impacts the abrasion resistance of concrete is the surface mortar and secondary concrete layer of the concrete surface. Both are directly affected by wear and it is...