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Fiber-Reinforced Concrete As An Alternative to Steel Concrete Reinforcement

Fiber-Reinforced Concrete As An Alternative to Conventional Steel

Fiber concrete reinforcement can be a cost-effective, durable and even sustainable alternative to conventional steel like rebar and wire mesh. Can synthetic fibers compete “head-to-head” with steel? Let's talk about it.

Above and below: Properly placed/supported reinforcement will result in properly located reinforcement in the slab. Consult manufacturers' literature for maximum chair and other support spacing and use a 12-inch minimum reinforcement spacing so workers can avoid walking on the reinforcement.

How To Reinforce Concrete Slab on Ground to Control Cracking

How GPR Helps Finding Utilities or Cables In Concrete Safe and Easy

How GPR Helps Finding Utilities or Cables In Concrete Safe and Easy

Screening Eagle offers the Profometer PM8000 Lite for locating rebar, allowing construction professionals to find safe and stable surfaces to drill. This product is the latest addition to the Profometer family and the successor to the Profoscope.

Screening Eagle Profometer PM8000 Lite

This device for field bending reinforcing bars is more sophisticated than the steel pipe, but offers better control of the bend diameter.

Bending Reinforcing Bars Partially Embedded in Concrete

Guide to Fiber-Reinforced Concrete

Guide to Fiber-Reinforced Concrete: Tips for Design, Specification & Application

Battery-powered roller screeds are suited for remote applications. They have no cords or hoses and can be easily operated in remote environments with a limited power supply.

Circular Concrete Pours: Tips on Pouring a Circular Foundation for a Grain Bin

When the job is a foundation for a grain bin, you can find limitations and unique challenges to such a remote setting. Investing in specialized equipment may save time and provide a long-lasting foundation.

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7 Methods for Testing Concrete Strength

There are many different practices aside from cylinder break tests that can be used.

3 Questions Contractors Need to Consider When Comparing Generator Types

3 Questions Contractors Need to Consider When Comparing Generator Types

Contractors have more generator options than ever before. But which one is right for your business depends on your needs, usage habits and more.

Why MKE Iron Erectors Uses Rebar Tying Robot TyBOT

Rebar Subcontractor Talks About The Innovative Mindset & Rebar Tying Robot

Barb Sheedy, president and CEO of MKE Iron Erectors, talks about the company's use of the TyBOT rebar tying machine from Advanced Construction Robotics.

Rebar Tying Robot Helps Wisconsin Subcontractor

Tying Safety To Infrastructure

Rebar subcontractor MKE Iron Erectors Inc. uses their innovative mindset to become more comfortable working with rebar tying robot TyBOT on new concrete bridge deck.

TyBOT from Advanced Construction Robotics

Rebar Tying Robot Advancement

The Tybot rebar-tying robot from Advanced Construction Robotics is usable by more contractors as need for a screed rail is eliminated.

ASTM Sets New Standard Spec with Non-Metallic Polymer Rebar

New ASTM Standard Specs for FRP Rebars

ASTM International’s composite materials committee (D30) developed a new standard specification for the latest generation of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) bars -

Choosing the right antenna for your GPR depends on multiple factors including how deep you want to scan, what you are scanning through and customer expectations.

How to Choose the Right Antenna for Ground Penetrating Radar Jobs

When assessing which antenna to choose for a job it is essential to consider the surface cover and soil present as well as the depth you want to scan.

CONEXPO The IronBOT Rebar Lifting Carrying and Placing Robot

ACR Launches The World's First Rebar Lifting, Carrying & Placing Robot @CONEXPO: The IronBOT Robot

The IronBOT is able to augment construction crews by lifting, carrying, and placing up to 5,000-pound bundles of rebar in a transverse or longitudinal orientation without the need for heavy lifting from crewmembers.

Stand the Test of Time | JLG®

Stand the Test of Time | JLG®

Your work is meant to weather through some of the toughest conditions. Your equipment should do the same. That's why the best contractors trust JLG®.

Synthetic Macrofibers in Concrete Construction

Save Money, Build Faster: Synthetic Macrofibers in Concrete Construction

With the market shifting rapidly, speed continues to drive the concrete construction industry. While macrofibers can significantly cut time from the project schedule, the question then becomes how do you know which macrofiber to use?

The Fiber-Reinforced Concrete at SoFi Stadium

Top Post of 2022: Macrofibers & The Super Bowl – Inside the Concrete of the NFL’s Largest Stadium

Using synthetic fiber saved the construction of the SoFi stadium cost, time, and labor by utilizing fiber-reinforced concrete in the upper-decks.

The Contractor’s Welded Wire Reinforcement WWR Dilemma

The Contractor’s Welded Wire Reinforcement (WWR) Dilemma

There needs to be an alternative to removal and replacement for WWR.

PSI Fiberstrand REPREVE 225 Eco-Friendly Microfiber for Concrete Reinforcement

PSI Fiberstrand REPREVE 225 Eco-Friendly Microfiber for Concrete Reinforcement

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10 Things to Know About Concrete Fiber-Reinforcement

Depending on if the project will allow, contractors might find fiber-reinforcement a cost-effective alternative to provide durability. However, it can be challenging. Download this document that lists 10 Things to Know About Concrete Fiber-Reinforcement.

An aerial view of TyBot in action.

This Contractor Relies on Robotic Rebar Tying

TyBOT from Advanced Construction Robotics helps Shelby Erectors boost margin and improve the project owner experience—next, IronBOT to speed things up even more

Concrete Rebar W Rebar S Update ASTM A615 A706

CRSI: Rebar Marked With a W Now Dual Grade

The 2020 changes to ASTM A615 match the rebar requirements as A706. A706 material now meets or exceeds all chemical and mechanical requirements for the respective size and grade of A615.

GatorBar Approved by Virginia DOT

GatorBar Approved by Virginia DOT

The glass fiber reinforced composite rebar, GatorBar, has been placed on the New Products Evaluation List by the Virginia Department of Transportation.

Diablo Rebar Demon Sds Bits

Diablo Drills Straight Through Rebar With The Rebar Demon SDS Bit at World of Concrete 2022

GPR Best Practices

Best Practices With GPR: Save Concrete Contractors Time, Money & Headaches

Knowing that utilities and structural elements exist underground isn't enough, to comply with safety mandates and best practices ground-penetrating radar has been an increasingly common technology found on the jobsite.

New Batteries Give MAX USA Tools More Ties & Cuts

New Batteries Gives MAX USA Tools More Ties & Cuts

Offering up thousands more ties and hundreds more cuts per charge, your MAX USA TWINTIERs, Rebar Tiers and PJRC160 rebar cutter products just got an upgrade.

Stand the Test of Time | JLG®

Stand the Test of Time | JLG®

Your work is meant to weather through some of the toughest conditions. Your equipment should do the same. That's why the best contractors trust JLG®.

Research Team Sets Eyes on a Hemp-Based Rebar

A team of researchers from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute set their sights on the development of a concrete reinforcement bar made out of hemp. Research continues.

Graphene consists of a layer of carbon atoms that is one atom thick. The unique design allows it to be one of the strongest materials in the world, with a tensile strength more than 100 times stronger than steel.

Graphene Reinforced 3D Concrete Printing & Its Benefits

Because the process for 3D concrete printing does not involve concrete forms, normal means of reinforcement like rebar and wire mesh cannot be used - graphene is proving to be one of the more promising additives for printed concrete.

The Aqua Cutter 750V Hydrodemolition Robot

The Aqua Cutter 750V Hydrodemolition Robot

Featuring Aquajet’s patented Infinity oscillation that moves the water jet in a figure 8, pattern, removing more concrete in a single pass while reducing shadowing, eliminating the risk of pipe holes and providing an ideal bonding surface.

Crsi Safe And Sound Landing Page

Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute Introduces Safe and Sound Initiative

The new web page is designed to provide quick information on the world’s most common building material and act as a vehicle to address, inform, and respond to pressing industry topics.

MCI-2005 Passes ASTM Testing

MCI-2005 Passes ASTM Testing

The biobased organic admixture for the protection of metallic reinforcement in concrete structures, MCI-2005, passes ASTM G180 testing for corrosion inhibiting admixtures.

Migrating Corrosion Inhibitor Protects Plejesac bridge, Croatia

Migrating Corrosion Inhibitor Protects 7,887 Ft. Long Bridge

Cortec's MCI Technology was specified for the concrete reinforcement corrosion protection of the Plejesac bridge, Croatia - one of the largest infrastructure projects in Europe.

Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute's 2021/2022 Board Members

In addition to a new chairman, and officers, the CRSI have announced its new board members.

7 Key Benefits of Fiber-Reinforced Concrete

7 Key Benefits of Fiber-Reinforced Concrete

As you plan your next concrete construction project, here are the seven key benefits of fiber-reinforced concrete that both you and your clients should consider.

The TyBot rebar tying robot can be deployed to work on any horizontal reinforcing steel installation project that has screed rails in place.

Rebar-Tying Robot Cuts Labor Hours and Work Duration on PA Bridge Replacement

TyBot autonomous rebar tying robot that can tie up to 1,000 intersections an hour by autonomously navigating its working area saved 34% in both personnel hours and duration of work on the Koppel Bridge replacement.

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How MCI® Technology Can Help Prevent Collapsing Structures

Achieving sustainability by utilizing Migratory Corrosion Inhibitor technology. Two examples of where MCI® Technology aided construction and avoided steel reinforcement corrosion.

Bridge's Post-Tension Cables Protected From Corrosion

Bridge's Post-Tension Cables Protected From Corrosion, Despite Delays

In preparation of potential delays in the construction of the Ponte Taro Bridge, Italy, contractors utilized an anti-corrosion solution on the post-tension cables.