The New Globally Harmonized System: The Right to Know Are you or your employees at risk? By Bob Waterloo, published in the March/April...

Excerpt from the December 14, 2018 article in SFGate by Mike Matthews Construction professionals routinely use plywood panels as shaping...

There are three types of concrete release agents. They are very different in their cost, use and composition. Concrete form release...

Details on classifications & specifications for surface finishes An excerpt from the July/August 2019 issue of Precast Inc., by Eric...

The thing about architectural concrete is, it gives you all kinds of options. You can make gently flowing structures and curves. You can...

That's a trick question because you can use something as nasty and harmful to the environment as diesel oil (and against the law in some...

Ugly black precast concrete mold and mildew can be prevented with a simple spray-on solution. This week's post comes from Tim Carter and...

Large-scale construction is a beast in a class of its own, and precast concrete is able to slay almost all of the worries it conjures up....

This July 10, 2017, article in PRECAST, INC. "Bond, Reinforcement Bond" concludes with more on the chemistry and physics of form oil and...

No. A common misunderstanding in the concrete industry is clarified in this review of an article from ForConstructionPros.com. Question:...

Which concrete form substrates and finishes are best for your application? Considering what form substrate what form substrate material...

(This blog post comes from a YouTube video that illustrates how the selection of concrete form release affects the production of concrete...

Understand what causes rashes in the concrete industry and how to prevent them. -by Bob Waterloo Think about summer in a concrete precast...

(This week's post is an educational article by Bill Rostine from "Pre-Cast Concrete News." ) Concrete formwork is one of the biggest...

(From the Portland Cement Association's web site.The PCA is a powerful and vocal advocate for sustainability, jobs creation, economic...

The clanging of the bell. The whistle announcing the approach. The rumbling of the train as it barrels down the tracks. Who hasn’t fallen...

From the Portland Cement Association site, "Bugholes are surface voids that result from the migration of entrapped air (and to a lesser...

Have you ever played a game with others and in the middle of the game they start changing the rules? Frustrating, isn’t it? Or maybe you...