Concrete

Concrete

Referring to an artificial, stonelike material used for various structural purposes, that is made from the drying and hardening of cement.

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Concrete

Specially engineered forms with two-sided formed metal channels used to pour horizontal concrete slabs that will later be tilted up to vertical and fastened in place and used as walls. Each side of ...

tilt-up

Building materials; Concrete

A method of concrete construction in which members are cast horizontally near their eventual position, usually on a recently placed slab, and then tilted into place after removal of forms.

tensile strength

Building materials; Concrete

Maximum unit stress which a material is capable of resisting under axial tensile loading, based on the cross sectional area of the specimen before loading.

tendon

Building materials; Concrete

A steel element such as a wire, cable, bar, rod, or strand used to impart pre-stress to concrete when the element is tensioned.

temper

Building materials; Concrete

The addition of water to the cement mix whether at the batch plant, during transit or at the jobsite to achieve the specified water to cement ratio.

surface moisture

Building materials; Concrete

Free moisture retained on the surfaces of aggregate particles which becomes part of the mixing water in the concrete mix; Swirl Finish A nonskid texture imparted to a concrete surface during final ...