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April 2019 An Offi cial Magazine of World of Concrete Most Innovative Product winners pg 11 Product index pg 17 19 Concrete Materials & Admixtures 31 Decorative Concrete 39 General 41 Heavy Equipment 43 Jobsite Equipment 61 Tools 63 Vehicles TECHNOLOGY Companies TAKES ON pg 65 CONSTRUCTION For more product info, please go to http://go.hw.net/CC2019 PROUDLY MADE IN USA For more product info, please go to http://go.hw.net/CC2019 For more product info, please go to http://go.hw.net/CC2019 CONTENTS April 2019 / Volume 64 / Number 3 x DEPARTMENTS BUYERÕS GUIDE CC ONLINE 5 Insider Information 17 Product Index In the News What does a day in the life of a Bookmark concreteconstruction.net concrete pump operator look like? 19 Concrete Materials for the latest on projects and trends. and Admixtures We add new information several times FEATURES a day: 31 Decorative Concrete 11 Most Innovative • Are robots the future of Products (MIP) 39 General construction? See how industry experts, editors, https://bit.ly/2I31EiK and 2019 World of Concrete 41 Heavy Equipment • Fly ash and climate change attendees voted. https://bit.ly/2TVmFxn 43 Jobsite Equipment • Modern approaches to safety SPECIAL CONTENT 61 Tools https://bit.ly/2Vq7XQF 28 Control-fl ow concrete 63 Vehicles CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION Products 39 The value of BIM We post new products daily, so visit 65 Company Directory concreteconstruction.net and click on 59 Selecting carbide bits the Products tab to see what’s new. Sign up for our FREE Newsletter IN THE NEXT ISSUE CONCRETE What’s a Monday without the CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION Industry Update newsletter in your inbox? To sign up for this FREE • Working with Lightweight Hand-Set Formwork resource, go to concreteconstruction. • Investing in Organizational Development net and click on the bright red • Selecting the Proper Anchor Newsletter tab. CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION (ISSN1533-7316) is published 6 times per year (January, April, May/June, July/August, September/October, November/December) and is copyrighted ©2019 by Hanley Wood, One Thomas Circle NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20005. Postmaster: Send address changes to CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION, PO Box 3494, Northbrook, IL 60065 Canada Post Registration #40612608/G.S.T. number: R-120931738. Canadian return address: IMEX, PO Box 25542, London, ON N6C 6B2. The Contractor’s Guide to Quality Concrete Construction The fourth edition of the best-selling Contractor’s Guide to Quality Concrete Construction is now available in printed and digital formats. Published jointly by ACI and ASCC, this guide is now 262 pages—over 100 pages longer than the previous edition—and includes full-color photos and illustrations, a new, easier-to-read layout, and substantial content updates. A summary, review questions, and an additional recommended reading list accompany each of the 12 chapters. To learn more about the new Contractor’s Guide to Quality Concrete Construction, contact ACI at concrete.org, or ASCC at ascconline.org. Written by and for contractors, and referencedreferenced byby manymany licensinglicensing authorities,authorities, thisthis guide details proven practices to produce quality concrete construction. concrete.org ascconline.org For more product info, please go to http://go.hw.net/CC2019 INSIDER INFORMATION The Most Destructive Material on Earth William (Bill) Palmer Jr., P.E., FACI CONCRETE HAS NEVER had a great image in the popular media. Let’s face it—it’s hard and Editor at Large gray and the industry has done little to try to change that impression. Sure, those of us in [email protected] the industry recognize its literal and figurative strengths and long life cycle and use that to Twitter: @wmpalmer refute negative reports about the carbon footprint and other environmental impacts. But in February, The Guardian, an influential online media company, declared concrete week and started it off with an article titled “Concrete: the most destructive material on Earth.” (https://bit.ly/2GJDut5) Follow-up articles blamed concrete for everything that’s wrong with modern society from cancer to depression to crime. The industry responded by point- ing out the incredible benefits concrete provides to modern civilization. But we who know concrete best should take the time to understand the objections to its use and then we can make a reasoned response. Concrete is beautiful and completely irreplaceable and con- tributes immensely to improving life on the planet. We’re not going to take The Guardian’s advice and start building with recycled tires and bamboo but we do need to make a serious effort to reduce concrete’s impact by minimizing cement consumption where possible and simply continuing to be the good neighbors we are today. Workforce Woes Everyone seems to worry about the quality and quantity of today’s construction labor force. The Associated General Contractors reported in January that “despite firms’ plans to expand headcount, 78 percent report they are having a hard time filling salaried and hourly craft positions.” But one group that is doing something to fight back is the American Concrete Pumping Association (ACPA) with a new video called A Day in the Life of a Concrete Pump Operator. “Our new Day in the Life video will enhance our recruiting efforts by giving viewers a visual representation of real-world pumping experiences,” says ACPA Executive Director Christi Collins. (https://youtu.be/9ErMNreMGFE) Construction Robotics Construction is full of tasks that are repetitive, dif- ficult, and dangerous: drilling anchor bolts, tying re- bar, breaking up old concrete. So if there was a way to have a machine do those things with no human supervision that would begin to address the shortage of workers and save the bodies of current work- ers, not to mention saving money and increasing productivity. The good news is that some of that is beginning to happen; the bad news is that it is hap- pening slowly. I recently reviewed the current state of robotics in a Building Forward piece. A lot of it is ac- tually more robotic-augmented than autonomous— things like remotely controlled demolition robots or exoskeletons. Take a look at some of the robotic tools I found by going to https://bit.ly/2HKjLKc. 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