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How Much Does Concrete Cost Per Cubic Yard? Current Ready Mix Concrete Prices

How much does concrete cost. This is a current ready mix concrete company's price list. It lists the cost of a yard of concrete and other concrete additives like fibermesh and accelerators.

How to Prepare a Concrete Floor for Coatings

Believe it or not, when it comes to applying coatings to a concrete floor slab, it’s not enough just to cast your eyes on the surface – and if it looks dry – think that it’s ready. To avoid the costly problems that can happen after installing coatings, there are two crucial steps you must […]

3 Things To Consider “As We Go”

Have you ever wondered how your dentist really learned how to fill a cavity? Or how about the guy that roofed your house last summer? How did he learn how to perfectly align the shingles so that yo…

Why Concrete Wants to Crack

We look at the reasons concrete has a tendency to crack — and what you can do to help control it

Why There Are Diamonds on Tape Measures

In a perfect world, you could use the red marks to identify the placement of the studs. To locate a center between the studs, simply find the black diamond.

How Do Aggregate Properties Affect My Ready-Mix Concrete?

The size and shape of concrete aggregate can change the properties of your ready-mix concrete product. Make sure you’re choosing the right kind for your project.

Recycled Concrete and CO2 from the Air are Made Into a New Building Material

A new kind of concrete could reduce emissions from the construction industry. Calcium carbonate concrete is made from waste concrete and carbon dioxide

New Technologies Help Concrete Go on a Greenhouse-Gas Diet

A number of innovators are working to clean up the world’s leading building material by pumping it full of CO2.

Cement Plant Pots Tutorial

Learn how to make modern-natural planters out of cement by using plastic containers in various shapes and sizes as molds.

‘Planter box’ concrete house grows 40 types of edible plants

Situated on a densely packed street, its facade features clusters of oversized concrete boxes brimming with plants.

Concrete Batching Plant Design and Products

Standley Batch serves customers across the United States and Canada with customization of complete and integrated concrete material handling systems and concrete plants.

Get It Growing: Have you watered enough?

Perhaps you have been given watering instructions like this before: “During the growing season make sure your plant receives an inch of water each week” What does this measurement mean? What is it based on? How do you know that you have provided the necessary water?

Study on connection and properties of green assembled building steel structures

In order to meet the research and industrialization application needs of green building integration technology and key technology of green building en…

10 Indoor Plants Anyone Can Keep Alive

Lacking a green thumb? Stock up on these hard-to-kill indoor plants!

4 easy watering techniques to keep your plants hydrated and happy

10 Cool DIY Up-cycled Planters

Don’t throw it out! Make it into a planter.