Concrete

Concrete

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

Industry: Building materials

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Trowel

Building materials; Concrete

A thin, flat steel tool, either pointed or rectangular, provided with a handle and held in the hand, used to manipulate concrete, mastic, or mortar to create a dense, smooth finish on a concrete ...

A pipe through which concrete may be placed under water, having at its upper end a hopper for filling, and a bale which permits handling of the assembly by a derrick. The bottom is kept beneath the ...

Transit-mixed concrete

Building materials; Concrete

Concrete produced from a central-batching plant, where the materials are proportioned and placed in truck-mixers for mixing enroute to the job or after arrival there.

Tilt-up wall

Building materials; Concrete

Cast concrete units which are preformed which, when cured, are tilted to their vertical position and secured by mechanical fasteners to prior erected structural steel. Tilt-up wall units may be ...

Tilt-up reversible forms

Building materials; 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 ...

Water stop

Building materials; Concrete

A synthetic rubber strip used to seal joints in concrete foundations walls. Weep Screed A tool used to drain moisture from concrete.

Water-reducing agents

Building materials; Concrete

A material that either increases workability of freshly mixed mortar or concrete without increasing water content, or maintains workability with a reduced amount of water; the effect being due to ...