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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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Slip forming
Building materials; Concrete
The process of simultaneously extruding and finishing concrete pavement, curb and gutter combinations, median barriers, and like applications using a paving machine.
Slag
Building materials; Concrete
A non-metallic waste product developed in the manufacture of pig iron, consisting basically of a mixture of lime, silica and alumina, the same oxides that make up portland cement, but not in the same ...
Rod (tamping)
Building materials; Concrete
A round, straight steel rod, 5/8' in diameter and approximately 24' in length, having the tamping end rounded into a hemispherical tip, the diameter of which is 5/8'. Rodding Compaction of concrete ...
Rock pocket
Building materials; Concrete
Area or portion of hardened concrete which is deficient in mortar and consisting primarily of coarse aggregate and open voids. Generally caused by insufficient consolidation or separation during ...
Road forms
Building materials; Concrete
Heavy duty 3/16" or 1/4" metal paving forms capable of supporting large screed machines. The screed machines ride on the top rails of the paving forms to level the concrete.
Screed
Building materials; Concrete
To level off concrete to the correct elevation during a concrete pour. To strike off concrete lying above the desired plane or shape. A screed is also a tool for striking off the concrete surface, ...
Scaling
Building materials; Concrete
The local flaking or peeling of a hardened concrete surface , usually less than 1/8 th inch, caused primarily by hydraulic pressures from freeze-thaw cycles affecting the concrete at the surface.
