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Low Shrinkage Concrete
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Low shrinkage Concrete has been designed for constructionssuch as:
  • Heavy-duty slabs on ground, tall buildings as well asprestressed reinforced concrete.
  • Concrete pavementsfor heavy traffic, loading bays, machinery bases, hangars,prestressed slab construction, precast components and all structural elements requiring better volumetricstability performance.
Benefits
  • Allows structural engineers designers to use more optimaland efficient design criteria with the insurance of obtaining the desired results.
  • Setting is uniform uncontrolled; therefore permitting services to be finished more promptly and easily.
  • Reduces maintenance costs by eliminating short-termrepairs.
  • Reduces problems related to cracking and curling ofslabs on ground and floors.
  • Significant increase in bay size, reducing to roughly 2/3the length of the jointing system, its treatment andmaintenance.
  • This results in important costs savings.
Related information
Low shrinkage Concrete (PDF, 730 KB)
 
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