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Update
Floor Patching and Skim Coating Compounds Receive New Standard ASTM C1933
ASTM International’s concrete and concrete aggregates committee (C09) approved a new standard that will be used to evaluate the performance of floor patching and skim coating compounds. These compounds, which contain hydraulic cement, are used to… more
Industry sectors:
Quality

Features
New Cementitious Materials Aid in the Quest for Net-Zero
“Embodied energy” sounds like one of those free-floating blobs you sometimes see in older science-fiction movies. But it’s actually a straightforward concept that attempts to quantify the total amount of energy it takes to produce an object or… more
Industry sectors:
Construction, Environment

Update
Additive Manufacturing of Concrete Addressed by Proposed Standards
ASTM International’s additive manufacturing technologies committee (F42) is developing a suite of proposed standards that will be used for quality assurance and quality control of materials and components used for additive construction with… more
Industry sectors:
Manufacturing