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Commercial Concrete Contractors Houston

Article Category: Business

Author Name: Phil Benham - LocalDominate LLC

Concrete is a composite construction material made of a mixture of cement, water, sand, and other chemicals. It hardens after mixing with water in a process called hydration. In hydration, the water reacts with cement and binds all the other components of concrete together to form a rock-like material. Because of the free-flowing nature of concrete in its porous state, it is used in the building of structure with unique architecture and design. The ability to be molded into any shape, length, and size gives concrete an advantage many other traditional building materials do not have. Couple that with its strength and durability, it is easy to see why concrete is the most preferred building material in the world. Concrete is the most used man-made material in the world. It is a 35 billion dollar industry and accounts for more than 55,000 miles of highway in the United States alone.

Most common types of concrete

Reinforced concrete - these are concrete in which steel bars (also known as reinforcement bars or rebars), grids, plates, or fibers are incorporated within the concrete to strengthen it. Invented by Joseph Monier in 1849, reinforced concrete provides the tensile strength which unreinforced concrete lacks.

Pre-stressed concrete - pre-stressed concrete is used in the construction of beams, bridges, and floors which are quite long. It is predominantly used in high-rise floors and in very long bridges, as well as in the building of the containment vessels of nuclear reactors.

Precast concrete - these are concrete which has been molded in advance before being attached to a foundation or building. Precast concrete gives the benefit of saving on formwork costs and providing a safer environment for cement workers to work in.

Concrete contractor Houston, asphalt paving Houston, concrete repair Houston are all offered by many contracting companies. However, only a few* may have the certification and qualifications required by several agencies in the government to operate and contract their services. Agencies which regulate the industry include:

Precast concrete - Architectural Precast Association (APA), National Precast Concrete Association (NPCA), Precast Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI)
Prestressed concrete - Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI), and Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI).
Concrete repair

While concrete is generally durable and lasts a long time, concrete is still subject to cracking, and the steel bars used to reinforce it to corrosion. As such, different techniques have been developed to fix damaged concrete. The following are some of the techniques used by contractors to repair damaged concrete: cross-stitching longitudinal cracks or joints, diamond grinding, dowel bar retrofit, full-depth repairs, joint and crack sealing, partial-depth repairs, and slab stabilization.

Damage of concrete can occur in many different ways. It can be destroyed by corrosion (of the rebars), fast-flowing water, freezing of trapped water, physical and chemical damage (carbonation, chlorides, sulfate, and distillate water), fire, seawater effects, and leaching.

Concrete can be recycled to reduce the environment effects of mining and CO2 emissions produced in the production of cement.

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