After decades of work in construction litigation, Harvey and Benjamin have seen it all—structural failures, workmanship issues, and plenty of lawsuits. But one issue that keeps coming up, often unnecessarily, is concrete cracking. Let’s set the record straight: there...
This article discusses the difference between plain, reinforced and post-tensioned residential slabs, and why the inclusion of contraction joints are required in some cases and highly recommended in all cases. Learn more about the various topics that influence joint...
An article in Concrete Facts, Sprint 2021 (Vol.28-3) discusses the common causes of cracking in concrete, the ACI standards relating to contraction joints, and how the new method of embedding a strip of polymer tape into fresh concrete, like is done by the Trakjoint...
A New Method to Install Contraction Joints A new method to install contraction joints in slabs-on-ground offers speed and cost advantages over existing methods. Even silica dust concerns are eliminated. Joints are installed in fresh concrete, which is earlier than...
