Most Valuable Technology In Concrete
Concrete Construction Magazine polled the top 100 concrete contractors: “What is the most valuable new technology?” (in concrete) Here are the results:
1. New admixtures; highperformance concrete 2. New flooring and shoring systems 3. Maturity Testing 4. Riding trowels—bigger, better, faster 5. New layout equipment; GPS systems 6. Computerized payroll and management systems’ 7. Membership in ASCC 8. Internet use for the relaying plans and specs 9. Uniform-thickness, posttensioned slabs on grade 10. Steel fiber in floors 11. 4-D CAD models 12. Adjustable radius formwork 13. Somero’s new Copperhead laser screed 14. Polished concrete 15. Stringless paving technology 16. Variety of stains, dyes, other coloring agents 17. Pervious concrete 18. New containment systems for washout and slurry
Source: ‘Concrete Construction
Magazine’, July 2004
