One of the Greatest Buildings of the 20th Century in Sydney is Built on a special meeting place known to the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation for thousands of years as Tubowgule. The building is the Sydney Opera House which is World Heritage listed as “a masterpiece...
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Has the World’s Largest Concrete Mass Slowed the Earth’s Rotation and Tilted it’s Axis?
The answer according to the experts is yes! The Three Gorges Dam in China is the world’s largest concrete mass. Length: 2,335 metres Height: 181 metres Weight of Steel Reinforcement: 463,000 tonnes Weight of Concrete: 40,000,000 tonnes (16,000,000 m3) Weight of Water:...
Martian Concrete How to Make Concrete on Mars!
In order to colonise Mars, buildings will be needed and these will obviously need to be constructed from the planet’s own resources. What are the issues and how will this be done? The first issue is the apparent lack of water on Mars! Can Martian concrete be formed...
FEATURED PRODUCT: CONDUR ARP
Description: A flexible 2-part polyurethane based elastomeric concrete mixed with part 3 proprietary aggregates with excellent bond to steel & concrete, high load bearing capacity, impact, vibration, chemical, oil resistant. Trafficable within one hour of...
FACTORY AND WAREHOUSE FLOOR, WALLS AND EXTERNAL PAVING REPAIRS
FCS Concrete Repairs are experts in the repair of damaged factory and warehouse floors. FCS Concrete Repairs have the experience in all facets of concrete repair: Concrete Floor Repair and Crack Injection Concrete Wall Repair and Crack Injection Joint Filling...
What Is Elastomeric Concrete?
Elastomeric Concrete is a flexible 2-part polyurethane patching material mixed with aggregates and can be used as a filler in expansion joints which experience large movements. The properties which are most important for these materials are flexibility, elasticity,...
Concrete Crack Injection
Cracks in concrete need to be repaired as they are a potential threat to the viability of the steel reinforcement within the concrete structure due to the ingress of water. Water quickly causes the internal reinforcement to corrode, expand and cause the encasing...
FCS Anti-Graffiti Solutions
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: The very latest in ANTI-GRAFFITI SOLUTIONS. IS THIS ART OR SOCIAL VANDALISM? Our local Council for the City of Ryde have recently acknowledged the problem of Graffiti Management: “Graffiti is a problem everywhere, and the City of Ryde is no...
De-icing Concrete: the world’s first bridge to incorporate conductive concrete
A unique bridge that resides about 15 miles south of Lincoln has given Tuan reason to feel confident. In 2002, Tuan and the Nebraska Department of Roads made the 150-foot Roca Spur Bridge the world’s first to incorporate conductive concrete. Inlaid with 52 conductive...
A Truism: Modern Concrete Cracks and Concrete Leaks!
There are four types of concrete! Concrete that can crack! Concrete that has cracked! Concrete that can leak! Concrete that has leaked! Truism: This observation is obviously true and says nothing new or even interesting about concrete but if you have a problem and...