Hawaiʻi’s rainy seasons may bring paradise, but they also bring unique challenges to homeowners: concrete spalling. We went to an active work site to speak with Jonny Santo Tomas from Structural ...
Spalled concrete joints are the primary problem for a concrete floor. Though the joint is necessary to control cracking, they do provide opportunities for damage by impact from work done on the slab, ...
The spalled concrete joint repair preparation and installation process when using semi-rigid or sand-modified semi-rigid repair materials is not unlike the initial joint filling process. It’s ...
Today on Living808, Kelly went back on a Stuctural Systems job site to address critical safety concerns with Lance Luke, National Building Expert from Construction Management Inspection LLC, and Jonny ...
Q. I’ve got problems with some of the concrete on the outside of my home as well as in my garage. There are lots of places where the top finish and layer of the concrete has eroded away. I think it’s ...
Q. My concrete block foundation is 28 years old, and some of the brown solid color latex stain is flaking and peeling, both inside and out. I can handle that, but in a few blocks on the outside large ...
The town of Surfside received a required 40-year inspection report for the Champlain Towers South 16 hours after the beachside building’s catastrophic failure. An October 2018 inspection report found ...
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Why a chunk of concrete almost killed Starship

During a test of Starship SN8, sparks flew — literally. But they weren’t from the engine. A chunk of launchpad concrete shot ...
CLINTON – Concrete can take a beating in New England winters, but the new downtown renovation is facing something more - less than a year after being mostly completed - as spalling is affecting ...