Division III Industry Information

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• Construction accidents: what can happen when a competitor improperly provides your concrete needs.

• WX.com: An outstanding weather site offering interactive forecasting and statistics for any region of the US.

• The National ASCC website is at ASCCOnline.org

• ACI-Int.org: American Concrete Institute is the place with answers to all your concrete questions

• Construction Education Foundation of Georgia (CEFGA): a non-profit organization supported by the construction industry. Their mission is to facilitate a network in Georgia to attract, train and retain the best craft workers for the construction industry of Georgia.

• Warning about "1/8-inch-in-10-feet" Tolerances - Reprinted from Concrete Construction, January 1989

   

  Cold Weather Concreting - Articles:

   

  • The Cost of Waiting: How cold weather and other delays can significantly affect the cost of concrete projects (from Concrete Construction magazine, June 2000)

  • Cold Weather Concrete by Woodward L. Vogt, P.E.: A 1997 article from Paradigm Consultants in Houston

  • Successful Cold Weather Concreting by Master Builders Inc.: a very technical article showing recommended temperatures and the effects of various accelerators. (This is an Adobe Acrobat PDF file.)

  • Quality Control - Cold Weather Concreting by Ozinga West Suburban RMC, Inc.: shows setting times per temperature grade, and curing tips.