Menu
Search
Filters
Close
Menu

Beating the Odds for Successful Concrete Flooring Installations

Beating the Odds for Successful Concrete Flooring Installations
Available for download

Failure of flooring materials is usually due to a combination of factors rather than a single, simple cause that led to below expectation performance. For example, construction on a less than high quality concrete slab on grade, combined with the absence of a vapor retarder, with residual concrete wear and contamination, followed by inadequate surface preparation, and finally poor coating selection applied during inclement ambient conditions that is turned over early to severe service is a recipe for disaster. 

Product Number: 41216-970-SG
Author: Fred Goodwin, Lori Proops, Richard First
Publication Date: 2016
Industries: Coatings , Coatings and Linings
$0.00
$20.00
$20.00

Failure of flooring materials is usually due to a combination of factors rather than a single, simple cause that led to below expectation performance. For example, construction on a less than high quality concrete slab on grade, combined with the absence of a vapor retarder, with residual concrete wear and contamination, followed by inadequate surface preparation, and finally poor coating selection applied during inclement ambient conditions that is turned over early to severe service is a recipe for disaster. Any of these (and other) issues can be a simple cause but it is more typically the combination of these marginally unfavorable factors that compound together to produce the failure. This presentation will describe these factors, and how to determine when the odds are not in your favor.

Failure of flooring materials is usually due to a combination of factors rather than a single, simple cause that led to below expectation performance. For example, construction on a less than high quality concrete slab on grade, combined with the absence of a vapor retarder, with residual concrete wear and contamination, followed by inadequate surface preparation, and finally poor coating selection applied during inclement ambient conditions that is turned over early to severe service is a recipe for disaster. Any of these (and other) issues can be a simple cause but it is more typically the combination of these marginally unfavorable factors that compound together to produce the failure. This presentation will describe these factors, and how to determine when the odds are not in your favor.

Product tags
Also Purchased
Coatings and Concrete: Understanding the Substrate
Available for download

Coatings and Concrete: Understanding the Substrate

Product Number: 41215-919-SG
Author: Brian O’Farrell
Publication Date: 2015
$20.00

Before coating concrete, you must first know what the substrate is that you are working on. Since all concrete floors are not the same there is no one, size fits all system. In fact, many buildings will have several different types of concrete floors. Add to that the different mix designs, placement techniques and environmental conditions and you end up with a menagerie of concrete floors exhibiting a wide variety of properties. 
Basics of Corrosion in Reinforced Concrete
Available for download

Basics of Corrosion in Reinforced Concrete

Product Number: 41215-897-SG
Author: Fred Goodwin, Frank Apicella
Publication Date: 2015
$20.00

Concrete is the second most common man-made material after potable water, yet it is a complex material that is poorly understood. Steel reinforcement is added to improve the concrete's tensile strength and ductility and is initially protected by the high concrete pH and depth of cover concrete. Eventually, due to the ingress of deleterious ions, lowering of the pH from carbonation, or electrical potential changes within the steel, corrosion will occur. 
Picture for Concrete Maintenance
Available for download

Concrete Maintenance

Product Number: 41212-677-SG
Author: Fred Goodwin, Frank Apicella
Publication Date: 2012
$20.00

Concrete is one of the most durable construction materials available, but all too frequently we ignore its maintenance. Many of the techniques called "coating", "protection", and corrosion mitigation are, maintenance of concrete. The life span of concrete structures can be significantly extended by pro-actively addressing deterioration and durability issues through keeping water and other deleterious materials out of concrete after it has properly cured
Categories
Industry
Recently viewed
Popular tags
View all

Association for Materials Protection and Performance

© AMPP All Rights Reserved.
Membership Terms of Content Use
Contact Customer Support