QuickChat: How Shrinkage Compensating Concrete Addresses Critical Industry Challenges

Nov. 15, 2024
Discover how shrinkage-compensating concrete enhances dimensional stability and sustainable concrete design.

In this QuickChat, Gavin Jenkins, Senior Managing Editor of Roads and Bridges, speaks with Susan Foster, Director, Strategic Initiatives & Komponent at CTS Cement, about the benefits of shrinkage compensating concrete. Foster shares insights on how Type K concrete improves dimensional stability and durability, lowers permeability, and improves structural behavior in structures like bridge designs, pavements, containment tanks, and extended joint slabs.

This conversation highlights how shrinkage-compensating concrete addresses industry challenges such as drying shrinkage, curling and warping, permeability and chemical attack, and how it optimizes sustainable concrete design. Foster also discusses the material's role in extending the lifecycle of infrastructure.

For more details on shrinkage compensating cement applications, as well as support for project design and implementation, watch the full QuickChat.

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