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Question: Definition of “hot cement”

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Question: Acceptable concrete cracking

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Question: Increasing the load capacity of a slab-on-ground using an overlay

Question: What is mass concrete?

Question: Definition of setting time

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Question: Can fresh concrete be used around aluminum framing or in aluminum molds??

Question: How can it be determined that an admixture will serve its intended purpose?

Question: What is shotcrete and when is it used?

Question: The difference between setting and hardening