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What is Efflorescence?
As summer left in a hurry, we skipped fall, and landed straight into winter. As we go through these different climates during curing process your...
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Thin Brick precast panels – a fad on the rise!
As many of you in the design community are getting more and more familiar with some of the new façade options for arch precast panels you are...
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Rising to the Challenge
Earlier this year, Wells Concrete was awarded the Franklin Light Rail Maintenance Facility addition in Minneapolis with general contractor, LS...
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How It’s Made: Architectural Concrete Finishes
Architectural precast concrete wall panels provide one of the most versatile exterior architectural products available to the market. Using...
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Procedure for Determining Fire Ratings for Precast Structures
Often times we get asked about the fire rating for a total precast structure that incorporates precast double tees. In this blog I will walk you...
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Precast Concrete: The Perfect Material for Fire Resistance
In today’s paper where I live, one of the headlines was, “Blaze destroys condo project.” The story goes on to describe how fire fighters doused...
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Hardened Construction vs ICC-500 in K-12 Gymnasium Applications
This methodology, commonly referred to as ‘Hardened Construction’, allows the engineer to pick a wind speed that is lower than the 250 mph and use...
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Student Housing and the Benefits of Precast
Speed: The use of precast concrete components facilitates a faster construction process, while also minimizing onsite material and labor costs. ...
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Creating Safe Structures
Dangerous and deadly storms are happening all too often. As we clean up Mother Nature’s devastation, talk inevitably arises of how to best guard...
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ICC-500 Storm Shelters
Generally speaking, code changes require slightly modifying engineering procedures, policies, or methodology. One recent code change has not...
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