Drying shrinkage is caused by a loss of moisture from the concrete. It occurs after concrete hardens and continues months and even years depending on the slab thickness and ambient conditions. This ...

New slabs-on-ground crack when tensile stresses from restrained shrinkage exceed the concrete's strength. This type of early-age cracking occurs during the first few days of the slab's life and is ...

While every concrete structure demands maintenance every so often, sometimes this go-to construction material abruptly cracks, chips off, becomes discolored, corrodes or even fails to support crucial ...