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How Much Does Concrete Cost Per Cubic Yard? Current Ready Mix Concrete Prices

How much does concrete cost. This is a current ready mix concrete company's price list. It lists the cost of a yard of concrete and other concrete additives like fibermesh and accelerators.

Potential Problems When Pouring Ready-Mix Concrete in Cold Weather

Before beginning a ready-mix concrete project during a cold weather month, make sure your concrete provider is aware of these potential problems.

How to Prepare a Concrete Floor for Coatings

Believe it or not, when it comes to applying coatings to a concrete floor slab, it’s not enough just to cast your eyes on the surface – and if it looks dry – think that it’s ready. To avoid the costly problems that can happen after installing coatings, there are two crucial steps you must […]

What Makes A Ready Mix Concrete Provider's Product Better Than Others

The pros at Razorback Concrete understand the qualities that produce a superior ready mix product for commercial and residential projects.

DIY Homeowners, Use Our Ready Mix Concrete Calculator to Plan Projects

Razorback Concrete’s free ready mix concrete calculator makes it easy to determine the amount of concrete needed for your spring do-it-yourself project.

Five Tips For Installing A Concrete Driveway

If your driveway has entered its second decade of life, it is probably time to stop trying to repair it and replace it. Concrete driveways are a popular choice over asphalt because when properly installed, they can last between 25 and 50 years. If you are looking into installing a new driveway, concrete is a …

Cutting Concrete’s Carbon Footprint

New approaches could reduce the carbon-intensity of cement production and lessen concrete’s broader environmental impact.

Excavating My Childhood Photos — and Myself

I wanted to uncover ancient shards of my childhood gender and piece them back into the whole.

Excavating Topology to Find Structure

Eighteenth century mathematics of soil transport helps uncover hidden order in disordered systems, such as tissues and glasses.

Button Excavating: A digging sensory activity

Create a simple Button Excavating sensory activity for your toddler. Toddlers will love this easy digging activity using buttons, corn meal, and colanders.

Concrete Connoisseurs Tweak Mixes And Methods For Highways And Bridges

Like modern chefs tweaking classic techniques, concrete industry insiders are experimenting anew with ingredients—additives and aggregates such as fly ash, slag and quarry waste—and “plating,” which includes methods such as two-lift paving and real-time smoothness monitoring. And like many chefs that emphasize food’s health aspects, concrete professionals are refocusing their goals from the strength of the material to its longevity and durability.Article Index:

Bobcat Comfort Features Allow Chronic Pain Sufferer To Keep On Excavating

After facing potentially catastrophic consequences from a spinal injury, contractor Todd Sharp was able to continue working thanks to the comfort features of...

Considerations in purchasing a wood-frame house for renovation

If you’re considering renovating an older wood-frame home, a thorough evaluation of the structure can help you to determine whether an investment in the home is worth it. In order to determine if it is worth rehabilitating, systematically inspect the house and compare the necessary repairs with the estimated value of the finished home. Inspecting the following components of the home should help you decide whether…

The Easy Choice Might Not Be the Right Choice

Get up…make a choice

Life is like old time TV…no remote. YOU have to get up and change it yourself. Even if you think there are not that many choices available. (which isn’t true) A little smile for all t…

Nail Trim: Making It A Choice Makes It An Easy Choice

I made a mistake yesterday. I went to a drawer in the kitchen. Not just any drawer, it's the not-a-junk drawer, where I keep among other things the dogs' nail trimmers. As I opened the drawer, two dogs materialized behind me, sitting ...