How to Have Concrete with
Less Shrinkage, Cracking, and Curling
This presentation given by Dave Flax with Euclid Chemical Company will address several items as they relate to the placement and curing of concrete. Below are some of the items to be discussed in addition to What Shrinkage means are:
• Shrinkage reducing admixture
• Shrinkage compensating concrete
• Testing Methods
• Specifying
• Aggregate and water
• Joint layout and spacing
• Non-shrink grouts
Dave Flax will be giving certificates to all so they can self-report for learning credits.
DAVE FLAX
Dave is an accomplished speaker having done dozens ofnational Webinars for SEA, ASCC, ACI, ICRI, CSI, and more. Webinar attendance has varied from hundreds to over 1,400 attendees. He has spoken on many concreterelated topics at World of Concrete, hundreds of association meetings and national conventions including ACI, ICRI, CSI, IPI, and SEA, and thousands of individual firms and DOTs.
He received his Civil Engineering Degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in 1969 and has been involved with construction and concrete for over 45 years. He hasbeen a field engineer, a contractor, a specifier, and aresearcher with the Corps of Engineers. He earned his CDT (Certified Document Technologist) and CCPR (Certified Construction Products Representative) certifications from the Construction Specification Institute (CSI). He has been on many national organization committees including "Repair of Construction Defects", “Guide Specifications", and "Repair Materials and Methods”. He has had dozens of articles published and was awarded the Extra Yard Award by SCCP for 30+ years of service to the concrete industry.
He enjoys sharing the knowledge that he has gained with the industry.
