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10 TIPS TO SUCCESSFUL HOT WEATHER CONCRETING

When pouring concrete, rapid set-up and drying can ruin your day. The warmer the day, the greater the danger of a quick set. 

HOW STEEL TARIFFS CONTRIBUTE TO HIGH CONSTRUCTION COSTS ON THE FRONT RANGE

Many of our customers are asking us, "Why is steel costing so much?" It's a fair question with no simple answer.

WHY YOUR POST TENSION TENDONS NEED TO BE PROPERLY STRESSED

There exists two ways to pre-stress the concrete in your building project: pretension and post tension. Pretension happens at the precast facility, where the tendon assembly is placed into the concrete form and stressed at the factory to engineered specifications. 

7 CONSTRUCTION PROJECT TYPES THAT UTILIZE STRUCTURAL STEEL

Off all building materials, non have the range and versatility of steel. Like stone and concrete, it has tremendous compressive strength and can be formed into nearly any shape. 

WILL BUILDING BOOM CONTINUE IN 2018? FRONT RANGE CONSTRUCTION PREDCTIONS

"Build it and they will come" seems a philosophy best left to corn farmers and the ghosts of ball players. In construction, the reality is closer to "they come, therefore we build." 

5 TYPES OF REBAR THAT INCREASE TENSILE STRENGTH OF CONCRETE CONSTRUTION

What concrete offers in compressive strength, it lacks in ductility. Unsupported, it can bear fairly heavy loads without cracking, but if poured when using rebar construction, concrete can take considerably more load, even when suspended. 

WHAT A CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISOR SHOULD KNOW ABOUT REBAR IN CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION

Now that the burst housing bubble and long recession seem to be in the rear view mirror, a new building boom along Colorado's Front Range has set the construction job market ablaze. 

7 WAYS POST TENSIONED CONCRETE SAVES MONEY ON HIGH RISE BUILDS

According to the ENR Mountain State 2017 Regional Forecast, it has been a busy few years for the Colorado construction industry. By the end of November 2016, $16.6 billion new construction starts had been recorded.

FOUNDATION FOOTING SYSTEMS: GRADE BEAM VS. SPREAD FOOTING

When thinking of the system that supports houses or commercial buildings, most people think it begins with foundation. But even a foundation system needs a foundation, so the very first element when preparing the vertical support scheme is the foundation footer.