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Training & Tips

As the market leader it is our responsibility to keep up on the latest products and technologies available to assist our customers in delivering the best possible end product.  Hooker Creek has made a special arrangement with the NRMCA (National Ready Mixed Concrete Association) to make their famed Concrete In Practice training materials available on this website.  The following links have been posted to assist you in finishing the best possible concrete however, they are the property of NRMCA and are not to be printed or distributed without their express written permission.  Please feel free to read and learn, however, if you would like printed copies, please contact NRMCA.

1.  Dusting Concrete Surfaces

2.  Scaling Concrete Surfaces

3.  Crazing Concrete Surfaces

4.  Cracking Concrete Surfaces

5.  Plastic Shrinkage Cracking

6.  Joints in Concrete Slabs on Grade

7.  Cracks in Concrete Basement Walls

8.  Discrepancies in Yield

9.  Low Concrete Cylinder Strength

10.  Strength of In-Place Concrete

11.  Curing In-Place Concrete

12.  Hot Weather Concreting

13.  Concrete Blisters

14.  Finishing Concrete Flatwork

15.  Chemical Admixtures for Concrete

16.  Flexural Strength of Concrete

17.  Flowable Fill Materials

18.  Radon Resistant Buildings

19.  Curling of Concrete Slabs

20.  Delamination of Troweled Concrete Surfaces

21.  Loss of Air Content in Pumped Concrete

22.  Grout

23.  Discoloration

24.  Synthetic Fibers for Concrete

25.  Corrosion of Steel in Concrete

26.  Jobsite Addition of Water

27.  Cold Weather Concreting

28.  Concrete Slab Moisture

29.  Vapor Retarders Under Slabs on Grade

30.  Supplementary Cementatious Materials

31.  Ordering Ready Mixed Concrete

32.  Concrete Pre-Construction Conference

33.  High Strength Concrete

34.  Making Concrete Cylinders in the Field

35.  Testing Compressive Strength of Concrete

36.  Structural Lightweight Concrete

37.  Self Consolidating Concrete (SCC)

38.  Pervious Concrete

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