Concrete - Concrete Surface Preparation Products

• Introductory technical guidance for civil engineers and construction managers interested in construction of hot mix asphalt pavement for streets, highways and other applications. Here is what is discussed:
• INTRODUCTION
• MILLING AND GRINDING
• CRACK SEALING
• REPAIR OF LOCAL DAMAGED AREAS
• APPLICATION OF TACK COAT
• APPLICATION OF PRIME COAT
• SURFACE PREPARATION CHECKLIST
• PLACEMENT.

• Benoit Bissonnette, FACI,is professor of civil engineering at Laval University in Quebec City, Canada. He has co-managed the NSERC Industrial Research Chair on Durable Repair and Optimized Maintenance of Concrete Infrastructure in the recent years and has been involved in a wide variety of research projects devoted to concrete repair. Dr. Bissonnette is a member of several technical committees of the American Concrete Institute (ACI C223 Shrinkage-compensating concrete; ACI C364 Rehabilitation), the International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures (RILEM TC 181-EAS, TC 193-RLS), and the International Concrete Repair Institute (ICRI Repair Materials and Methods Committee. He has authored or coauthored more than 125 peer-reviewed papers.
• Luc Courard is professor of building materials at the University of Liège in Belgium. After completing his PhD work on concrete surface characterization in the late 1990s, he went to Laval University for postdoctoral research. His research activities are still dedicated to concrete surface characterization, as well as to innovative repair materials and supplementary cementitious materials. Dr. Courard is a member of the American Concrete Institute, the International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures and the Belgian Group of Concrete. He has authored or coauthored more than 140 peer-reviewed papers.