When concrete surfaces start to deteriorate, it’s called “spalling”. When you notice concrete flaking, chipping and cracking, that means your surface is spalling. It’s more common in ...

The inspection report from Oct. 8, 2018, found "abundant" cracking and spalling of the columns, beams and walls in the garage under the tower that fell to the ground early Thursday, killing at ...

I’ve got an odd problem. I have concrete spalling on a sidewalk that leads from my concrete driveway to my home. The driveway and sidewalk were poured at the same time. The driveway is in great ...

Concrete spalling seems to be a growing epidemic if my email inbox is any sort of trusted indicator. Years ago, reports of these failures were primarily from parts of the USA that received cold ...

Pre-cast concrete foundation ... the heating causes the expansion of moisture in the concrete. Spalling ... Dimensional lumber, open-web, two-by-four-inch gang plate trusses, LTI plywood I-beams.

When those leaks develop, deicing chemicals make their way through the structure, causing erosion in metal reinforcing rods and "spalling" — when bits of concrete break away. According to inspections ...

The problem is important because that PC bridge girders are a critical component of highway bridges. Concrete spalling and prestressing strand corrosion not only cause losses in prestress but also ...

A professional engineer and concrete repair specialist said he believes "concrete cancer," a process that happens when steel rods in building structures rust and expand, might have caused the ...

The fire was ignited in a homeless encampment beneath the box culvert bridge over the Perry Creek Conduit, just to the south of the Wesley Parkway overpass. Northbound I-29 traffic ...