About this episode

The episode discusses whether Type IL cement is the root cause of concrete issues or if it merely highlights existing problems in the concrete industry.

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People in this episode

Host: Seth Tandett

Guest: Bob Higgins

Topics covered

• Type IL cement
• concrete behavior
• construction industry challenges
• cement standards
• long-term durability

Keywords

• Type IL cement
• concrete problems
• construction safety
• cement standards
• durability
• scaling
• cracking
• water problems

Sponsors

GPRS

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: concrete industry

Products: Type IL cement, Type I/II cement

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