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Luncheon & Program
" Concrete with Reduced Shrinkage,
Cracking and Curling"
Hosted By:
Luminarias Restaurant ~ Monterey Park
Details Inside!!!
David Flax
The Euclid Chemical Company
Thursday 16 August 2012
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Fellow Members
Warmest regards,
Charles Kerzic
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It's hard to believe the year is half over. I hope your year is going well. The Chapter had a fantastic
event last month at Hanson Aggregate's Irwindale quarry.The tour of the dredge was great. Those who
attended the tour witnessed just how difficult the extraction of a product that is necessary to our
industry can be. It made me think about what will happen in the coming years when the local supply of
raw materials is not readily available. All of us in attendance learned alot from the tour. A special
thanks to Hanson for taking the time to host us and open up their plant for our tour.
Our August meeting will be at Luminarias Restaurant, we will have a presentation by Dave Flax with
The Euclid Chemical Company on "Concrete with Reduced Shrinkage, Cracking, and Curling". Please
join me there.
Information will be coming soon about the September meeting. Don't forget the Pankow Awards will
be due in October so begin thinking about those projects that you will want to nominate.
As we get into summer and we get busy with work and busier with family it's important to remember to
always be safe. Have a successful summer.
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ACI Southern California Chapter August 16, 2012 Program


CONCRETE WITH REDUCED SHRINKAGE, CRACKING, AND CURLING.
Presented by: Dave Flax- The Euclid Chemical Company

Presentation Outline:

This presentation will cover a great many topics that affect the shrinkage, cracking, and curling of concrete.
Typical concrete shrinks about 0.06%. In this presentation the emphasis for the concrete mix design will be on
reducing the shrinkage to 0.04%, 0.02% or even 0.00% by the use of the proper coarse aggregate size &
quantity and by the use of shrinkage reducing & shrinkage compensating admixtures. We will cover how to
write a spec to achieve these low shrinkage percentages.

But if we don't want cracks and curling, getting the mix design right is only the beginning. We will also look at
what happens after the concrete is placed including the use of an evaporation retarder, proper curing, joint
layout, sawcutting, etc.

There are many tests that are typically run on the concrete at the jobsite and in the weeks following, but none of
them tell us right there at the job site in real time if concrete is likely to shrink, crack, and curl. We will cover
the one job site test method that will provide that critical information immediately.


Biographical sketch:

The presenter: Dave Flax of The Euclid Chemical Company has a Civil Engineering Degree from RPI and over
35 years experience as a field engineer, a contractor, and a researcher with the Corps of Engineers. He has
earned his CDT and CCPR from CSI. He has specialized in concrete and has had dozens of articles published.
He was awarded the Extra Yard Award by the SCCP for his 30+years of service to the concrete industry. He is
on a number of national organization committees including the "Methods and Materials", Guide
Specifications", and "Repair of Construction Defects" committees. He has spoken on this topic and others at
The World of Concrete and numerous organizations.
















ACI Southern California Chapter August 16, 2012 Program


CONCRETE WITH REDUCED SHRINKAGE, CRACKING, AND CURLING.
Presented by: Dave Flax- The Euclid Chemical Company


Location: Luminarias Restaurant & Banquets 3500 West Ramona Boulevard, Monterey Park, CA 91754

Cost: Member - $40.00 Non-Member - $45.00 Walk-in Member or Non-Member - $45.00

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Time: Registration 11:30 AM-12:00 PM
Lunch & Presentation 12:00 PM-1:00 PM

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