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ConCreate®: Architectural

ConCreate®: Architectural mixes are designed for use in conjunction with architectural formwork to create an enhanced aesthetic appearance without sacrificing strength. To enhance the look of any project, color may also be added to our architectural mixes.

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Ideal For:

• Exposed vertical columns and walls

Benefits:

• Improved surface aesthetics
• Enhances workability
• Maximized surface density
• Available in conventional or self-consolidating concrete

ConCreate®: Exposed Aggregaate

Colored concrete is also an option with exposed aggregate flat work. For example in Vancouver, BC market, exposed aggregate concrete utilizes a colorful 10mm round Chilliwack River aggregate. At the end of the finishing process, the surface of concrete is washed to expose the smooth colorful stone on the surface of the concrete. Color may also be added to the concrete coloring the paste around the exposed aggregate.

Ideal For:

• Driveways
• Sidewalks
• Patios

Benefits:

• Improves aesthetics versus traditional concrete mixes

ConCreate®: Color

Add some color to your world with ConCreate®. Heidelberg Materials uses a couple of different color systems, many are computer-controlled batching process for improved accuracy and consistency. ConCreate® uses color pigment, based on iron oxides, to provide the unique colors. ConCreate® color can match all other major concrete color supply systems.

Ideal For:

• Interior and exterior driveways
• Interior and exterior sidewalks
• Interior and exterior floors

Benefits:

• Several colors to choose from
• Compatible with:
  • Architectural concrete
  • Stamped concrete
  • Exposed Aggregate concrete

Resources:

• Recommendations and Essential Color Concrete Information

ConCreate®: Stamped

ConCreate®: Stamped mixes are used in the process of adding texture and color to make concrete resemble stone, brick, slate, cobblestone, barn-board and many other products. The limitless array of possibilities with costs that are lower than the actual products makes stamped concrete the preferred choice.

Ideal For:

• Pool decks
• Driveways
• Patios & walkways
• Interior floors
• Gardens & landscape

Benefits:

• Unlimited creative design capabilities
• Improved aesthetics
• Compatible with ConCreate® Color Series
• Creates an unlimited variety of shapes and surface textures including the traditional look of slate, tile, brick and cobblestone

Stamped concrete is created by compressing the top surface of concrete to inlay design or pattern. As a result of this compression, the top layer of concrete has lower air content and is subject to a higher risk of freeze-thaw damage.

Heidelberg Materials guarantees that the supplied concrete will meet the specified properties in accordance with CSA. Heidelberg Materials is not responsible for freeze-thaw damage as a result of the installation process including the top layer of stamped concrete.

FlowCrete

FlowCrete provides optimized slump control and superior mix performance. Heidelberg Materials utilizes superplasticizers to achieve the desired slump without compromising concrete strength or set time when used with any of our concrete designs.

Concrete is often specified at a slump of 80 mm +/- 20 mm or less, these slumps are typically too low to ensure proper placement. Heidelberg Materials has taken the guesswork out the process and offers a range of slump options as a part of our FlowCrete program. Available in slumps of 110, 130, 150, 170 mm maximum.

Ideal For:

• Pumped concrete
• Slabs
• Walls and columns with congested rebar

Benefits:

• Maintains strength at higher slumps
• Enhances workability and placeability
• Increases pumpability

Hard-Wear®

Hard-Wear® has strength and durability built right into the mix, making it ideal for high wear applications. Available in air-entrained and non-air-entrained mixes, Hard-Wear® features uniform hardness throughout the full depth of the slab, not just the surface.

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Ideal For:

• Wear, abrasion and impact resistance
• Commercial, industrial and heavy industrial floors
• Parkades, bridges and interchanges
• Interior and exterior ramps
• Dams, dykes and spillways

Benefits:

• Available for all applications and suitable for a variety of mix designs
• Compatible with all finishing applications
• Reduced labor costs
• Eliminates performance inconsistencies typically experienced with other types of hardeners
• Eliminates hardener delamination

High-Flow®

High-Flow® is a highly flowable, non-segregating concrete that easily spreads into place, fills formwork, and encapsulates even the most congested reinforcement. It is placed purely by means of its own weight with little or no mechanical vibration.

High-Flow® provides these benefits while maintaining all of concrete's customary mechanical and durability characteristics. Significant research has led to the development of a robust flowable concrete that meets challenging performance requirements.

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Ideal For:

• Architectural applications
• Topping slabs
• Congested reinforcement

Benefits:

• Architectural quality concrete for walls and slab
• Flows readily through congested reinforcement
• Available in high early age strengths
• Enables flatter slabs
• Improves productivity
• Reduces labor costs

EZ-Floor®

EZ-Floor® concrete is elevating floor mix standards. Available in a wide variety of strengths and cement types, this flowable floor mix is ideal for residential, commercial and industrial applications.

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CrackGuard®

CrackGuard® is a low shrinkage concrete that reduces cracking and curling in concrete slabs when used in conjunction with proper curing and jointing procedures. Reinforcing fibers may also be added to the mix to further reduce shrinkage cracks and improve impact resistance. CrackGuard® is a CSA compliant low shrinkage concrete maintaining a maximum drying shrinkage of 0.04% @ 28 days.

CrackGuard®

Ideal For:

• Architectural slabs and floors
• Architectural topping slabs
• Industrial floors
• Parking garage decks
• Bridge decks
• Ice arenas
• Swimming pools
• Containment structures
• Water treatment structures
• Residential slabs

Benefits:

• Reduces or eliminates cracking
• Improves appearance
• Increases joint spacing
• Lower life cycle costs

WaterGuard

WaterGuard reduces the potential migration of moisture through the naturally occurring capillaries of concrete. By utilizing pore blocker admixture technology (Kryton / Xypex) in conjunction with an optimized concrete design and proper construction methodology, WaterGuard provides the option to waterproof structures while pouring concrete walls, slabs and many other applications.

Ideal For:

• Perimeter walls
• Water features
• Elevator pits
• Tanks
• Slabs

Benefits:

• Lower cost than most membrane systems
• Available as conventional concrete, Self-Consolidating Concrete and ShotCrete
• Reduces construction timeframe

Tempo High-Early Age Strength

Tempo High-Early Age Strength is designed to achieve early-age strength to allow reduced stripping and re-shoring times. This series of mixes is available to achieve target strength at 24 to 72 hours.

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* CSA A23.1-09 states a minimum curing temperature of 10 degrees Celsius.

Ideal For:

• Slabs
• Columns and walls
• Repairs

Benefits:

• Reduces stripping time
• Earlier serviceability
• Reduces drying time (flooring application)

PolarCon®

PolarCon® is the answer to set time challenge – it uses accelerating admixtures in conjunction with optimized concrete mix designs to accelerate concrete set times. PolarCon® is designed to provide three levels of set time reduction. This time-based system provides an opportunity to select the hours of set time reduction required

Ideal For:

• Slabs
• Columns and walls
• Non-reinforced concrete (Does not contain reinforcing steel)

Benefits:

• Optimized set time reductions
• Reduces finishing time

DuraDrive®

DuraDrive® has enhanced characteristics and excellent durability for extreme climates and resistance to freeze-thaw cycles. Proper techniques must be followed and can be found in CSA A23.1-09 for normal, cold and hot weather concreting.

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