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Technical Library

Many factors effect the quality of a new floor slab. The following is a list of reference areas recommended for consideration when designing or building a new concrete floor (product information is also available from our Product Library as well).

If you require other information, please refer to our Help Desk or submit your questions through out request for information page or send us an e-mail.

The purpose of these documents is to provide information and promote high quality concrete floors. It does not contain a full analysis of the law nor does it constitute a legal opinion. CFCAO is not liable for any damages resulting from the use of this information.

Technical Bulletins:

  • Concrete Slumps
  • Curling
  • Crazing
  • Dipstick Calibration
  • Exterior Shake Hardeners
  • Flyash in Concrete
  • Polycarboxylate Plasticizers
  • Pre-construction Meetings
  • Pre-construction Checklist
  • Sawcut Constraction Joints
  • Screeding Methods
  • Sidewalk Contraction Joints
  • Silicate Curing
  • Sloping Floors
  • "T" Sawcut Intersections

  • Presentations
  • Materials:

  • Air in Concrete
  • Coloured Finishes
  • Concrete Best Practices Guide
  • Concrete Mixes
  • Crazing
  • Dry Shake Aggregate Hardeners
  • CSA A23.1
  • Joint Sealants & Fillers
  • Liquid Densifiers
  • Polished Concrete
  • Steel Fibre Reinforcing

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    Information Bulletins:

  • Concrete Winter Heat Premiums
  • Methods:

  • Cold Weather
  • Environmental Issues
  • Exhaust Fumes
  • Inspection Issues
  • Maintenance Instructions
  • Protection
  • Superflat Floors

    Position Statements:

  • Concrete Purchasing
  • Floor Joint Fillers
  • Granular Bases
  • Tolerances

    Problem Advisories:

  • Bleed Water Void Delaminations
  • Design:

  • Standard Specification
  • Standard Definitions
  • Curling of Joints
  • Dock Pit Angle Detail
  • Dock Pit Sawcut Layout
  • Drying Time for Applied Finishes
  • F Number Tolerances
  • Thickness
  • Unreinforced Floors

    Specification Bulletins:

  • Polished Concrete
  • The Concrete Floor Contractors Association
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