John Gajda, PE, Senior Principal Engineer, CTLGroup, and Jonathan Poole, PhD, PE, Senior Engineer, CTLGroup We are often asked, ”Should drilled shafts be considered mass concrete?” Historically, drilled shafts and caissons have not been considered mass concrete, except for particular
Mass Concrete Specifications – Two States’ Perspectives
Christopher C. Ferraro Ph.D., P.E., University of Florida and Kevin R. Pruski, PE, Texas Department of Transportation General In the mid-to-late 1990s, both the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) began noticing cracking in
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Evaluation of Performance Based Concrete for Bridge Decks in Washington State
Bijan Khaleghi, PhD, PE, SE, Washington State DOT Bridge decks are not typically classified as mass concrete, but as is the case with mass concrete, the need to reduce or prevent cracking is a high priority. Temperature control is one
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