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Whether you’re looking for information about the redi-mix concrete chipping process, are searching for safety tips to better protect your team or want to know more about general concrete information, you’ve come to the right place. Our concrete blog offers insight into everything you might want to know about chipping concrete.

Concrete, CO2 Emissions and Efforts to Improve Our Industry

The concrete and cement industries play a pivotal role in our world, supporting the construction and infrastructure projects that keep communities growing, navigable and safe. Even so, their associated concrete CO2 emissions have developed into an obstacle all their own — one with potential to place the world’s environmental future at risk. In fact, it’s […]

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Concrete Truck Capacity: How Much Can Your Drum Really Hold?

At first glance, the question of concrete truck capacity might seem pretty cut and dried. After all, when you research your available options, you’re specifically told what a given drum is rated to hold. And since many redi mix concrete trucks on the road today are rated for anywhere from eight to 11 yards of […]

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What is the Difference Between Cement and Concrete?

If you’ve ever pondered the difference between cement and concrete (or wondered if there was any difference at all), rest assured you aren’t alone. For some unbeknownst reason, the two words have become interchangeable in the English language — even though they are distinctly different things. In an effort to cut back on confusion, and […]

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Can You Pour Concrete in the Rain?

When talk of April showers, storm season or wetter-than-usual weather enter the mix, there's one question that comes to mind for many construction pros and DIYers: Can you pour concrete in the rain? And honestly, the answer might surprise you. You can, in fact, pour concrete when the weather takes a turn, but that doesn’t […]

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Concrete 3D Printing: A Construction Trend Gaining Traction

Once the stuff of imagination, concrete 3D printing has found a very real space for itself in modern-day construction. This building technique, a means of creating durable, cost-effective structures quickly and with far less manpower than with traditional methods, has gained in popularity. At General Chipping, we love seeing the concrete industry change with the […]

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Concrete Industry Outlook: A Glimpse at What’s to Come

As we close the door on 2021 and step into a new year, companies everywhere have their sights set on the concrete industry outlook. And if experts’ current calculations turn out to ring true, it seems concrete and construction crews have a busy time ahead of them. That’s right, many studies indicate coming growth for […]

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Are Concrete Homes the Future of Construction?

Concrete homes have been around for decades, but they’re becoming an increasingly popular construction choice due to factors such as their energy efficiency, fire resistance and new technologies like 3D concrete printing. Globally, the use of insulated concrete forms (ICF) is the most popular way to build concrete homes. Around $815 million was spent on […]

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Three Common Problems with Concrete

As a concrete or construction pro, you’re likely familiar with all kinds of problems with concrete. And whether you’re called in to repair damaged or flaking material other companies have poured, or you’re interested in finding ways to avoid such troubles during your next job, it pays to understand the ins and outs of such […]

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International Drum Month: A Chance to Show Some Appreciation

May is International Drum Month, a lesser-known holiday that — in our minds, at least — deserves more recognition than it receives. Why? Because, although it was developed in honor of the percussion instrument, it also presents an ideal opportunity to pay homage to the concrete mixing drum. (And at General Chipping, we think those […]

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CO2 Emissions and the Cement Industry

As people everywhere continue to key in on ways to curb climate change, the cement industry’s focus is on CO2 emissions. And it has been for a while. Why? Because cement is a key ingredient in one of the world’s most popular and versatile building materials — concrete. As such, there’s a lot of production […]

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