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18 | DECEMBER 2015 speed up the drying process, Maxxon has introduced Level-Right Maxx. "Maxx can be a wear surface, not just an underlayment. It's faster drying than [stan- dard] Level-Right," Nicholson says. Another product designed to improve the per- formance of concrete is a crystalline waterproofing additive from Euclid Admixtures. "It's a powdered admixture that forms a crystalline structure within the concrete itself to prevent water passing through the concrete," says Brian Salazar, national business development manager at Euclid Canada Inc. Eucon Vandex AM-10 was introduced a couple of years ago and has grown in popularity, particularly on both coasts of Canada, Salazar says. It is suited for both above- and below-grade applications, water treatment facilities, building foundations, water containment structures and basements. It is also being used in pre- cast applications, including tunnel lining segments and underground utility vaults. Sawcut or joint-free flooring systems were intro- duced a few years ago by Tri-Con Concrete Finishing. They have the advantage of extending the lifespan of the floor as well as equipment moving on it. The price difference from a floor without this customized tech- nology "can range from 10 to 25 per cent, and is depen- dent on the load requirements and thicknesses. It also depends on what the quality of the 'standard' floor is," says Frank Guida, president at Tri-Con. State-of-the-art formwork products are also increas- ingly important, suggests Marius Minecan, a contracts manager at Structform International Ltd. "We use the latest systems from PERI, or Aluma, and mostly the lat- est iterations of their existing systems," he says. A Concrete PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY EUCLID ADMIXTURES F o r m e r l y t h e M e t r o G r o u p o f C o m p a n i e s C a n a d i a n C o n s t r u c t i o n M a t e r i a l s E n g i n e e r i n g a n d T e s t i n g L t d h a s b e e n p r o u d l y s e r v i n g t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n i n d u s t r y s i n c e 1 9 8 7 . M a t e r i a l s E n g i n e e r i n g M a t e r i a l s T e s t i n g G e o t e c h n i c a l E n g i n e e r i n g E n v i r o n m e n t a l E n g i n e e r i n g C o n c r e t e R e s t o r a t i o n T o t a l Q u a l i t y M a n a g e m e n t I N N O V A T I V E . Q U A L I T Y . S O L U T I O N S 1 - 8 4 4 - 7 3 2 - 2 6 3 8 i n f o @ c c m e t . c a W W W . C C M E T . C A Harris Rebar.indd 1 2015-09-08 12:43