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A commitment to environmental awareness and sustainability is sweeping the construction industry, and Cumberland Ready Mix has responded with concrete mixes that conform to “green” building practices. These mixes help developers and owners achieve LEED certification.
Fibre Reinforced Concrete
Fibre Reinforced Concrete offers a cost-effective solution for the reinforcement of slabs and walls on numerous applications. Our most popular systems are:
Polypropylene Fibres: Mostly used in residential applications such as garages, floors, sidewalks, pool decks, driveways, etc.
Synthetic Structural Fibres: Successfully replaces welded wire mesh, steel fibres and conventional reinforcing bars in applications such as pavement, and commercial and industrial slab on grade.
Benefits
- Controls plastic shrinkage
- Cost advantage over welded wire mesh
- Always positioned in compliance with code
Flowable Concrete
- Flowable Concrete can be poured at high slumps for different levels of workability.
- It can achieve various slumps depending on the application.
- Flowable Concrete will not affect water/cement ratio.
- It maintains normal setting times.
Cumberland Ready Mix also offers self-compacting mixes for applications where reinforcing steel is highly congested, a superior finish is required and where ease of placement is desirable.
Benefits
- Faster placing
- Reduced vibration
- Labour saving
- Reduced Honeycombing
- Easier pumping
Accelerated Mix Concrete
Cumberland Ready Mix offers a wide range of concrete mixes designed for faster setting times. These products are the key to meeting the tight scheduling demands of today’s construction projects. We offer an array of mixes for many applications, depending on the desired set time and strength requirement.
Cumberland Ready Mix also offers self-compacting mixes for applications where reinforcing steel is highly congested, a superior finish is required and where ease of placement is desirable.
Benefits
- Earlier form stripping
- Increased early strength gain
- Reduced finishing time
- Quicker service application of structure
Coloured Concrete
We can help enhance the appearance of your driveway, pool deck, garage floor, or any other area that requires concrete installation. The possibilities are endless. The Cumberland Ready Mix computerized color dispensing system adds pigments to the concrete to obtain various tones of color, and give your project a unique look.
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