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Your Guide to Portland for Viewpoint Collaborate

Viewpoint Construction Technology

Welcome to Portland for Viewpoint’s 2017 Collaborate user conference! Next week kicks off our 2017 Collaborate user conference here in Portland, Oregon. While many of you may have spent time in the home of Viewpoint’s global headquarters , we want to share what makes Portland so wonderful. Hood and Portland, Oregon.

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COMPOSITION OF REACTIVE POWDER CONCRETE (RPC)

The Constructor

Portland cement – type V 1000 kg/m3 2. Portland cement – type V 955 kg/m 3 2. This compactness gives RPC ultra –high strength and durability.Reactive powder concretes have compressive strength ranging from 200 Mpa to 800Mpa. Typical composition of reactive powder concrete 800 Mpa 1. Fine sand ( 150 – 400 micron) 5001 kg/m3 3.

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Portland architects propose connected mixed-use skyscrapers

Construction Dive

The 5-million-square-foot project would include an underground high-speed transportation center, a feature that is helping some cities boost public transit ridership and economic development.

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20,000-sf mass timber urban infill project completes in Portland

BD+C

Built on a leftover 9,000-sf berm space that was created when the City of Portland built the new one-way Couch Street couplet, Sideyard is a 20,000-sf mass timber building designed for the working-class that connects to public transportation with exclusive pedestrian and bicycle access.

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Low Carbon Concrete for the First Time Required by Law

Green Building Law Update

Embodied (or embedded) emissions are emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases generated by making and transporting materials to a building site, including mining, refining, and shipping. The code provides for substituting one of several pozzolans, such as fly ash, slag and other Portland cement replacements.

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REPAIR OF POST CONCRETING DEFECTS IN STRUCTURES

The Constructor

The materials normally used for patch repairs are: Portland cement and white Portland cement: Repairs are tend to be made with a high concentration of cement which will make the finished repair appear darker than the parent concrete. White Portland cement helps to lighten the colour. Now prepare the replacement concrete.

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Airport/Transit Best Project: Canpotex-Portland Terminal Potash Storage Shed

ENR Construction

The Portland Bulk Terminal’s newest storage facility offers an elegant solution to the challenges of receiving potash by freight rail and then reclaiming the material and transporting it out by ship.