Our Country's Mass Concrete Expert

摘要

At CTL Group, Skokie, Ill., John Gajda works with anything that involves temperature and heat transfer, but his specialty is mass concrete. He designs concrete with low heat of hydration and develops cost-effective placement-specific measures to avoid excessive temperatures and thermal cracking issues. Projects include buildings, bridges, refineries, water treatment plants, and government projects-anything with large volumes of concrete. He is so well known for what he does that it's hard to find a mass concrete project in the UnitedrnStates that he hasn't been involved.rnGajda's involvement can be initiated by owners, ready-mix producers, or contractors. His involvement with owners usually focuses on mass concrete specifications and related constructability issues.