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Making Better Concrete
Guidelines to Using Fly Ash for Higher Quality, Eco-Friendly Structures
by Bruce King, P.E.

Making Better Concrete
is written by a practicing structural engineer after using and learning about fly ash concrete from the academic experts, concrete suppliers, engineers and architects who have studied, developed and used it. This isn't just for people who want to "build green"—
this is for people who want to build better concrete...

This is the best and most readable "how to" guide for using high fly ash concrete-highly recommended. Using HFA concrete is a win-win-win solution: It makes better concrete, costs less, and has a greater environmental benefit than almost any other primary building material out there.
—Scott Shell, Architect, Senior Project Manager, EHDD Architects

Finally, a book on HFA concrete written so we can all understand it. I will make this required reading by everyone in Tech Services, Operations, and Sales.
—Burt Lockwood, Central Concrete Supply

This is an excellent and informative primer on high-performance fly ash concrete. This is a "win-win" use of a plentiful man-made waste product that generates benefits to clients, engineers and the global environment.
—Mason Walters, Structural Engineer, Principal Forell/Elsesser Engineers, Inc.

We have found that HVFAC is better concrete, easier to use, and less likely to crack. It makes our customers and engineers happy, so it makes us happy. It is not complicated or all that different than regular concrete. In fact, as Bruce King explains, many of the basic principles required to place successful HVFAC also apply to regular concrete, such as, keeping the water ratios low and implementing reasonable curing practices.
—Deva Rajan, Founder & Chairman, Canyon Construction Company