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Concrete Openings
Website Launched
Marble Arch subway
concrete cutting project
The Concrete Sawing and Drilling Association
(CSDA) is pleased to announce the launch of a
website for its official magazine, Concrete Openings.
Now all of the job stories, regular columns
and much more can be accessed 24/7. “Creating
the new website, www.concreteopenings.com, is
a natural progression that will help the magazine
to grow and have a greater presence in the
ever-evolving world of digital media and social
networking,” said Patrick O’Brien, publisher of
Concrete Openings magazine.
From its beginnings as a 4-page newsletter,
Concrete Openings has grown into a major
international publication with more than 16,000
subscriptions. Readership is estimated to be over
60,000 per quarterly issue. With the development
of this website, now everyone interested in the
work of concrete sawing and drilling contractors
around the globe will have access to current
information.
The web site incorporates the latest pageturning
technology to allow readers to page
through the entire magazine or print out sections
to be read later. The home page of the website
is organized with the same headlines as the
magazine to make navigation easy.
Concrete Cases
Job stories submitted by contractor members
of CSDA are the focal point of each issue of
Concrete Openings and the website as well.
These stories, about some of the most unique
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and challenging jobs in the concrete sawing and
drilling industry, showcase the techniques of sawing
and drilling but also help to educate specifiers
of concrete cutting services about just what can
be done with diamond tools. Now the specifics
of these jobs are just a click away.
Discussion Forums
Comments about the stories or regular features
such as Tech Talk or Safety Counts can now be
shared online in the discussion forum. Visitors
can start discussion threads to share knowledge
and information on specific topics covered in the
columns or start new threads.
Archives
Many times readers of Concrete Openings have
wanted to reread past issues and have not had
them readily available. Now back issues will be
archived so they too can be reread easily, and
individual stories are categorized by the technique
applied to help readers find exactly what they’re
looking for.
Now Concrete Openings is available at
www.concreteopenings.com. The launch of
this new website signals the start of an exciting
period of expansion for the magazine, providing
a new platform that will introduce the public to
both Concrete Openings and CSDA through
home computers or internet-enabled portable
devices.
www.csda.org
The UK concrete cutting contractors Robore Cuts
were called in to carry out the concrete cutting
aspect of a Marble Arch subway project.
The Marble Arch had a Four subway underneath
it, with four entries, one on each side of
the Arch. These had to be filled in, due to the
potential terrorist threat of placing explosives
under the Arch. Robore’s task was to level off
the subway entrances, by cutting the retaining
walls down.
Heavy flint
As with most concrete structures in London, the
aggregate in the walls was Flint. This aggregate is
the hardest in Europe, over twice as hard to cut,
and twice as demanding on the life of diamond
consumables as any other aggregate.
Added to this, there was the usual steel reenforcing
bars throughout the cuts. Approximately
180 m of sawing at 350 mm deep was needed
to level all of the subway entrances.
AERO® Matrix blades
Robore Cuts insist on only the best diamond
tools for there operators, maximising efficiency
on the job. They choose the market
leading blades, according to manufacturer
Diaquip Concrete Cutting Solutions, with
positioned diamonds, and one of the
new Aero® Matrix Positioned Diamond
Wall Saw Blades. This is a new model
on trial from specialist concrete cutting
equipment suppliers Diaquip.
It was soon evident that the
Aero® Matrix was performing signifi-
cantly better as the cutting progressed. This is
down to the fact that the Aero® Matrix blades
have the diamond positioned in a honeycomb
effect, as opposed to rows, ensuring there is more
efficient use of the diamond on the surface of the
cut at all times.