Surface Preparation

The Forensic Scene: The Slab That Lied The facility manager thought it was just a hairline crack, a minor blemish on a 20,000-square-foot shop floor. But when I brought in the forensic scope and started looking at the substrate density, the truth was far uglier. Beneath a thin, brittle layer of ‘lick-and-stick’ sealer, the structural […]

The Anatomy of a Failed Scab: A Forensic Look at Patching I was standing under a massive parking deck in the freezing rain when I saw it: a 50-foot section of concrete beam that looked like it was shedding its skin. The homeowner—or in this case, the property manager—had paid a ‘handyman’ to patch the […]