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Concrete Sustainability Hub travels to New Brunswick to investigate durability of concrete in Mactaquac Dam

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Concrete Sustainability Hub travels to New Brunswick to investigate durability of concrete in Mactaquac Dam
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[fusion_text]This summer, members of the Concrete Sustainability Hub (CSHub) traveled to New Brunswick, Canada to get a firsthand look at concrete durability issues at the Mactaquac Dam. CSHub is collaborating with researchers from the University of New Brunswick and Oregon State University to pursue a multi-faceted research project into the multiple durability issues that affect concrete, include one that affects the dam. CSHub is studying an alkali-silica chemical reaction, using computational methods to get a complete understanding of the reaction, which is known to cause cracking and structural problems that are slowly expanding the dam. Read more here.[/fusion_text]