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Ready-Mix Specified for Diverse Applications

Written by Admin | Aug 10, 2023

Ready-mix is a long-lasting, sustainable paving material well-suited for diverse and challenging applications. County Materials is committed to supplying reliable ready-mix solutions that build stronger and safer communities. 

Colored Concrete

Colored and decorative concrete enhances any paving project with beautiful design options. County Materials offers a wide range of coloring and texturing products to tailor a project to specifications. Decorative concrete is popular for commercial and residential applications, including patios, pathways, driveways, floors, garages, and more.

Industrial Concrete

Ready-mix concrete is often specified for warehouses, manufacturing facilities, and loading docks for its unmatched resilience, strength, and durability. Every project is unique, and County Materials uses a variety of admixtures to customize ready-mix to meet specifications. Our experienced sales representatives can help you determine the best concrete mix for your project.

Lightweight Concrete

Made with porous aggregates, lightweight ready-mix concrete has a lower overall density and offers many advantages to a project. Its thermal properties contribute to cost savings, higher fire ratings and R-values, and ease of installation.

Lightweight ready-mix is often specified for engineering applications, such as bridge decks, piers, beams, parking structures, slabs, and more.

Pervious Concrete

Pervious concrete has a high porosity that makes it well-suited for concrete flat work. County Materials’ Pervious Ready-Mix meets federal regulations for storm water management and is recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency as a Best Management Practice. It is recognized as a key product in sustainable construction and is often preferred for parking lots, driveways, walkways, streets, and road shoulders.

Self-Consolidating Concrete

Self-Consolidating concrete (SCC) is a high-flow, high-strength solution that fills constricted spaces without segregating or requiring vibration. County Materials’ SCC is a high-performance mixture that provides stability as well as high fluidity, achieving improved water reduction, slower slump loss, and a smoother finish. Fluidity levels are customized according to specifications, but popular applications include drilled shafts, columns, retaining walls, dams, barriers, and retrofitting.

SCC is also often referred to as self-compacting, self-leveling, or self-placing concrete.

Tilt Wall Concrete

Tilt Wall concrete is named after the tilt wall method in which concrete panels are placed horizontally on grounded slabs and subsequently tilted upwards by a crane. The crane then sets the walls upright on prepared foundations. This method is favored for its speed and safety of installation as well as its cost savings and sustainability. County Materials’ Tilt Wall Ready-Mix is made with a formula specifically designed for this practice and offers unmatched flexural strength and resilience.

Tilt wall ready-mix is preferred for industrial and municipal buildings, warehouses, and parking structures.

County Materials supplies ready-mix concrete solutions throughout Central Florida. For more information, call our Customer Service Team at (352) 343-8488.