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Article: A concrete start...do the job right in the first place
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- Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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- August 8, 2009
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Problems with garage floors probably go back to the days when the
concrete was poured.
"The biggest problem is the contractors," says Lawrence
Cartwright, professor of civil and environmental engineering at
Carnegie Mellon University in Oakland.
Mike Greer from Greer Concrete and Construction in North
Huntingdon is quick to agree, saying many problems can be avoided by
"doing the job right in the first place."
If that were done, a little care and awareness would keep the
garage floor in shape for much longer than residents stay in their
homes, they and others in those projects say.
"I guess I'm from the old school," says Ron Freeborough,
president of Mariani & Richards, a concrete ...