Title:
Products & Practice Spotlight: Innovation in Vertical Concrete Polishing
Author(s):
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
38
Issue:
8
Appears on pages(s):
62-64
Keywords:
machine, cast-in-place, wall, column
DOI:
Date:
8/1/2016
Abstract:
Faena House, an 18-story condominium complex in Miami Beach, FL, comprises 40,000 ft2 (3700 m2) of polished, cast-in-place structural concrete walls. Until now, large areas of vertical concrete walls were typically polished as plant-cast and site-cast precast concrete pieces before they were erected. For this project, however, an inventor designed and built automated machines capable of grinding and polishing of vertical surfaces.