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Definitions: D

Drop Testing

aka BRE Sceeed Testing – Measures the soundness of a screed floor to help determine whether certain factors make a screed unsatisfactory.

A dry shake topping is a thin cementitious layer which can be added to the top of a slab following the initial laying of the concrete.

All concrete shrinks as the water in the concrete evaporates to the atmosphere.

is the formation of powder on the upper surface of a concrete floor due to the disintegration of the top layer of material.

A dynamic load is caused by any load which can vary location and or magnitude over time.

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