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March 30, 2023

EP #043 - Concrete Antibiotic

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Concrete Logic Podcast

On a concrete restoration project, how do you make sure the repairs made address the underlying issue that caused the damaged concrete in the first place?

Typically, you would chip out the spalling concrete, clean it and patch it back. But how do you make sure the root cause of the deteriorating concrete is eliminated?

Hydrogel, a concrete restoration technology, is one solution that seeks to isolate the impurities that reduce concrete's greatest attribute - longevity. Jon Belkowitz with Edyston joins the show to explain what is hydrogel, the chemistry behind the technology, and how we can apply it to our deteriorating infrastructure today.

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Episode References

Guest: Jon Belkowitz | Edyston | ⁠jon@intelligent-concrete.com

Guest Website: ⁠⁠https://www.edystonconcrete.com/

 

Music: Mike Dunton | ⁠⁠https://www.mikeduntonmusic.com⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠mikeduntonmusic@gmail.com⁠⁠ | Instagram ⁠⁠@Mike_Dunton⁠⁠

 

Host: Seth Tandett, ⁠⁠seth@concretelogicpodcast.com⁠⁠

Host website: ⁠⁠concretelogicpodcast.com

 

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Dr. Jon Belkowitz

Jon Belkowitz is the CEO of EDYSTON, LLC and CTO at Intelligent Concrete, LLC. Before Intelligent Concrete, LLC, he served in the United States Air Force from 1996 to 2006 specializing in Civil Engineering. His tour of duty introduced Dr. Belkowitz to a wide variety of concrete types and uses which were dependent upon the engineering practices of different host nation forces, developing nations, and disaster repair initiatives. Jon has worked in private laboratories on structural engineering and materials development projects to include the application of nanotechnology in concrete. Dr. Belkowitz has worked as a consultant on projects in the United States, India, Turkey, Africa, Italy, New Zealand, Australia, and Germany. Jon has worked as Chief of Materials for a 3D concrete printing firm, an advisor for NASA on 3D printing of concrete holds patent applications on 3D printing with concrete, and is an ACI member on the subject. Jon received his Masters of Mat Science from the University of Denver and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with a specialty in Nanotechnology in Concrete at Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey. Jon is a licensed Professional Engineer in Colorado and Maryland.