Concrete Terms and Industry Terminology

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A+B Contract – Concrete placement; Cost-plus-time bidding process where each contractor
includes a time cost bid along with their construction bid and the contractor selected has the
lowest combined bid total.

AASHO - American Association of State Highway Officials, for the Concrete Industry

AASHTO - American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Concrete

Industry

Abrasion - The process of wearing down or rubbing away by means of friction on concrete
surfaces.

Absolute Volume (of ingredients of concrete or mortar) - The displacement volume of an

ingredient of concrete or mortar; in the case of solids, the volume of the particles themselves,
including their permeable or impermeable voids but excluding space between particles; in the
case of fluids, the volume which they occupy in concrete.

Absorption - The amount of water absorbed in concrete under specific conditions, usually
expressed as a percentage of the dry weight of the material; the process by which the water is
absorbed in concrete.

Accelerators: An admixture which, when added to concrete, mortar, or grout, increases the rate
of hydration of hydraulic cement, shortens the time of set in concrete, or increases the rate of
hardening or strength development.

ACI - American Concrete Institute, For the Concrete Industry

ACPA - American Concrete Pavement Association

ACR - Alkali-Carbonate Reaction usually in Concrete applications

Adhesion - A property of soil which causes the particles to stick together. Necessary for concrete
overlays

Adhesion Loss - The loss of bond between a joint sealant material and the concrete joint face
noted by physical separation of the sealant from either or both joint faces.

Adhesives - The group of materials used to join or bond similar or dissimilar materials; for
example, in concrete work, the epoxy resins.
Admixture: A material other than water, aggregates, or cement that is used as an ingredient of
concrete or mortar to control setting and early hardening, workability, or to provide additional
cementing properties.

Aggregate - Stone or gravel that was crushed and screened to various sizes for use in concrete,
asphalt or road surfaces used in concrete repairs and new concrete placements.

Agitator - A device for maintaining plasticity and preventing segregation of mixed concrete by
agitation

Air Content - The amount of air in mortar or concrete, exclusive of pore space in the aggregate
particles, usually expressed as a percentage of total volume of mortar or concrete.

Air Void - A space in cement paste, mortar, or concrete filled with air; an entrapped air void is
characteristically 1 mm or more in size and irregular in shape; an entrained air void is typically
between 10 m and 1 mm in diameter and spherical (or nearly so).

Air-Entraining - The capabilities of a material or process to develop a system of minute bubbles

of air in cement paste, mortar, or concrete during mixing.

Air-Entraining Agent - An addition for hydraulic cement or an admixture for concrete or mortar
which causes air, usually in small quantity, to be incorporated in the form of minute bubbles in
the concrete or mortar during mixing, usually to increase its workability and frost resistance.

Air-Entraining Cement – A cement that has an air-entraining agenda added during the grinding
phase of manufacturing to assist concrete durability in cold environments

Air-Entrainment - The inclusion of air in the form of minute bubbles during the mixing of
concrete or mortar.

Alkali-Aggregate Reaction - Chemical reaction in mortar or concrete between alkalis (sodium

and potassium) released from portland cement or from other sources, and certain compounds
present in the aggregates; under certain conditions, harmful expansion of the concrete or mortar
may be produced

Alkali-Carbonate Reaction - The reaction between the alkalies (sodium and potassium) in
portland cement binder and certain carbonate rocks, particularly calcite dolomite and dolomitic
limestones, present in some aggregates; the products of the reaction may cause abnormal
expansion and cracking of concrete in service.

Alkali-Silica Reaction [ ASR ]- The reaction between the alkalies (sodium and potassium) in
portland cement binder and certain siliceous rocks or minerals, such as opaline chert, strained
quartz, and acisic volcanic glass, present in some aggregates; the products of the reaction may
cause abnormal expansion and cracking of concrete in service

Amplitude - The total vertical distance the vibrating drum or plate is displaced from a resting or
neutral position from the eccentric moment in the concrete industry.

Area of Steel - The cross-sectional area of the reinforcing bars in or for a given concrete cross
section.

Articulate - To fit together into a coherent whole; unify for concrete placement.
ASTM - American Society for Testing Materials. Ex; Concrete core sample testing

Backfill - Materials used in refilling a cut or other excavation, or the act of such refilling after the
concrete foundation pour.

Bag (of cement) - A quantity of cement; 42.6 kg in the United States, 39.7 kg in Canada;
portland or air-entraining portland cement, or as indicated on the bag for other kinds of cement to
make concrete.

Ballast - Heavy material, such as water, sand or metal which has no function in a machine except
to increase its weight. Most often used in concrete mixers

Bank - A mass of soil rising above an average level. Generally, any soil which is to be dug from
its natural position. Sometimes over the concrete surface plate

Bank Gravel - A natural mixture of cobbles, gravel, sand and fines for concrete.

Bar - A member used to reinforce concrete, usually made of steel.

Base - The course or layer of materials in a roadway section on which the actual pavement is
placed. It may be of different types of materials ranging from selected soils to crushed stone or
gravel.

Batch - Quantity of concrete or mortar mixed at one time.

Batch Weights - The weights of the various materials (cement, water, the several sizes of
aggregate, and admixtures) that compose a batch of concrete.

Berm - An artificial ridge of earth, generally side-slopes of a roadbed made of concrete

Binder - Fines which fill voids or hold gravel together when dry. Hardened cement paste in
concrete

Bleed: To have water seep to the surface of the cement paste due to settling making a weak
concrete surface

Bleeding - The self-generated flow of mixing water within, or its emergence from, freshly placed
concrete or mortar.

Blistering - The irregular rising of a thin layer of placed mortar or concrete at the surface during
or soon after completion of the finished operation

Bond Breaker - A material used to prevent adhesion of newly placed concrete from other
material, such as a substrate.

Bonded Concrete Overlay - Thin layer of new concrete (2-4 inches) placed onto slightly
deteriorated existing concrete pavement with steps taken to prepare old surface to promote
adherence of new concrete.

Borrow Pit - An excavation from which fill material is taken. Usually for Concrete below grade
backfill
BPR - U.S. Bureau of Public Roads for the Concrete and Asphalt Industry

Broom - The surface texture obtained by stroking a broom over freshly placed concrete. A sandy
texture obtained by brushing the surface of freshly placed or slightly hardened concrete with a
stiff broom.

Bug Holes - Small regular or irregular cavities, usually not exceeding 15 mm in diameter,
resulting from entrapment of air bubbles in the surface of formed concrete during placement and
compaction.

Bull Float - A tool comprising a large, flat, rectangular piece of wood, aluminum, or magnesium
usually 20 cm wide and 100 to 150 cm long, and a handle 1 to 5 m in length used to smooth
unformed surfaces of freshly placed concrete.

Burlap - A coarse fabric of jute, hemp, or less commonly flax, for use as a water-retaining cover
for curing concrete surfaces; also called Hessian

Butt Joint - A plain square joint between two concrete slabs.

BUREC - U.S. Bureau of Reclamation with regards to Concrete and Asphalt

Calcination: Decomposition due to the loss of bound water and carbon dioxide. Happens in
Concrete aging

Calcium Chloride - A crystalline solid, CaC12; in various technical grades, used as a drying
agent for concrete, as an accelerator of concrete, a deicing chemical, and for other purposes.

Capillary - A phenomenon of soil which allows water to be absorbed either upward or laterally
sometimes affecting concrete performance.

Carbonation - Reaction between carbon dioxide and the products of portland cement hydration
to produce calcium carbonate. Yielding weak concrete

Cast-In-Place - Concrete placed and finished in its final location.

Cavitation - The sudden formation and collapse of low pressure bubbles in liquids by means of
mechanical force dramatically affecting the performance of concrete substrates

Cement: Finely powdered mixtures of inorganic compounds which when combined with water
hardens with hydration and makes concrete as we know it.

Cement-Aggregate Ratio - The ratio, by weight or volume, of cement to aggregate in concrete.

Cement Content - Quantity of cement contained in a unit volume of concrete or mortar,

ordinarily expressed as pounds, barrels, or bags per cubic yard.

Cement Paste - Constituent of concrete consisting of cement and water.

Cement: Finely powdered mixtures of inorganic compounds which when combined with water
hardens with hydration making cement.
Checking - Development of shallow cracks at closely spaced but irregular intervals on the
surface of mortar or concrete.

Chipping - Treatment of a hardened concrete surface by chiseling away a portion of material.

Clay: Type of soil consisting of very fine particles, sometimes as a maverick in concrete

Clean - Free of foreign material; in reference to sand or gravel, lack of a binder in concrete.

Clinker: The material that emerges from the cement kiln after burning. It is in the form of dark,
porous nodules which are ground with a small amount of gypsum to give cement its chemical
makeup.

Cold Joint - A discontinuity produced when the concrete surface hardens before the next batch is
placed against it.

Compacted Yards - Measurement of soil or rock after it is placed and compacted in a fill under
concrete.

Compression: Forces acting inwardly on a body, important in concrete construction

Compressibility - A property of soil which permits deformation when subjected to a load, ie.
concrete.

Compression Test - Test made on a specimen of mortar or concrete to determine the

compressive strength; in the United States, unless otherwise specified, compression tests of
mortars are made on 50-mm cubes, and compression tests of concrete are made on cylinders 152
mm in diameter and 305 mm high.

Compressive Strength - The measured resistance of a concrete or mortar specimen to axial

loading; expressed as pounds per square inch (psi) of cross-sectional area.

Concrete: A hard compact building material formed when a mixture of cement, sand, gravel, and
water undergoes hydration

Contraction Joint - A plane, usually vertical, separating concrete in a structure of pavement, at a

designated location such as to prevent formation of objectionable shrinkage cracks elsewhere in
the concrete. Reinforcing steel is discontinuous.

Corner Break - A portion of the concrete slab separated by a crack that intersects the adjacent
transverse or longitudinal joints at about a 45º angle with the direction of traffic. The length of
the sides is usually from 0.3 meters to one-half of the concrete slab width on each side of the
crack.

Core - A cylindrical piece of an underground formation, cut and raised by a rotary drill with a bit.
The impervious center of an earth fill dam. Relative to concrete, a test sample usually 4x4” or
6x6”

Cracking - The process of contraction or the reflection of stress in the concrete pavement.

Crazing - Minute surface pattern cracks in mortar or concrete due to unequal shrinkage or
contraction on drying or cooling.
Crown - The elevation of a road surface at its edges, concrete or asphalt to encourage drainage.

Crusting - A problem in the concrete surface that happens when the surface of freshly placed
concrete dries too quickly, many times due to direct sun, high wind, or high temperatures.

Cure: To keep concrete moist during initial hardening

Curing - The maintenance of a satisfactory moisture content and temperature in concrete during
its early stages so that desired properties may develop.

Curing Blanket - A built-up covering of sacks, matting, Hessian, straw, waterproof paper, or
other suitable material placed over freshly finished concrete. See also Burlap.

Curing Compound - A liquid that can be applied as a coating to the surface of newly placed
concrete to retard the loss of water or, in the case of pigmented compounds, also to reflect heat so
as to provide an opportunity for the concrete to develop its properties in a favorable temperature
and moisture environment. See also Curing

Datum - Any level surface taken as a plane of reference from which to measure elevations in
concrete structures.

Density - The ratio of weight of a substance to its volume. Used in concrete material
measurements

Deterioration - 1) Physical manifestation of Concrete failure (e.g., cracking delamination,

flaking, pitting, scaling, spalling, staining) caused by environmental or internal autogenous
influences on rock and hardened concrete as well as other materials; 2) decomposition of
material during either testing or exposure to service. See also Disintegration and Weathering.

Diamond Grinding - The process used to remove the upper surface of a concrete pavement to
remove bumps and restore pavement ride ability; also, equipment using many diamond-
impregnated saw blades on a shaft or arbor to shave the surface of concrete slabs.

Diaphragm - A part that divides or separates, sometimes in concrete wall construction.

Displacement - A dislocation caused by a slipping of rock masses along a concrete plane of

fracture.

Dormancy period: Time period that concrete retains it workability

Efflorescence - Deposit of calcium carbonate (or other salts), usually white in color, appearing
upon the concrete or paver surface or found within the near-surface pores of concrete substrates.
The salts deposit on concrete upon evaporation of water that carries the dissolved salts through
the concrete toward exposed surfaces.

Elasticity - A characteristic of concrete which allows deformation during a subjected load, but
returns almost to its original configuration after removal of the force.

Entrained Air - Round, uniformly distributed, microscopic, non-coalescing air bubbles entrained
by the use of air-entraining agents; usually less than 1 mm in size in concrete
Entrapped Air - Air in concrete that is not purposely entrained. Entrapped air is generally
considered to be large voids (larger than 1 mm).

Exposed Aggregate - Surface texture where cement paste is washed away from concrete slab
surface to expose durable chip-size aggregates for the riding surface

Fines - Clay or silt particles in soil often found in a concrete mix

Finish Grade - The final grade required by specifications for concrete placements.

Floating - Floating removes humps (high spots) in concrete fat work and fills in valleys (low
spots). It also compacts the concrete by embedding large aggregate just beneath the surface and
consolidating mortar at the surface in preparation for other finishing operations.

Forms: Holders in which concrete is placed to harden

Fly Ash - The finely divided residue resulting from the combustion of ground or powdered coal
and which is transported from the fire box through the boiler by flu gasses; Used as mineral
admixture in concrete mixtures.

Grade - Usually the surface elevation of the ground at points where it meets a structure. Also,
surface slope. Important in Concrete placement

Granular Material - A sandy type of soil with particles that are coarser than cohesive material
and do not stick to each other. Can help or hinder concrete mix designs

Gravel - A cohesion less aggregate of rock fragments with varying dimensions of 3.0 to .08
inches. Critical in the design mix of concrete

Green Concrete - Concrete that has set but not appreciably hardened.

Grout - A mixture of cementitious material and water, with or without aggregate, proportioned to
produce a pour able consistency without segregation of the constituents; also, a mixture of other
composition but of similar consistency. See also Neat Cement Grout and Sand Grout, but not
concrete

Gumbo - Material in the plastic state identified by a soapy or waxy appearance before setting
into concrete.

Gunnite - Gunnite is “mortar conveyed through a hose and pneumatically projected at High
velocity on to a surface” Why is it different from conventional concrete? Unlike conventional
concrete, which is first placed and then compacted (vibrated) in a second operation, gunnite
undergoes placement and compaction at the same time due to the force with which it is projected
from the nozzle. Because of this it is more dense, homogeneous, strong and waterproof than any
other process. Gunnite is not placed in forms, it can be impacted onto any type of shape Of
surface, including vertical or overhead.

Gypsum: Calcium sulfate dihydrate, CaSO4.2H2O added to cement before it’s concrete to
regulate setting.
Hairline Cracking - Barely visible cracks in random pattern in an exposed concrete surface
which do not extend to the full depth or thickness of the concrete, and which are due primarily to
drying shrinkage

Hardener - A chemical applied to concrete floors to reduce wearing and dusting

Heavy-Weight Concrete - Concrete in which heavy aggregate is used to increase the density of
the concrete; unit weights in the range of 165 to 330 pounds per cubic foot are attained.

Holiday - An area in a diamond ground usually concrete surface that is not ground because the
head on the diamond grinding equipment does not cut deep enough to touch a low spot in the
surface.

Honeycomb - Concrete that, due to lack of the proper amount of fines or vibration, contains
abundant interconnected large voids or cavities; concrete that contains honeycombs was
improperly consolidated

Hydration: The reaction of cement with water to form a chemical compound in concrete
development.

Hydrophobic .......repels water, ex. Concrete Sealers can make concrete substrates hydrophobic

Hydrolysis ...decomposition of a chemical compound by reaction with water; ex. Sun and
abrasion caused a hydrolysis on the concrete surface

Hydrous ... containing water, like a concrete mix design

Impeller - An object that drives forward; propels. Concrete Sealer Penetrants are impellers for
concrete

Impervious - Resistant to movement of water. Sealers can make Concrete impervious to fluids

In Situ - Natural undisturbed soil in place. Important in concrete construction

Joint - A plane of weakness to control contraction cracking in concrete pavements. A joint can be
initiated in plastic concrete or green concrete and shaped with later process.

Kiln: High temperature oven, used in Concrete Paver and Clay brick manufacturing

Laitance - A layer of weak material containing cement and fines from aggregates, brought to the
top of overwet concrete, the amount of which is generally increased by overworking and over-
manipulating concrete at the surface by improper finishing on the concrete surface

Lean Concrete - Concrete of low cement content.

Lift - A layer of fill as spread on compacted for concrete substrate work.

Liquid Sealant - Sealant materials that install in liquid form and cool or cure concrete to their
final properties; rely on long-term adhesion to the joint reservoir faces.

Limestone: Mineral rock of calcium carbonate present in concrete in many stages.

Liquid Limit - The water content at which concrete passes from a plastic to a liquid state.

Loam - A soft, easily worked soil containing sand, silt, clay and decayed vegetation. Bad
foundation for concrete base construction

Membrane – A topical or film like coating usually over a concrete surface to provide protection
and enhance color. Typically clear plastic like acrylic, polyurethane or epoxy.

Membrane Curing - A process that involves either liquid sealing compound (e.g., bituminous
and paraffinic emulsions, coal tar cut-backs, pigmented and non-pigmented resin suspensions, or
suspensions of wax and drying oil) or non-liquid protective coating (e.g., sheet plastics or
"waterproof" paper), both of which types function as films to restrict evaporation of mixing water
from the fresh concrete surface.

Mix - The act or process of mixing; also mixture of materials, such as mortar or concrete

Moisture Barrier - A vapor barrier used under concrete to deter moisture vapor transmission
migration.

Mortar: Cement paste mixed with sand, but not concrete, absence of large aggregate

NCHRP - National Cooperative Highway Research Program Concrete structures, etc, D.O.T.

Neat Cement Grout – Grout/Concrete consisting of portland cement and water. Grout is not
Concrete

No-Slump Concrete - Concrete with a slump of 6 mm or less. See also Zero-slump Concrete

NRMCA - National Ready Mixed Concrete Association for the Concrete Industry

Optimum Moisture Content - That percent of moisture at which the greatest density of a soil
can be obtained through compaction. Too much moisture in soil content can create major
problems for concrete slab placements, moisture prevention practices should be taken

Overlay - The addition of a new material layer onto an existing concrete surface. See also
Decorative Concrete, Concrete Stamping, Concrete Acid Staining, Colored Concrete

Pass - A working trip or passage of an excavating, grading or compaction machine from point A
to point B. (One direction only.) Prep for large concrete warehouse like flat work environments

Paste - Constituent of concrete consisting of cement and water, not quite concrete, absence of
aggregate

PCA - Portland Cement Association for the Concrete Industry

Permeability - A characteristic of concrete which allows water to flow through it because of

gravity.

Pitting - A localized disintegration taking the form of cavities at the surface of concrete.

Placement - The process of placing and consolidating concrete; a quantity of concrete placed and
finished during a continuous operation; also inappropriately referred to as Pouring.
Plain Concrete - Concrete without reinforcement.

Plastic - The ability of concrete to comfortably worked at a certain moisture content.

Plastic Cracking - Cracking that occurs in the surface of fresh concrete soon after it is placed
and while it is still plastic.

Plastic Shrinkage Cracking - Cracks, usually parallel and only a few inches deep and several
feet long, in the surface(s) of concrete pavement that are the result of rapid moisture loss through
evaporation.

Plasticity - That property of fresh concrete or mortar which determines its resistance to
deformation or its ease of molding.

Plastic Limit - The lowest moisture content at which concrete can be worked and stay within
placement guidelines.

Popout - Pit or crater in the surface of concrete resulting from cracking of the mortar due to
expansive forces associated with a particle of unsound aggregate or a contaminating material,
such as wood or glass.

Porosity: The amount of empty space in concrete.

Portland cement: A cement consisting predominantly of calcium silicates which reacts with
water to form a hard mass, then transforming into a concrete or cementious product.

Pozzolan cement: Volcanic rock powdered and used in making hydraulic cement / concrete.

Profile - Preparing a concrete surface to receive the texture or grit before sealer/coatings
applications.

PSI - 1) Pounds per square inch; a measure of the compressive, tensile or flexural strength of
concrete as determined by appropriate test. 2) In pavements, the Performance Serviceability
Index.

Proctor - A method developed by R.R. Proctor for determining the density/moisture relationship
in soils. Important in concrete base construction. It is almost universally used to determine the
maximum density of any soil so that specifications may be properly prepared for field
construction requirements.

Quicksand - Fine sand or silt that is prevented from settling firmly together by upward
movement of underground water. Devastating in concrete base construction.

Reactive-Aggregate - Aggregate containing certain silica or carbonate compounds that are

capable of reacting with alkalis in portland cement, in some cases producing damaging expansion
of concrete.

Reinforced Concrete - Concrete containing adequate reinforcement (prestressed or not

prestressed) and designed on the assumption that the two materials act together in resisting
forces.

Retardants: Admixtures that increase the setting time in concrete by slowing down hydration.
Sand - A cohesiveness aggregate of round and angular fragments of rock with a particle size
between 2.0 and .05 mm. Used in Mortar, Grout and Concrete

Saw Cut - A cut in hardened concrete utilizing diamond or silicone-carbide blades or discs for
cutting concrete.

Scaling - Flaking or peeling away of the near-surface portion of hydraulic cement, concrete or
mortar

Screed - 1) To strike off concrete lying above the desired plane or shape. 2) A tool for striking off
the concrete surface, sometimes referred to as a Strikeoff.

Sealant – A penetrating, topical or water curing method to assist concrete for a maximum set and
hardness

Set: Transformation of cement paste or concrete from a fluid-like consistency to a stiff mass.

Settlement Shrinkage - A reduction in volume of concrete prior to the final set of cementitious
mixtures; caused by settling of the solids and decreases in volume due to the chemical
combination of water with cement. See Plastic Shrinkage.

Shrinkage Crack - Crack from restraint of volume reduction due to shrinkage or temperature
contraction; usually occurring within the first few days after placement of concrete.

Silicone - A resin, characterized by water-repellent properties, in which the main polymer chain
consists of alternating silicon and oxygen atoms, with carbon-containing side groups; silicones
may be used in joint sealing compounds, caulking or coating compounds, or admixtures for
concrete.

Silt - Soil material composed of particles between .005 and .05 mm in diameter. Not a good
substrate for concrete placement

Slump - A measure of consistency of freshly mixed concrete, equal to the subsidence measured
to the nearest 1/4-inch (6-mm) of the molded specimen immediately after removal of the slump
cone.

Slump test: Test used to determine concrete workability.

Soil - The loose surface material of the earth's crust, the base for most concrete construction

Spalling, Compression - Cracking, breaking, chipping, or fraying of concrete slab edges within
0.6 meter of a transverse joint.

Spalling, Sliver - Chipping of concrete edge along a joint sealant; usually within 12 millimeters
of the joint edge.

Spalling, Surface - Cracking, breaking, chipping, or fraying of concrete slab surface; usually
within a confined area less than 0.5 square meters.

Stabilize - To make soil form and prevent it from moving. Necessary for solid foundation before
concrete placement
Static - Having no motion; being at rest. Concrete cracks can be static

Sub-base - The layer of material placed to furnish strength to the base of a concrete or asphalt
road.

Sub grade - The surface produced by grading native earth, or cheap imported materials which
serve as a base for more expensive paving. Necessary for concrete and asphalt finished road
materials

Tension: The stress resulting from elongation in concrete

Trowel - A flat, broad-bladed steel hand tool used in the final stages of concrete finishing
operations to impart a relatively smooth surface to concrete floors and other unformed concrete
surfaces; also, a flat triangular-bladed tool used for applying mortar to masonry and concrete
substrates.

Vibrated Concrete - Concrete compacted by vibration during and after placing

Viscosity - The amount of resistance to flow, thick or thin. Concrete Sealers have different
viscosity

Water-Cement Ratio - The ratio of the amount of water, exclusive only of that absorbed by the
aggregates, to the amount of portland cement in a concrete or mortar mixture; preferably stated
as a decimal by weight.

Water-Cementitious Ratio - The ratio of the amount of water, exclusive only of that absorbed
by the aggregates, to the amount of portland cement and other cementitious material (fly ash,
pozzolan, etc.) in a concrete or mortar mixture; preferably stated as a decimal by weight.

Whitetopping - Concrete overlay pavement placed on an existing asphalt pavement.

Workability: How easily fresh concrete can be placed and consolidated in forms.

Xylene – A solvent used in concrete sealers and to remove acrylics from concrete pavers

Yield - The volume of fresh concrete produced from a known quantity of ingredients; the total
weight of ingredients divided by the unit weight of the freshly mixed concrete.

Zero-Slump Concrete - Concrete of stiff or extremely dry consistency showing no measurable

slump after removal of the slump cone. See also Slump and No-Slump Concrete.

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