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Designed for use in a variety of applications, our customers know that Holcim portland cements are manufactured to meet virtually any construction challenge. Produced under the most exacting conditions at our 15 plants nationwide, when you choose Holcim products, you get a product with optimum durability that meets or exceeds all requirements as outlined in ASTM C 150 Standard Specifications for portland cement. You can also receive the product in the way most convenient for you, whether it is shipped in bulk or packaged in our new 92.6 pound bags.
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Portland Type I Cement
- One of the most widely used basic building materials in the United States, because it is durable, dependable, cost-effective, and suitable for a variety of concrete construction applications
- Used to construct pavements, sidewalks, reinforced concrete buildings, bridges, railway structures, tanks, reservoirs, culverts, water pipe, and masonry units
- Provides optimum strength characteristics for conventional ready mix requirements, as well as architectural construction where high strength is needed
- Available as a low alkali portland cement
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Portland Type II Cement
- Ideal for projects that require moderate sulfate resistance and lower heat of hydration
- Suitable for use in massive structures, such as heavy piers, abutments, and retaining walls
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Portland Type I/II Cement
- Exceptionally versatile basic building material, suitable for a variety of connect construction applications – from massive structures to sidewalks, reinforced concrete buildings, bridges, railway structures, tanks, reservoirs, culverts, water pipe, and masonry units
- Combines the basic performance characteristics of Type I portland cement with the moderate sulfate resistance and lower heat of hydration characteristic of Type II portland cement
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Portland Type III Cement
- Provides exceptional high early strength within 24 hours for the ultimate in efficiency and dependability
- Ideally suited for a variety of concrete construction applications -- particularly those jobs where a structure must be put into service quickly, or when forms need to be removed as soon as possible, such as pre-cast of pre-stress jobs
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Portland Type V Cement
- Best choice to dependably stand up to severe sulfate attack
- Exhibits extraordinary resistance to sulfate waters, brine waters, sulfate soils, and many sulfate conditions
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Portland Type IA Cement
- Delivers the performance needed to handle even the toughest freeze-thaw and ice and snow removal cycles, especially for facilities without air-entrainment
- Resists freezing and thawing, as well as scaling caused by de-icing chemicals, because it contains small quantities of air-entraining agent, which creates minute, well-distributed, and uniform air bubble systems
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Portland White Type I Cement
- Provides strength, workability, and consistent color for architectural treatments that call for aesthetic white finishes
- Enhances the effect of terrazzo and monolithic white concrete
- Suitable for a variety of construction applications, including pre-cast curtain walls, facing panels, flooring surfaces, stucco, cement paint, tile grout, decorative concrete, and white or colored concrete or mortar
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