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Originally Posted by fresnelly
And speaking of Quebec concrete, Roch "The Hockey Sweater" Carrier, wrote a novella called "The End", which is essentially the suicide note of a retired Quebecois concrete engineer. Part of his despondency, is the realization that his life's work is flawed and falling apart around him. Good stuff.
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Interesting.
From what I understand, there is a huge problem in Quebec with concrete of a certain vintage suffering from ASR. It's caused by a reaction between the aggregate (gravel) used in the concrete reacting with moisture. It's not always an immediate problem, but definitely has long term implications.
Anyway, the funny thing is that for years, "they" knew that they had a problem with certain types of rock that came out of Quebec quarries not being suitable, but, because of Quebec politics, they kept using this aggregate in Quebec and other provinces even.