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Podcast: Concrete Logic
Episode: EP #145: The 75-Year Concrete Design Life We’ve Stopped Talking About
Description: We design concrete for 75 years. So why are we okay watching it fail in 12 to 24 months? That’s the uncomfortable question Seth Tandett puts on the table with Dr. Jon Belkowitz in this episode. Codes, specifications, and budgets are still written around a 50–75 year design life. But in the field, concrete surfaces are scaling, wearing, and failing in as little as a year or two. Instead of revisiting that original promise, the industry seems stuck reacting to failures instead of asking why they’re happening. This conversation challenges some long‑held assumptions about specific...