The American Concrete Institute (ACI) has announced the availability of a new publication for concrete industry professionals—ACI 308R-16 Guide to External Curing of Concrete.
This guide reviews and describes practices, procedures, materials and monitoring methods for the external curing of concrete and provides guidance for specifying curing procedures. Current curing techniques are presented and commonly accepted methods, procedures and materials are described. Methods are given for curing structures and buildings, pavements and other slabs-on-ground and for mass concrete. Curing methods for several specific categories of cement-based products are discussed in this document.