The Allied Concrete Weather App

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Award:  Technology Award

Project:  The Allied Concrete Weather App

Entrant:  Allied Concrete

Owner:  Allied Concrete

 

What the judges said

The ability to better manage the risks associated with the decision on whether to proceed with a concrete pour is important in New Zealand, where the risks of unsightly plastic cracking are well known to be very high.

The new Allied Concrete Weather App is a clever and comprehensive smartphone tool that can provide a local 7-day forecast, outline the potential risk associated with thermal cracking, and allows you to ask specific questions about whatever weather event you have in mind.

Designed in New Zealand and customised to the specific risks we face, this application will assist concrete placers and contractors to assess the potential influences of the weather on the concrete being placed, providing a technical reason why we should or shouldn't pour.

Whilst developed by Allied Concrete for its customers, the tool is readily accessible by anyone in the industry - the potential to avoid making bad calls is ultimately good for everyone.

Simply put, this clever and innovative tool has provided the industry with a smart way to assess and manage the risk of thermal cracking.