About the author  ⁄ Kevin A. MacDonald, FACI

Kevin A. MacDonald, FACI, is President and Principal Engineer for Beton Consulting Engineers LLC, Mendota Heights, MN. He was named a Fellow of ACI in 2004. Kevin can be reached at kmacdonald@betonconsulting.com.

The definition of high strength concrete continues to change. This change occurs as the art of achieving a particular strength is reduced to practice, and the structural requirements push at the edge with needs for higher strength. One such example is the CN Tower in Toronto, with its required strength in 1976 of 5000 psi. At that time, this was difficult to achieve. Today 5000 psi concrete is routinely used and produced without special precautions.

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