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Restoration products and services provide solutions to address all types of repair work by ROBIN BRUNET Canada’s steadily aging infrastructure, combined with the increasing economic need of Infrastructure owners to keep their budgets under control, has resulted in the makers of sealants used In horizontal and vertical applications, concrete restorers, and a vast array of … Read More

Kryton’s products are embedded in some of the world’s most recognizable buildings, including New York’s Whitney Museum of American Art. Kari Yuers is an enthusiastic cheerleader for the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and Canada’s other international trade deals. Yuers’s company, Kryton International, already distributes its concrete hardening and waterproofing products in … Read More

(Las Vegas, USA) – Vancouver, B.C. based Kryton International Inc. launched an improved concrete waterproofing solution at The World of Concrete Convention in Las Vegas. Enhancements to Kryton’s effective surface-applied concrete waterproofing product, Krystol T1® are being rolled out to the market with two major improvements: one—it can now be applied in a single coat, … Read More

Designing for durable concrete presents a special challenge for specifiers. Concrete is usually specified based on a particular physical property such as compressive strength, but there is no single test to evaluate ‘durability.’ There is a significant difference between measuring the durability of concrete structures and measuring the structures’ strength. Compressive strength is a clearly … Read More

Kryton was in the national news recently, with CBC’s Network Reporter Chris O’Neill-Yates interviewing Kryton CEO Kari Yuers at Kryton’s headquarters in Vancouver, BC about how The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) influences Canadian businesses. On December 30, 2018, the CPTPP entered into force among the first 6 countries to ratify the agreement – … Read More

Proper waterproofing of construction joints plays a vital role in fortifying below-grade concrete structures. Construction joints are stopping places—caused by non-continuous concrete pour—and a plane of weakness. Hence, they represent the most vulnerable part of the structure from a waterproofing perspective. Without an effective joint waterproofing system known as a waterstop, it is not a … Read More

Highly specialized waterproofing systems are being used to protect our buildings Water may be the stuff of life, but for buildings and infrastructure it’s the harbinger of rot, decay, and erosion. Therefore, any-thing impeding its ingress is the focus of a great deal of ongoing technological innova-tion – which of course amounts to big business. … Read More

Do they actually help floors resist wear? Concrete is hard, but not always hard enough. Some concrete floors wear out before their time. To make them last longer, the marketplace offers a wide range of products, including dry-shake hardeners, sealers, and concrete admixtures. But, a critical question: Do they work? The theory 1. Concrete normally … Read More

Driving concrete piles in the construction of a deep foundation makes them prone to cracking, which leads to water penetration and corrosion of the reinforcing steel. This is an issue that pile driving contractors have dealt with largely by applying an oil-based coating to the concrete piles before driving. The coating is intended to serve … Read More

(Vancouver, BC) – Export Development Canada (EDC), Canada’s export credit agency elected Kari Yuers to its Board of Directors last week. She is the President and CEO of Kryton International Inc., a concrete admixture manufacturer based out of Vancouver, BC. She will be joining Lindsay Gordon, former President & CEO of HSBC Bank Canada, and … Read More