Licensing Agreement Brings New CSP Samples to Concrete Repair Industry

The International Concrete Repair Institute, the only association in the concrete industry devoted solely to repair and restoration, announces a new licensing agreement with Technical Applications for Concrete Materials. This agreement gives rights to the usage of the industry standard trademarked ICRI Concrete Surface Profiles, CSP. Referencing ICRI Guideline 310.2R-2013, TACM has developed a process to manufacture concrete samples that are comparative to ICRI’s “rubber chips.”

 

The ICRI CSP chips were introduced to the repair industry in 1997. They have gained worldwide adoption for being the method of concrete surface profile identification and remain the industry standard when referring to concrete surface profiles. Guideline 310.2R-2013 defines the CSP numbers ranging from CSP 1 (nearly flat) through CSP 10 (very rough; amplitude greater than 1/4 inch).

 

The TACM concrete samples are mechanically (or chemically) processed by an actual method used to obtain the ICRI CSP profiles on a construction jobsite. While these profiles can be achieved utilizing various methods, the TACM samples will be produced specifically using the following methods: CSP1 Acid Etched, CSP2 Ground, CSP3 Light Shotblast, CSP4 Light Scarification, CSP^® Medium Shotblast, CSP6 Medium Scarification, CSP7 Heavy Shotblast, CSP8 Surface Retarder, CSP9 Heavy Scarification, CSP10 Breaker/Abrasive Blast.

 

The TACM CSP samples will be available in sets of 10 different profiles, and boxes of one profile containing a quantity of twelve in each box. As no two concrete surfaces are created the same, the new TACM concrete samples will depict a range of prepared surface profiles that could be produced on a jobsite as a complement to ICRI’s CSP rubber chips.

 

Release of this new product is anticipated for Summer 2021. ICRI Guideline 310.2R-2013 and rubber chips are available at www.icri.org.