Report authors say the major growth drivers include increased construction activities in the commercial and industrial divisions, climatic variations in the United States and diverse concreting requirements in sewage and chemical industries.
"Concrete admixtures offer better strength properties than fresh and hardened concrete," says Frost & Sullivan industry analyst Raghu Tantry. "It produces flowable and workable concrete, which prevents specific problems associated with placement of concrete."
The report indicates that new chemistries in admixtures are instrumental in increasing the confidence of the concrete industry in developing self-consolidating concrete (SCC) and ready-mix, pre-cast, high performance and pre-stressed concrete mixes. The report also indicates that these properties of admixtures help economize on construction materials and costs, thereby encouraging use of concrete admixture in numerous construction projects.