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The CPCS — Comprehensive Concrete Placement & Curing System — brings together products designed to help contractors respond to the realities of modern concrete: lower water content, blended cements, supplementary cementitious materials, tighter schedules, and tougher field conditions.
Whether used as a coordinated system or selected product by product, CPCS helps support better placement, finishing, and curing decisions across demanding flatwork applications.
Why CPCS matters on the job
Concrete is changing. Mix designs built around performance and sustainability can also become more sensitive during placement and finishing. CPCS was developed to help crews manage those changes with practical product support from placement through curing.
A coordinated approach for today’s concrete placement and curing
Today’s concrete mixes can place new demands on contractors during placement, finishing, and curing. CPCS brings together W. R. MEADOWS products that help manage surface conditions, improve finishability, and support proper curing across a wide range of flatwork applications.
What’s changing in concrete
- Low-carbon and blended cement mixes are becoming more common.
- Supplementary cementitious materials can affect placement and finishing behavior.
- Lower water content can improve durability while also changing workability on the slab.
- Teams still need predictable placement, surface management, and curing outcomes under real field conditions.
What CPCS brings together
- Products that help manage rapid moisture loss before curing.
- Finishing support that improves surface lubricity without raising the water-cement ratio.
- Curing-product options for a wide range of project requirements.
- A system approach that can be used together or adapted to the needs of the job.
Built for the conditions that impact your finish
Instead of treating placement, finishing, and curing separately, CPCS brings these stages together to help crews maintain better control and consistency from start to finish.
Surface Control
Helps reduce the impact of rapid evaporation and supports more consistent slab surface conditions before curing begins.
Finishability
Supports workability and finish quality during placement, especially when weather or mix characteristics create added difficulty.
Curing Continuity
Extends support beyond placement by connecting to a full range of W. R. MEADOWS curing products.
Products that support the pour from start to finish
CPCS connects evaporation reduction, finishing support, and curing into one practical system for today’s concrete work.
EVAPRE
EVAPRE is designed to form a thin monomolecular film that reduces rapid surface moisture loss before curing. It helps crews manage slab conditions during placement and finishing and supports higher-quality flatwork in demanding weather.
- Helps reduce plastic shrinkage and cracking associated with evaporation.
- Supports lower-slump and lower water-to-cement-ratio concrete.
- Helps reduce wind crusting, stickiness, and sponginess.
- Available in ready-to-use and diluted grades.
FINISH-ASSIST PRO
FINISH-ASSIST PRO is a ready-to-use, colloidal silica-based finishing and troweling aid that improves workability and finishability during placement. It is designed for crews looking for better surface lubricity.
- Ready to use on the jobsite.
- Enhances concrete surface lubricity.
- Extends workability in adverse weather conditions.
- Will not increase the water-to-cement ratio.
Curing Products from W. R. MEADOWS
CPCS is not just about what happens before finishing is complete. It also connects directly to a broad curing portfolio that includes products such as CRISTALLUM, PENCURE, and TILT-CRETE W/B, along with other long-trusted curing solutions.
- Supports a wide range of project needs.
- Extends support beyond placement and finishing.
- Helps contractors select the right curing products for the job.
- Helps contractors select the right products for the job.
Get product guidance, literature, or samples for your next pour
CPCS brings together products that support placement, finishing, and curing for today’s concrete mixes. Contact W. R. MEADOWS for help selecting the right products, requesting literature, or getting samples for your project.