--- title: Cold Weather Concrete Monitoring | SmartRock® by Giatec description: Real-time concrete temperature and strength data for winter pours. Know the exact hour to strip forms and shut down heaters. Get a quote. --- [Get a Quote](https://info.giatecscientific.com/cold-weather-concrete-monitoring#quote) SmartRock® # Know the exact hour your concrete is ready. *Even at -20.* SmartRock® wireless sensors give you real-time temperature and strength data from inside the pour, so you strip forms, shut down heaters, and open to traffic on data, not guesswork. ## Stop Guessing on Winter Pours Loading the quote form By submitting this form and signing up for texts, you consent to receive text messages from Giatec at the number you provided. Consent is not a condition of purchase. Your information will not be sold or provided to third parties. Msg & data rates may apply. Msg frequency varies. Unsubscribe at any time by replying STOP. View our Privacy Policy. Request a Quote A concrete expert replies within one business day. ## What winter costs you ![Heating lines laid across a snowy concrete jobsite](https://www.giatecscientific.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Thermal-control-3-768x511.jpg) 01 ### Heaters running blind Ground heaters burn fuel around the clock. Without strength data you keep heating concrete that cured days ago. This winter's fuel prices make every extra heater-day expensive. ![Field-cured concrete cylinders waiting on site for break tests](https://www.giatecscientific.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Field-Curing-of-Concrete-Cylinders-on-Site.jpg) 02 ### Crews waiting on break tests Your schedule should not depend on a lab's calendar. Waiting on cylinder breaks stalls stripping, pulling protection, backshoring, and the next floor. ![Crew placing concrete over rebar in winter conditions](https://www.giatecscientific.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Cold-weather-concreting-768x432.jpg) 03 ### Freeze risk you can't see Concrete that freezes before it gains enough strength loses durability for good, and the damage happens out of sight, inside blankets and enclosures. Rework on one failed pour costs more than monitoring an entire season. ![Technician filling concrete test cylinders on site](https://www.giatecscientific.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/making-concrete-cylinders-1-768x510.jpg) 04 ### Testing overhead Extra cylinders, courier runs, and site visits to confirm what the pour already knows. ## How SmartRock works 1. ![Hands fastening a SmartRock sensor to rebar](https://info.giatecscientific.com/hubfs/Step2-1.png) Step 01 ### Place. Fasten the wireless sensor to rebar before the pour. No wires, no data loggers, nothing to trip on. 2. ![Activating a SmartRock sensor and tagging it in the SmartRock app](https://info.giatecscientific.com/hubfs/Step1-1.png) Step 02 ### Pour. The sensor records temperature and calculates strength with the maturity method (ASTM C1074), from inside the concrete. 3. ![Phone showing a live concrete temperature reading in the SmartRock app](https://info.giatecscientific.com/hubfs/Step3-1.png) Step 03 ### Know. Readings reach your phone in real time. You see the exact hour the pour hits the strength your spec requires. **Built for cold weather concreting per ACI 306.** Set temperature limits and get alerts before a pour drifts out of range. - Concrete temperature, inside blankets - Air temperature - Your temperature limit Illustrative example Illustration: concrete temperature inside winter protection versus air temperature Air temperature drops well below freezing overnight. The concrete stays above freezing inside blankets. When it drifts toward the temperature limit you set, an alert is sent and heat is added. Once the concrete reaches the strength your spec requires, forms come off and heaters shut down. Pour24 h48 h72 h Freezing point, 32°F / 0°C Your temperature limit Overnight low Alert sent, heat added Spec strength reached: strip forms, heaters off Illustration: concrete temperature inside winter protection versus air temperature Air temperature drops well below freezing overnight. The concrete stays above freezing inside blankets. When it drifts toward the temperature limit you set, an alert is sent and heat is added. Once the concrete reaches the strength your spec requires, forms come off and heaters shut down. Pour24 h48 h72 h Freezing point, 32°F / 0°C Your temperature limit Overnight low Alert sent, heat added Spec strength reached: strip forms, heaters off ![](https://www.giatecscientific.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/winter-concrete-construction-site-1024x683.jpg) ## What changes on your jobsite - Shut heaters down the hour the concrete is ready, not the day the lab confirms it. - Strip forms and cycle floors on real-time strength, not the calendar. - Catch freeze risk while you can still fix it. - Cut the cylinder breaks that only confirm what the sensor already told you. ## Proven on winter pours ![Bottorff crew working on blanket-wrapped columns on a snowy Kansas City jobsite](https://www.giatecscientific.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/USE-IMG_4359.jpg) “ > Using SmartRock® Plus took a month off the schedule, saving tens of thousands of dollars. **William Pettit**Project Manager, Bottorff Construction*Winter pours in Kansas City, with temperatures in the low 20s °F* Photo: Bottorff Construction Inc. 65% Fewer break tests 2 days Saved per pour Dexter Construction, winter wharf build in Nova Scotia Trusted on thousands of projects across North America. - ![AECOM](https://www.giatecscientific.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/logo_aecom-1-11.png) - ![Skanska](https://www.giatecscientific.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/logo_skanska-11.png) - ![JE Dunn](https://www.giatecscientific.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/logo_jedunn-11.jpg) - ![PCL Construction](https://www.giatecscientific.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/logo_pcl-11.png) - ![McCarthy](https://www.giatecscientific.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/logo_mccarthy-11.png) - ![DPR Construction](https://www.giatecscientific.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/logo_dpr-11.png) - ![Lendlease](https://www.giatecscientific.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/logo_lendlease-11.jpg) - ![Hensel Phelps](https://www.giatecscientific.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Hensel-Phelps-Logo-Vertical-Black-11-300x151.png) © 2026 Giatec Scientific Inc. 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