Condensation in garage after new concrete pour

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My internal garage brick walls get saturated with condensation, hoping you guys can shed some light as to why and how to stop it.

The walls a double skin with cavity.

Roof is ply with felt top.

Where the roof extends out past the walls all the way around, there is an gap underneath the roof so I assume their is good airflow.

The concrete was poured about two months ago to standard regs, it sits on top of a membrane and finishes an inch above ground level.

There doesn't seem to be any weather pattern to when the condensation forms, it can be the exact same conditions, 1 day condensation, 1 day bone dry, whether its rain, cold or very damp outside.

The concrete feels dry to the touch, I left a tarp on it over night and the underside of the tarp was wet with what I assume is condensation, but the concrete was dry.

Any ideas on whats causing it?
 
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It's all about humidity, air temperatures and dew points.

And that slab is unlikely to be dry yet, even after two months at this time of year.
 

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