We often need to carry out concrete slump test in construction sites. After mixing the concrete and before pouring, we need to run the slump test. Normally, we run one test for every twenty cubic meters of concrete.Due to its simplicity, it is the most popular test in the concrete construction world. In this post, […]
Properties of Hardened Concrete
Fully cured, hardened concrete must be strong enough to withstand the structural and service loads which will be applied to it and must be durable enough to withstand the environmental exposure for which it is designed. If concrete is made with high-quality materials and is properly proportioned, mixed, handled, placed and finished, it will be […]
Plain Cement Concrete – How to Produce and Construct
Plain cement concrete is used to provide a rigid impervious bed to RCC in the foundation where the earth is soft and yielding. It can be used over brick flat soling or without brick flat soling. The short name of plain cement concrete is PCC. It is also defined as Cement Concrete (CC) or Blinding […]
Concrete Cover for Reinforcement Bar
Updated March 17th, 2019 What is Concrete Cover for Reinforcement Bar? The distance between the surface of embedded reinforcement and the outer face of concrete of a RCC member is the concrete cover. We often define it as “concrete clear cover” or “minimum concrete cover” in our daily construction activities. See the image below. Why […]
5 Reasons to Choose Readymix Concrete over On-site Machine-Mix Concrete
Updated August 27th, 2017 Readymix concrete, RMC as it is commonly called, refers to concrete that is specially manufactured in a plant for deliver to construction site in a hardened state. Another form of concrete we use to cast our concrete members, that is on-site machine-mix concrete. There are many reasons to prefer Readymix concrete […]
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