Casting and curing of concrete cylinder and beam specimens from representative samples of fresh concrete is crucial in building constructions. This is because the results of the tests conducted on these specimens are employed for many significant purposes. For instance, ...
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Typical Construction Joints Details and Location for Beams and Columns
Construction joints in RCC beams and columns are required when concreting has to be stopped for the day or more than 30 minutes to maintain bond strength.
QUALITY CONTROL OF LIGHTWEIGHT CONCRETE
Quality control of lightweight concrete To get good normal weight concrete, an engineer writes a good specification and sees that concrete quality is assured by proper control procedures at the job. With lightweight concrete, the engineer specifies a C330* aggregate ...
Concrete Workability for Different Placing Conditions
Workability Requirements for Different Concrete Placement: Requirement of concrete workability varies with different types of construction. Workability of concrete is decided by design engineers based on concrete strength requirements, durability requirements and ease of construction at site. For a construction ...