ABSTRACT

The new edition of this successful manual has been carefully revised throughout to take account of recent changes and to incorporate amendments required due to the publication of the revised BS 5328. This manual provides information on all aspects of the ready-mixed concrete industry, from the basic materials and their properties to the production,

Part 1: Technology of Ready-Mixed Concrete 0. Introduction: History of ready-mixed concrete 1. Materials for concrete 2. Properties of fresh concrete 3. Properties of hardened concrete 4. Mix design 5. Statistics for quality control, mix design and compliance 6. Quality control 7. Sampling and testing ready-mixed concrete Part 2: Practice 8. Production, delivery and quality assurance 9. Specifications and supervision 10. Ready-mixed concrete on site 11. Organizations