ABSTRACT
A natural sand with minimum particle size 300 µm having physical property values (FM (2.79), Cu (2.43), Cc (1.02) and dust content (0.3%)) of medium sand classification (Shetty, 2004) as observed in the preliminary sieve analysis reported in Olawuyi & Boshoff, (2013) was used as fine aggregate. 13mm crushed greywacke stone serve as coarse aggregate. OPC CEM I 52.5 N was the binder with silica fume (5% bwoc) added as cement extender while Premia 310 at 2.75% bwoc was added as super-plasticiser.
