ABSTRACT

This new edition provides comprehensive, readily understandable assistance to concrete producers in the design and control of their product. It shows how to apply the principles with or without elaborate systems and achieve competitive mix designs and close quality control without either excessive expenditure or extensive theoretical study.

chapter 1|6 pages

Advice to specifiers

chapter 2|26 pages

Cementitious materials

chapter 3|32 pages

Aggregates for concrete

chapter 4|22 pages

Chemical admixtures

chapter 5|22 pages

Properties of concrete

chapter 6|22 pages

Specification

chapter 7|60 pages

Testing

chapter 8|24 pages

Mix design

chapter 9|16 pages

Statistical analysis

chapter 10|16 pages

Quality control

chapter 11|20 pages

Unchanging concepts

chapter 12|8 pages

Troubleshooting

chapter 13|30 pages

Concrete future