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Pozzolans can be blended with lime (or Portland cement) to produce blended cements that can replace pure Portland cement commonly used in building materials such as concrete, masonry block, masonry mortar, bricks, and other construction units. Utilization of natural pozzolans ...
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Tips for Selection of Materials for High Strength Concrete [PDF]
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The materials used to produce high strength concrete (HSC) should be of high quality to achieve designated concrete compressive strength. High-quality materials meet the performance criteria for workability, strength, durability, and other properties. This article presents some tips to help ...
Green Cement: Definition, Types, Advantages, and Applications
Green cement is an environmentally friendly product that minimizes carbon footprint of cement production. Many attempts have been made to produce green cements and several green cement types have been produced. The majority of these are based on technological advances ...
Roller Compacted Concrete: Properties, Advantages, and Applications
Roller-compacted concrete (RCC) is a concrete of zero-slump consistency in its unhardened state used in pavement and dams. It is transported, placed, and compacted using earth and rockfill construction equipment.
Architectural Concrete Construction and Finishes
Architectural concrete construction needs special care in the selection of materials, forming, placing, and finishing in order to achieve the designated architectural appearance. Architectural concrete stays permanently exposed to view on surfaces of completed structures making important for the contractor ...
Why is Timber Construction Popular in 21st Century?
Timber is a favorite construction material from the historic time and now, one of the favorite construction material of the future. Timber construction material when compared with other construction material gain: High Insulation property The carbon-dioxide emission is less Highly ...
Formwork (Shuttering) for Different Structural Members -Beams, Slabs, Columns, Footings
Concrete formworks (shutterings are required for fresh concrete constructions such as slabs, beams, columns, footings etc. Formworks requirements for different structural members are different and they are named based on type of structural member.
How to Manage Building Materials at Construction Site?
Construction Materials management can be defined as “the function responsible for the coordination of planning, sourcing, purchasing, moving, storing and controlling materials in an optimum manner so as a pre-decided service can be provided at a minimum cost”. By another ...