Transporting and Placing Concrete

This article is excerpted form the specification for concrete work from a high rise building. It is also applicable for similar construction job sites. Concrete shall be transported and placed by approved methods that ensure segregation or loss of material will not occur.

Concrete Curing Compound

Scope of work Application of curing compound onto fresh concrete surface

Cement in Concrete

Basically concrete mixture is composed of cement, aggregates, admixtures and water. This article will discuss on cement in concrete. Portland cement is the most common type of cement in general use. It is basic ingredient of concrete, mortar and plaster. English engineer Joseph Aspdin patented Portland cement in 1824.