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Name : K Kiran Experience : 15 years in Nuclear power Plant Construction Designation : Manager -QA Specialization: Concrete technology pls add

what is the Minimum diameter reinforcement bar allowed for welding ?

Kindly share experience or guidelines for long distance concreting (transportation and placement )

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What is the difference between anchorage length and development length?

Can anyone share their experience on transparent concrete ? Please share the contact details of optical fiber vendor.

Concrete is a composite made of different materials such as cement, aggregates, admixtures and water. It sets and hardens as a result of chemical reaction between the constituent materials. Curing is defined in (NRMCA CIP-11) as the maintaining of an adequate moisture content and temperature in...

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Its depends on volume of the work and customer requirement . i..e tender document/specification Kindly specify type of project you are executing

Utmost care shall be taken during monsoon seasons while producing the concrete by using Crushed sand . proper covering of Crushed sand bins /stock area will help .

How wastage norms are arrived ? kindly send me reference code for wastages..

Particle size below 150 micron will play vital role while designing concrete with 100% manufactured sand. Use of air classifiers during crushing operation can control these particle size.

Well said sir...Self compacting Concrete demands VSI crushed aggregate.. VSI normally used for shaping of aggregate...one can visit metso website ...

Anyone has designed pre-stressed grout with fly ash ?.. Pls share your experience

As per IS:9103-1999, an admixture is defined as a material other than water, aggregates, hydraulic cement and additives like pozzolana or slag and fibre reinforcement used as an ingredient of concrete or mortar and added to the batch immediately before or during its mixing to modify one or more...