Concrete Mix Design, Quality Control and Specification

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.

Author: Ken W. Day,James Aldred,Barry Hudson
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 03/31/2017
Pages: 349
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.73d
ISBN: 9781138073531

About the Author

Ken W. Day has, in his long career, held positions as a university lecturer and a structural designer, and in production, R&D, and management in the precast and ready mixed concrete industries. He ran his own consultancy for thirty years.

James Aldred is Technical Director at AECOM, one of the world's largest engineering firms. He was the Independent Verifier for the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.

Barry Hudson is Director of Competency Center Materials at Heidelberg Cement in charge of concrete and aggregates operations for several major ready mix organisations in several countries.