Concrete Mix Design, Quality Control and Specification - Hardcover

Day, Ken W.; Bryant, Mather; Peyton, John; Dewar, J. D

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0419181903 ISBN 13: 9780419181903

Publisher: Spon Press, 1994

Synopsis

Inadequate control of concrete often causes expensive delays and disputes during construction. This book shows how the use of computers and high-tech batching equipment can reduce costs and improve efficiency in controlling both ordinary and high performance concrete. It presents simple, original philisophies which have veen developed by the author and used to improve design and control on straightforward and advanced construction projects. Its direct and practical approach eill be stimulating and challenging for th novice and advanced concrete technologist.

About this title

About the Author

Ken Day is a Fellow of the American Concrete Institute, Fellow of the Institute of Concrete Technologists, UK, and an Honorary Member of the Concrete Institute of Australia. He is former principal of Concrete Advice Pty Ltd.

Ken Day has been at the cutting edge of concrete mix design and quality control since the early 1950s. He has 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 28 years, providing services to many major clients and projects in several countries.

Edition details

• Publisher: Spon Press
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0419181903
• ISBN 13: 9780419181903
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320