Ready Mix Concrete (RMC) Customer Check List

1
Raw Material
Test Certificates Available
2
Job Mix Formula
Meets requirement in terms of
·         Strength
·         Workability
·         Cohesiveness
·         Place ability
3
Batching Plant
·         Calibration done
·         Yield checked
·         Minimum 30 mixing time
·         Batch sheet furnished
4
Transit mixers
·         Reach site agitation mode
·         Drum rotated at full speed for 20 before discharging
·         No site addition of water (Re-tempering) into drum
·         Does chemical admixture (re-dosing) and mix at full speed if workability is low
·         Trip sheet furnished and observations recorded
5
Concrete pump
·         Sufficient pipeline to place at required area
·         Located at a point accessible to transit mixer
·         No addition of water or slurry into the pump hopper (Re-tempering) once concrete pumping starts
·         Agitator in working condition
6
Sampling
·         Concrete taken from same vehicle and mixed well
·         Workability in terms of slump or flow checked
·         Cube moulds are at right angles and accurate
·         Cube moulds cast at location mutually agreed upon
·         Required cube moulds filled simultaneously in layers and compacted
7
Testing
·         Slump or flow test done randomly for field control
·         Cubes tested for compressive strength at laboratory
·         Cube testing machine is calibrated and in good condition
·         Test report furnished with slump observed in field and ultimate compressive strength at 7 & 28 days
8
Acceptability
·         Intimated about precaution to avoid plastic shrinkage cracks (Delayed finishing / Early curing)
·         Cement content and type in accordance with job mix formula
·         Workability as agreed upon mutually
·         Strength >value agreed upon or characteristic strength, as appropriate
Formwork, Rebar, Cover, Embedment, Pipeline Support, Compaction, Finishing, Curing & Allied Works My Responsibility

1 comment:

  1. Thank you for this very helpful article. We are a ready mix concrete supplier company ourselves and we strive to formulate better mixing methods for better concrete. God bless!

    ReplyDelete