1. What is means ASTM?
ANS: American Society for Testing and Materials.
2. What is means AASHTO?
Ans: American Association of State Highway and Transportation
Organization.
3. What is means BS?
ANS: British Standard
4. What is means ACI?
ANS: American Concrete Institute.
5. What is fall of hight of concrete?
Ans: 1 meter maximum
6. How you will handle complaints of customer, PID, PMT?
Ans: contact customer to obtain information of complaint, time persons
involved etc.
Provide assurance that proper corrective action will be taken.
Conduct internal investigation to determine the root cause of the incident.
Implement appropriate corrective actions.
Inform the customer of actions taken.
7. Why determine or perform aggregate moisture content test?
Ans: for adjustment in W/C
8. How you will reduce (prepare) aggregate sample size?
Ans: I will use quartering method. Divide sample in four portion and take
two opposite portion for test.
9. RFI – Request for Inspection.
[Link] – Inspection Testing Plan.
[Link] – Typical Inspection Plan.
[Link] – Quality Control Plan.
[Link] – Non Conformance Report.
[Link] of NCR- Description, Root causes, Corrective action, Preventive
action, closed.
[Link] – Corrective Action Report
[Link]- Log Book Entry
[Link] – Project Management Team.
[Link] – Saudi Aramco Materials System Specifications.
[Link] – Saudi Aramco Engineering Standards.
[Link] – Saudi Aramco Engineering Procedure.
[Link] – Job Mix Formula.
[Link] – Saudi Aramco Typical Inspection Plan.
[Link] – Saudi Aramco Inspection Checklist.
SAEP-1152
Approval procedure for ready mixed concrete mix design.
SAEP- 383
Approval procedure for concrete batch plant and 3rd party laboratory.
APPENDIX- A
Request for approval concrete mix design.
APPENDIX -B
Concrete mix design data sheet.
APPENDIX -C
Ready mix concrete trail batch report.
APPENDIX -D
Concrete mix design approval process flow chart.
APPENDIX A1
Contractor initial survey for proposed batch plant.
APPENDIX B1
Concrete batch plant monthly inspection report.
Concrete mix design
To select the fixed proportion of the ingredients (having limiting value of their
properties after laboratory tests) when mixed mechanically to give the desired
specification of the concrete for particular usage.
Water cement ratio
It is the ratio of the quantity of mixing water to the quantity of mixing cement.
A- ADMIXTURES
Maintain compressive strength and maximum water to cement
ratio using admixtures conforming requirements ASTM C494.
1-ACCELERATOR
Is being too used to shorten the setting time of concrete to meet
the required concrete strength.
2-RETARDER
Delay the initial setting time of concrete.
3-PLASTICIZER
Used in low water cement concrete to make it workable.
Function of super plasticizer?
Acceleration in gaining strength at early ages.
Improved workability.
Reduced water cement ratio.
Reduced permeability of concrete.
Improved cohesion.
Minimized segregation and bleeding.
TYPES CHEMICAL ADMIXTURES
TYPE A water reducing
TYPE B retarding
TYPE C accelerating
TYPE D water reducing & retarding
TYPE E water reducing & accelerating
TYPE F water reducing high range
TYPE G water reducing, high range and retarding
B- WATER
Use water and ice shall be free from oil, acids, alkalis, salt, organic
matter, or other deleterious substances and conforming
requirements of ASTM C-1602.
Water shall not contain more than 500ppm of TDS.
pH value 6.0 to 8.0.
C- FINE AGGREGATE
Clean, sharp natural sand conforming to requirement of ASTM
C33.
Fineness modulus between 2.50 and 3.0.
D- COARSE AGGREGATE
Well graded crushed stone, natural rock conforming to
requirements of ASTM C33
TYPE OF CEMENT
TYPE I ordinary Portland cement
TYPE IA air entraining cements same as type I.
TYPE II moderate sulphate resistance cement
TYPE IIA air entraining cements same as type II.
TYPE III high early strength cement
TYPE IIIA air entraining cements same as type III.
TYPE IV low strength or low sulphate resistance
TYPE V sulphate resistance cement
E- CONCRETE MIXING
TOLERANCE REQUIRED IN CONCRETE MATERIAL
WATER accurate + - 1%
ADMIXTURE accurate + - 3%
CEMENT accurate + - 1%
AGGREGATE + - 2%
TOLERANCE IN MIXING BATCH PLANT
DIAL & BALANCE SCALES accurate within + - 0.20% of scale capacity
DIGITIAL SCALE accurate within 0.25% of capacity
VELOCITY OF TRUCK MIXER BEFORE THE SAMPLE TEST 10RPM
CENTRAL MIXING a minimum of 1 minute of 1st m3 plus 15 sec for each
additional m3
Mixing time of stationary or central mixing batching plant 50 to 90 sec
TOLERANCE REQUIRED IN TRUCK MIXER
Agitating speed of mixer 2 to 6 revolutions/minute
Mixing speed of the mixer 6 to 8 RPM
WATER DISPENSER accurate + - 1%
Cement content and Water Ratio for Concrete
Item Structural Concrete Non- Structural Concrete
Cement Content Kilogram/cubic Meter (Kg/m3) Maximum 370 Minimum 350 - Minimum 250
W/C Ratio 0.40 - 0.60 -
28 Days Compressive Strength (ASTM C-39/C-39M) - 4000 Psi (28Mpa) - 2000Psi (14Mpa)
Precast & Prestressed Concrete & Water
Retaining Structure
Cement Content Kilogram/cubic Meter (Kg/m3) No Max. Minimum 370
W/C Ratio 0.40 -
28 Days Compressive Strength (ASTM C-39/C-39M) - 5000 Psi (35 Mpa)
The following information is required for concrete batch ticket.
1. location of batch plant
2. job order number for the project
3. time leaving batch plant
4. name of the ready mix company
5. serial number of ticket
6. date
7. truck number
8. name of purchaser
9. specific designation of job [name and location]
[Link] class of concrete
[Link] of concrete
[Link] loaded
[Link] of revolution counter
[Link] brand and amount of cement
[Link] brand and amount of silica fume
[Link] brand and amount of admixtures
[Link] and amount of each weighed of water
[Link] mixing water
[Link] size of aggregate
[Link] of fine and coarse aggregate
[Link] of initials of producer’s representative.
ASTM STANDARDS
ASTM C-5 Quicklime for structural concrete.
C-29 Bluk density (unit weight) and voids in aggregates.
C-31 Making and curing concrete test specimen in the field.
C-33 Specification of concrete aggregates.
C-39 Compressive strength of concrete specimen.
C-40 Test method for organic impurities in fine aggregates.
C-42 Test method for obtaining and testing drilled cores and sawed
beams of concrete.
C-88 Soundness of aggregates by magnesium sulfate.
C-94 Specification for ready mix concrete.
C-117 Material finer than 200 sieve.
C-127 Specific gravity of coarse aggregates.
C-128 Specific gravity of fine aggregates.
C-131 Resistance to degradation of small size coarse aggregate by
abrasion and impact in the los angeles machines.
C-136 Sieve analysis of fine and coarse aggregates.
C-138 Unit weight, yield, and air content of gravimetric concrete.
C-142 Clay lumps and friable particles.
C-143 Slump
C-150 Specification for Portland cement.
C-172 Standard practice for sampling fresh mixed concrete.
C-173 Air content of freshly concrete by volumetric method.
C-192 Making and curing concrete test specimen in the laboratory.
C-231 Air content of concrete by pressure method.
C-403 Time setting of concrete mixtures by penetration resistance.
C-494 Specification of chemical admixtures.
C-535 Resistance to degradation of large size coarse aggregate by
abrasion and impact in the los angeles machines.
C-1064 Temperature of freshly mixed concrete.
C-1240 Specification for silica fume.
D-75 Sampling of aggregates.
D-4791 Flat and elongation particles in coarse aggregates.
BS-1881
ACI STANDARDS
ACI- 211.1 Selecting proportions for normal, heavyweight and mass
concrete.
212.3R
214R Practice for evaluation of strength test results of concrete.
301 Specification for structural concrete.
302 Concrete floor and slab construction
304R Measuring, mixing, transporting and placing concrete.
304.2R Placing concrete by pumping method.
305R Hot weather concreting
308 Standard practice for curing concrete.
309R Guide for consolidation of concrete.
311.4R Guide for concrete inspection.
311.5R Concrete plant inspection and testing of ready mixed
concrete.
311.6 Specification for ready mixed concrete testing services.