RECOMMENDED CONCRETE MIXES FOR VARIOUS CONSTRUCTION

Water for one cement bag batch (ltr) Type of work App. Concrete Mix Max. size of aggregat es (mm)

Total for dry aggregates

For aggregates condition from dry to moist

Best consistency

Small precast work, fence posts, poles, garden furniture and other work of very thin sections Storage tanks, cisterns, sewers, well knerbs, watertight work, and columns or other structural parts subjected to high stresses Reinforced concrete work, floor slab, beams, columns, arches, stairs etc Ordinary floors, footpaths, drive ways, steps, roads, pavements Building and basement walls, silos, sills, lintels, machine foundations subject to vibration, bridges, dams, piers, etc exposed to action of water and frost foundation concrete for masonry walls

1:2:2

16

20

15 to 16

Soft

1:2:3

20

25

19 to 22

Medium

1:2.5:3.5

20

32

23 to 27

Medium or soft

1:2.5:3.5

20

23

20 to 23

Stiff

1:2:4

40

30

23 to 26

Stiff or Medium

Culverts, retaining walls, compound walls, ordinary machine bases, etc. Mass concrete for heavy walls, lean concrete for levelling course of RCC foundations

1:3:5

40

34

26 to 30

Stiff or Medium

1:3:6

63

36

30 to 32

Medium

RECOMMENDED CONCRETE MIXES FOR VARIOUS CONSTRUCTION

NOTES: When both fine and coarse aggregates are poorly graded, the following general rules regarding suitable proportioning of these will be found helpful: 1. For maximum size of coarse aggregates as 40mm and over, sand should be half as much as coarse aggregates. 2. For maximum size of coarse aggregates as 20mm and over, sand should be two-thirds as much as coarse aggregates. 3. For maximum size of coarse aggregates as 16mm, sand and coarse aggregates should be in equal parts.