CIVIL ENGINEERING STRUCTURES GROUP ASSSIGNMENT

PREPARED & SUBMITTED BY

CLASS B GROUP 4

COMPLIANCE TESTING OF CONCRETE CUBES

Given that:Twelve 28 day cube test result obtained from a grade 40 concrete specified to comply
with BS 8110.

Required: To check the result for compliance with the requirement of the Code
Code requirement:
Current margin = 15 for grade of concrete 20 and above

50% of the current margin =0.5(15) =7.5 Required minimum average strength of four consecutive cubes is 40+7.5 Required minimum strength of each individual cube ( )

Cube No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Test Result (N/mm2)

Mean of Four (N/mm2) ***** ***** ***** 19.75 17.00 15.25 19.98 25.40 32.88 40.08 40.93 41.43

Code Requirement: Compliance? Mean of Four ***** ***** ***** No No No No No No No No No Individual Cube No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

22.00 19.00 20.00 18.00 11.00 12.00 38.90 39.70 40.90 40.80 42.30 41.70