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Keywords : Cost, Pollution, Ready Mix Concrete (RMC), site mix concrete, utilization
INTRODUCTION :
As per the Indian Standard Specification IS 4926:2003,”Concrete mixed in a stationary mixer
in a central batching and mixing plant or in a truck-mixer and supplied in fresh condition to
the purchaser either at the site or into the purchaser’s vehicles.” Ready-mix concrete (RMC)
is a ready-to-use material, with a predetermined mixture of cement, sand, aggregates and
water. RMC is a type of concrete manufactured in a factory according to a set recipe or as per
specifications of the customer, at a centrally located batching plant. Most of ready mixed
concrete is currently manufactured under computer-
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controlled operations and transported and placed at project sites using sophisticated
equipment and methods. It is delivered to a worksite, often in truck mixers capable of mixing
the ingredients of the concrete on route or just before delivery of the batch. The use of the
RMC is facilitated through a truck-mounted boom placer that can pump the product for ready
use at multi-storied construction sites. A boom placer can pump the concrete up 80 meters.
Ready mix concrete is usually ordered in units of cubic yards or meters. It must remain in
motion until it is ready to be poured, or the cement may begin to solidify. The Ready mix
concrete business in India is in its in fancy. Where as in developed countries, nearly 70 per
cent of cement consumption is in the form of ready mix concrete and 25 per cent in the form
of recast, in India, ready mix concrete accounts for less than 5 percent and as much as 82 per
cent of cement consumption is in the form of site-mixed concrete. While 70%of cement
produced in a developed country like Japan is used by Ready Mix concrete business there,
here in India, Ready Mix concrete business uses around 2% of total cement production. The
share of RMC is expected to go up from present levels of around 5 per cent of the total
cement production to the global average of 70 per cent, according to industry players.
HISTORY :
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RMC plant was set up for the RMC was first time used for There were about 1100 RMC
construction of Heathrow Bhakhranagal Dam Project plants in UK
airport, London in India
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All the ingredients used for the preparation of the concrete, are thoroughly tested for
their quality and physical properties in a well equipped laboratory attached to the plant
for conformity to relevant Indian Standard Codes.
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Ready Site
Mix Mix
Concrete Concrete
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CONCLUSIONS
Ready Mix Concrete is a modern technique of production of concrete in massive quantities
away from the actual site of placing. It is very useful where demand of concrete is very high
and construction sites are in congested areas, where mixing on site is not possible due to lake
of storage place. RMC is ready to use material. It is widely adopted throughout the world. It
gives higher strength to the structure and it also provides higher Durability to the structure. It
reduces noise pollution as well as air pollution. The Supervisory and labour costs associated
with the production of RMC is less, and the quality of concrete is high. It is suitable for huge
industrial and residential projects where time plays a vital role. So ultimately it provides
economy in the construction and better finish to the structure. Hence the advantages of RMC
are realized by engineers and contractors in the construction industry.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The Authors thankfully acknowledge to Dr. C. L. Patel, Chairman, Charutar Vidya Mandal,
Er.V.M.Patel, Hon.Jt. Secretary, Charutar Vidya Mandal, Mr. Yatinbhai Desai, Jay Maharaj
construction, Dr. F. S. Umrigar, Principal, B.V.M. Engineering College, Dr. L. B. Zala, Head
and Professor, Civil Engineering Department, Dr. A. K. Verma, Head and Professor,
Structural Engineering Department, B.V.M. Engineering College, Vallabh Vidyanagar,
Gujarat, India for their motivations and infrastructural support to carry out this research.
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