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Facility should carry approval certificate issued by the Central

Materials Laboratory. If this certificate is under renewal process
1 QCS2010 Section 5 Part 7 Clause 7.4.1.1
by the company, other certificate such as NRMCA shall be
considered.

Material used in the facility should comply with QCS 2010

2 QCS2010 Section 5 Part 7 Clause 7.4.1.2(a)
Section5 in all respects
Production capacity of the facility should match with the Project
3 QCS2010 Section 5 Part 7 Clause 7.4.1.2(b)
requirement.
The sampling, Trial mixing, testing and quality of concrete, of
4 various grades should comply with QCS2010 Section 6 QCS2010 Section 5 Part 7 Clause 7.4.1.3

Check the facility has the in-house laboratory for conducting

5 QCS2010 Section 5 Part 7 Clause 7.4.1.4
quality test.

6 Verify the facility has a system for dispatching the concrete to site QCS2010 Section 5 Part 7 Clause 7.4.1.5

Verify the ready mix concrete produced by the facility conform to

7 QCS2010 Section 5 Part 7 Clause 7.4.1.8
BS8500 in addition to GSO EN 260-1
Check the Transit Mixers equipped with automatic devices for
8 QCS2010 Section 5 Part 7 Clause 7.4.1.9
recording the number of revolutions of the drum.

Verify the how the facility maintain the temperature control of

9 QCS2010 Section 5 Part 7 Clause 7.4.1.13
the ready mix concrete during production, transit & placing.

Check the plant has capability to produce chill water or Ice or

10 both to maintain the concrete temperatures as per QCS2010 QCS2010 Section 5 Part 7 Clause 7.3.3.2
Section5 Part7 Clause 7.2.2.

11 Check the concrete produced in the Plant has no segregation. QCS2010 Section 5 Part 7 Clause 7.3.3.3
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Check the facility has Automatic moisture content probes to

12 continuously determine the moisture content of the aggregate in QCS2010 Section 5 Part 7 Clause 7.3.3.4
the bins.
Verify how the batch sheets are prepared during concrete
13 QCS2010 Section 5 Part 7 Clause 7.3.3.5
production & the corrections made in moisture content.

Check the mixing time of different grades of concrete produced.

Mixing time shall not be less than 60 seconds unless an approval
from the client for up to the capacity of 0.75cum . Mixers of
14 greater capacity, this minimum time shall be increased 15 seconds QCS2010 Section 5 Part 7 Clause 7.3.2.2 & 7.3.2.3
for each cubic meter or fraction thereof of additional capacity.
Check the mixer performance test has been made in accordance
with ASTM C94 Annex A and NRMCA Certificate.

Check the facility provided with audible indicators used in

15 combination with interlocks to prevent mixer discharge prior to QCS2010 Section 5 Part 7 Clause 7.3.2.4
completion of a preset mixing time.

Automatic batching of all materials should be electrically

activated by a single switch. However, interlocks shall interrupt
16 the batching cycle when the scale has not returned to +/- 0.3% of QCS2010 Section 5 Part 7 Clause 7.2.2.3
Zero balance or weighing tolerances detailed in QCS2010 Section
5 Part 7 Clause 7.2.5

Check the facility has updated calibrated certificate for each

17 weighers used to measure different ingredients and display of the QCS2010 Section 5 Part 7 Clause 7.2.4.2 & 7.2.4.3
same in the plant in prominent positions.
Method adopted for the storage, handling and batching of
18 QCS2010 Section 5 Part 7 Clause 7.2.1.3
different fraction of aggregate.
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Operation of trucks, loaders, and dozers or other equipment on

19 QCS2010 Section 5 Part 7 Clause 7.2.1.4
the stock piles shall not be done.

20 Check the storage of Cement & other additives. QCS2010 Section 5 Part 7 Clause 7.2.1.8

21 Check the drawn down time of each silos. QCS2010 Section 5 Part 7 Clause 7.2.1.9

22 Procedure adopted to prevent cement clogging in Cement Silos. QCS2010 Section 5 Part 7 Clause 7.2.1.9

Check different silos has separate gate openings & screw

23 conveyors. Which is applicable to fly ash also. QCS2010 Section 5 Part 7 Clause 7.2.1.10 & 7.2.1.11

The water batcher and water pipes should be leak free. And if ice
24 is used all the equipment associated with this work will be QCS2010 Section 5 Part 7 Clause 7.2.1.10 & 7.2.1.14
insulated properly.
How the facility maintain when different type of cement to be
25 used in the same time. QCS2010 Section 5 Part 7 Clause 7.2.6.4

Verify record of break down times and if it is more than 30

26 QCS2010 Section 5 Part 7 Clause 7.2.6.3
minutes, cleaning should be ensured.
Enquire sources of ingredients used in the production of ready
27 mix concrete, mainly, Cement, Fine & Coarse aggregate, water, QCS2010 Section 5 Part 6 Clause 6.3.15
admixtures and any additives.

28 Verify the consumption details of cement. QCS2010 Section 5 Part 6 Clause 6.3.16

29 Availability of Routine check list on daily, monthly basis. General

Water used in the production of concrete should satisfy the

30 ASHGHAL document
requirements of GSO 2191/2011 (E)
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31 Visual inspection of Safety arrangement of the facility General

Check delivery note details. As per specification it should contain

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the following details
a. Name of supplier, serial number of ticket and date
b. truck number
c. name of contractor
d. name of contract and location of office
e. grade of concrete
f. Specified workability
g. type and source of cement
h. source of aggregate
i. nominal maximum size of aggregate
j. quantity of each concrete ingradient
k. type of admixture and quantity
l. water content
m. time of loading and departure from ready-mix plant
n. arrival and departure times of truck
o. completion of discharge
p. notations to indicate equipment was checked and found to be
free of contaminants prior to batching.
All concrete of single design mix for one day's pour shall be batch
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plant of a single supplier.