One of specialists at the Concrete Society has looked at the spec and could see straight away why we are getting problems, you kind gentleman have also given me lots of information. I feel a lot more confident about tackling this head on now. The site manager's response to the detailed...
Gentlemen - am so grateful for you taking the time to respond. Our operatives are quite sure the slump is nothing like an S3, at times they have struggled to get the mix through the steel reinforcing and this can't be right. The main contractor insists the concrete is being slumped on arrival...
We are using a high quality paper faced ply, all forms are cleaned and sprayed with an environmentally friendly mould oil - the same as we use on countless other contracts with no problems. We are the subcontractor and the main contractor is supplying the concrete. We have been reporting...
Hi - would appreciate some advice - We are having considerable problems on a sea defence contract. We are encasing original walls with concrete and they are not vertical but slightly sloping. The concrete is C40/50 and is going off extremely quickly, within around 30 minutes and is curing...
