Month: August 2022

Building and owning your own home is an enriching and joyous journey most homeowners take to fulfill a long-standing dream.  During construction, there will be endless questions about the raw materials, structure, kind of designs, timeframe; etc, and the list will go on.  Hence, it is important to determine the right items with good quality to ensure the structural integrity of your home. Cement is an integral component in the construction industry used in the …

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Ready mixed concrete (RMC) is a specialized material consisting of cement, aggregate, sand , water and gravel that are weight batched at a center batching plant.  They are mixed either at the RMC plant location or in truck mixers after which they are transported to the construction site and delivered in a condition ready to use, hence, termed “Ready mixed concrete.” Ready mix concrete is manufactured with the construction materials at a place distant from …

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Ready-mix concrete (RMC) is defined as custom-made concrete that has been manufactured in a factory or manufactured within a batch plant specifically based on mix designs. RMC is a precise mixture well-known for offering durability and sustainability and is generally delivered in one of two ways: Volumetric concrete mixers:  Here ready-mix concrete will be delivered to the worksite where you could mix the concrete on site. Barrel truck or in-transit mixer:  Here the prepared concrete …

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Ready mix concrete is a type of concrete that is mixed in a truck and delivered to a construction site. The concrete is mixed with water and sand and has a high water-to-cement ratio. To make the concrete, a batch of cement, sand, gravel and water is poured into a mixer. The mixer is then turned on and the mixer blades mix the cement and water. The concrete is then poured into a form and …

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