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 Ready-mixed
concrete is delivered in modern trucks
with rotating barrels which keep the concrete workable
by agitation. The concrete is actually 'mixed' at the
ready-mix plant. The ready-mixed concrete trucks
are often wrongly described as cement mixers or cement
trucks.
Ready-mixed concrete from BRMCA
members is made ‘offsite’ at
one of about 1300 plants across the country. The average
delivery distance is less than six miles – saving
on transport fuel. At the site, the ‘plastic’ product
is poured into purpose-made moulds (formwork), and
with good site supervision this results in minimal
waste. The use of Modern Methods of Construction (MMC)
such as tunnel form, insulating concrete formwork and
post-tensioned frame elements results in fast and economical
construction.
The BRMCA, which has recently launched its new branding,
'The Truck with Attitude', represents the interests
of ready-mixed concrete producers within the Quarry
Products Association alongside QPA’s other sector
organisations representing aggregates, asphalt, lime,
silica sand, mortar and slag.
BRMCA's remit covers generic issues such as technical,
environmental, health and safety, plus promotion
of building systems using ready-mixed concrete. The
marketing of ready-mixed and in-situ concrete solutions
is undertaken principally by The
Concrete Centre.
| For more help and
information on in-situ/ready-mixed concrete please
use the The
Concrete Centre's free national helpline.
This helpdesk is manned between 8.30am and 6.00
by personnel from the Concrete Information Library
and The
Concrete Society. If help cannot be
given immediately queries are passed to experts
for comment and response normally within 48 hours
(two working days). |
The BRMCA
is working on a range of issues including:
- The impact of the recently adopted BS EN
206-1 and BS 8500 and resolving any associated
problems
- Providing guidance on identity testing
- Waste/recycled/recovered materials
- Revision of EN 206-1
- Specification by performance
- Residual parts of BS 1881
- Assessment of strength in structures (potential
strength)
- Environmental profiling with BRE
- Acoustic envelope testing for in-situ systems
- Defining in-situ systems for residential
buildings as MMC (Modern Methods of Construction)
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