From the course: Construction Management: Concrete Construction
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Ingredients and terminology
From the course: Construction Management: Concrete Construction
Ingredients and terminology
- All right, now that we all know that concrete and cement are not the same thing, and we know that cement is just one ingredient in our concrete, let's take a look at the other ingredients, and I'll introduce a few more terms to our discussion. So in order to make good, strong concrete, I need to blend together what we call fine aggregates, otherwise known as sand, course aggregates, otherwise known as rocks, water, and our cement. Now, these products are combined in very specific proportions according to a recipe that we'll call the mix design. This mix design is gonna be produced by a concrete technician, someone that has a high level of training in how to proportion these ingredients, and they're gonna make sure that they get the results that are needed. Now, these proportions and products will change, and that'll depend on the needs of the project, but the general proportions of each of these ingredients is about 40 to 45% coarse aggregates, about 25% sand, 16% water, and then…
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