Civicon LTD CONCRETE MIX DESIGN Doc.

CIV-T-QAC-00144
Project Code C32/40 Concrete
KWALE MINERAL SANDS PROJECT Date 02-08-2017
CIVICON MATERIALS LAB Max Aggregates 20mm

Class 32/40 MPa Cement Type CEM I 42.5 N

Charact. Strength 1.3 (28d) 52 MPa Source of Course Aggregates Mwache / Jaribuni
Max. Nominal Agg. Size 20 mm Source of fine aggregates Malindi
Max. Cement Content 480 Kg/m3 Admixture Type
Min. Cement Content 350 Kg/m3 Maximum w/c 0.5
Target Slump 10030 mm Use in the works Trial mix

CALCULATION

Cement (Kg/m3) 430 Av. Spec. Grav. of Agg. (g/cm3) 2.65

w/c 0.5 Total Aggregates (Kg) 1740
Free water (L) 205 Theor. Density of Mix (g/cm3) 2.381
Air (%) 1.1 Aggregate Cement Ratio 4.05
Admixture (%) Specific Gravity of cement (g/cm3) 3.06

AGGREGATE PROPORTION BY WEIGHT FOR 1m3 OF CONCRETE (BS 882:1992)

Sieve 20 10 6 Mix Specification

50
37.5 100 100
25 100 100
20 94.1 97.9 95 100
14 41.6 100 81.5
10 1.1 91.1 74.4
5 12.3 100 51.9 35 55
2.0 1.0 97.5 41.7
0.6 66.7 27.4 10 35
0.3 17.4 8.9
0.15 3.1 1.1 0 8

Size (mm) % Sp. Grav. Kg

20 44.7 2.706 777
10 22.3 2.666 389
River Sand 33 2.619 574

CONCRETE PROPORTIONS FOR 1m3 OF CONCRETE

20mm 10mm River Sand Cement Water

kg kg kg kg L
777 389 574 430 205
Slump At
Water Used 15 45 Conc. Temp C Date of Batching
Actual w/c 30 60 Air Temp. C Time of Batching

CONCRETE PROPORTIONS PER TRIAL MIX

20mm 10mm River Sand Cement Water

kg kg kg kg L
22 11 16 12 6
NOTES TO THE CONCRETE MIX DESIGN

Concrete Aggregates:

River sand from Malindi

6-10mm Course Aggregates from Mwache Quarry / Jaribuni Quarry
14-20mm Course Aggregates from Mwache Quarry / Jaribuni Quarry

Batching:

Concrete shall be batched by weight using a 3.0 m3 capacity car mixer.

Testing of Concrete Cubes:

Concrete cubes shall be tested and witnessed by the Client in the Contractors own laboratory located within KPA,
Mombasa.