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THE TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION With the Covid-19 pandemic having created a survival mode for many smaller and emerging building contractors, it is now more important than ever for site staff to have at least a basic knowledge of concrete behaviour and performance in construction, says John Roxburgh, senior lecturer at the School of Concrete Technology. Here Roxburgh deals with the importance of 10 topics covered in the school’s popular online training course, SCT10 “Introduction to Concrete”: 1. The properties of concrete: For any successful concrete project, understanding both the plastic and hardened properties of concrete is essential. With the correct plastic properties, staff will be able to transport, place, compact and fi nish off the concrete correctly so that it has the correct hardened properties, which includes strength and durability with minimum shrinkage.
“It is now more important than ever for site staff to have at least a basic knowledge of concrete behaviour and performance in construction.”
