Ready Mix Concrete
Concrete is most vital material in modern construction. It has versatile properties like easy mouldability, high compressive strength and long lasting durability. These properties of concrete have made it most popular construction material for all types of civil engineering works. The latest developments in concrete technology have made it possible to use it in intricate and architecturally complex structures, requiring high degree of performance and aesthetic appearance.
In addition to normal concrete, other varieties in use are, high strength and high performance concrete, self compacting, light weight, high density, fibre reinforced, polymer, coloured concrete etc.
The ingredients of good and bad concrete are the same. The difference lies in the technology used for production, transportation and placement. The making of concrete is an art as well as a science. Science because all the ingredients are proportioned as per the standard codes of practice to get the targeted strength & durability, and an art because in addition to accurate proportioning, quality of concrete depends on the way it is mixed, placed, compacted, finished, cured and protected. Ready mix Concrete(RMC) technology results in a perfect blend of the Art and Science.
In all the developed as well as most of the developing nations, use of RMC for construction has made it possible to achieve speed and quality. The advent of commercial RMC in India is about a decade old, but in recent years it has become the preferred choice of architects, engineers and consumers.
UltraTech Concrete is committed to provide customised high quality RMC for ensuring speedy construction
| Description | Saving in UltraTech Concrete |
|---|---|
| Wastages in Site Mixing: Cement spillage, shortages in quantity of aggregate and sand during delivery, storage and mixing at site, leftover aggregates after completion of concreting results in approx 5-7% wastage. | All these wastages are avoided with UltraTech Concrete as it takes care of all ingredients and the ready-to-use product is delivered to the site. |
| Wastage of concrete during handling: Spillage during transporting from the mixer to the point of placing is unavoidable and results in approx 0.5-0.7% wastage. | UltraTech Concrete facilitates pumping of concrete to the point of placing and hence there is no wastage due to spillage etc. The leftover concrete in pump-hopper can be used for site casting. |
| Manpower Saving: For proportioning, mixing, transportation, placing, compaction and finishing a lot of manpower is required. The manpower increases with the increase in the number of floors. | UltraTech Concrete requires minimal manpower (for compaction and finishing only). Manpower and infrastructure requirement will be the same irrespective of the number of floors. |
| Time Saving: A lot of time is required for concreting operations and the output is very low (3-4 cum/hr), thus prolonging construction time. | UltraTech Concrete delivers large quantities of concrete through transit mixers at short intervals, increasing the output manifold (10-20 cum/hr), thus reducing construction time considerably |
| Space Saving: Site mix concrete consumes lots of space to store cement, aggregates, sand, water, mixing equipment etc. | UltraTech Concrete delivers the ready-to-use product and requires no extra storage space at the site. |
| Savings in House keeping Cost: Site mixing involves cost and time for continuous cleaning and housekeeping operations. | UltraTech Concrete virtually eliminates all housekeeping and cleaning operations during concreting. |
| Saving in Testing Cost: High cost (20-22 Rs./cum) is involved in testing of ingredients as well as concrete in fresh and hardened state. | UltraTech Concrete takes care of total testing of concrete supplied including raw materials. |