Concrete @ your Fingertips

Alphabetical list of Fingertip titles:

• Abbreviations for common products  (412)

• Abbreviations for common units  (413)

• Abbreviations for organisations etc  (418)

• Abbreviations, common terms etc  (417)

• Abrasion resistance – lightweight aggregate  (652)

• Accelerating admixtures  (473)

• Acceptable crack widths in floors  (898)

• Accessories for concrete  (68)

• Accessories for formwork  (31)

• Accessories for prestressing  (234)

• Accreditation schemes  (69)

• Achieving good quality surface finishes  (647)

• ACI concrete mix design method  (877)

• Acid etched finish  (726)

• Acids and concrete  (284)

• Action of ‘commonÂ’ substances  (285)

• Adding water to ready-mixed concrete  (1011)

• Additional concrete section  (40)

• Additional cover on reinforcing steel  (912)

• Additional prestressing  (39)

• Adhesive connections between precast units  (738)

• Admixture health & safety  (488)

• Admixture standards  (57)

• Admixtures - environmental aspects  (150)

• Admixtures for concrete  (127)

• Admixtures for home use  (406)

• Aerated concrete  (15)

• Aggregate defects.  (523)

• Aggregate for home use  (405)

• Aggregate sizes  (129)

• Aggregate softening  (514)

• Aggregate swelling and shrinkage  (513)

• Aggregate transparency  (971)

• Aggregate type  (130)

• Aggregates - European standards  (54)

• Aggregates – Tests for properties  (610)

• Aggregates and the environment  (195)

• Aggregates for concrete  (128)

• Air Content Test  (561)

• Air-entraining admixtures  (474)

• Airfield concrete  (442)

• Airports and concrete.  (626)

• Alkali activated cements (including geopolymer cements)  (902)

• Anchorages for post-tensioning  (541)

• Angle grinder  (741)

• Anti-microbial admixtures  (1064)

• Approach to design  (228)

• Asbestos in cement products  (1054)

• Assessing as-struck in-situ concrete surface finishes  (958)

• Assessing concrete surface finishes  (646)

• Assessment - general  (438)

• Assessment of concrete bridges  (863)

• Assessment of existing structural strength  (705)

• Assessment of fire-damaged structures  (893)

• Assessment of historic concrete structures  (838)

• Assessment of in-situ concrete strength  (703)

• Assessment of reinforcement strength  (704)

• Aureole in concrete  (975)

• Autogenous healing  (651)

• Autogenous shrinkage cracks  (798)

• Autographic batch records  (1052)

• Avoiding thermal contraction cracks  (450)

• Axial shortening of columns  (890)

• Bacteria-based self-healing concrete  (1015)

• Bacteriological attack  (518)

• Bagged cements  (803)

• Ball penetration test (Kelly ball)  (999)

• Bar bending - tolerances  (1021)

• Bare Essentials of Concrete  (1027)

• Basement grades and types  (1016)

• Basements for Dwellings - Building regulations  (1018)

• Basements- Waterprooofing options  (1017)

• Basic concrete mix design method  (876)

• Basic properties  (525)

• Basis of design  (233)

• Batch water reduction  (197)

• Batching by volume - DIY  (440)

• Batching concrete.  (210)

• Beam & block floors  (313)

• Beam and block floors  (1034)

• Beam vibrators  (215)

• Beams and columns (BS EN 13225)  (764)

• Bending schedules  (115)

• Benefits of prestressing  (538)

• Bimetallic (galvanic) corrosion between stainless and carbon steel reinforcement  (939)

• Biological growth  (519)

• Bleeding and segregation  (832)

• Blemishes defects and failures  (80)

• Blemishes in power trowelled slabs  (900)

• Blocks and bricks  (27)

• Blow holes  (453)

• Blue tinge associated with ggbs  (732)

• Bolted Linings  (319)

• Bond and reinforcing bar lap length  (590)

• Bonding aids  (493)

• Box Culverts  (301)

• BRE Concrete mix design method  (435)

• Breaking out  (491)

• Bridge cantilever construction - applications  (379)

• Bridge cantilever construction - cable stayed  (467)

• Bridge cantilever construction - in-situ  (378)

• Bridge cantilever construction - precast  (377)

• Bridge deck waterproofing  (777)

• Bridge expansion joints  (735)

• Bridges and concrete.  (169)

• Bridges and tunnels  (627)

• British Standard definitions for chairs  (364)

• British Standard definitions for spacers  (363)

• Brushed finish  (881)

• BS 8500 - Concrete  (436)

• Building - definition of  (70)

• Building a concrete pond  (809)

• Building applications  (253)

• Building performance Questions  (666)

• Building Regulations  (66)

• Burnishing of concrete  (973)

• Calcium chloride  (887)

• Capillary rise test  (987)

• Car Park slab finishes  (636)

• Carbonation depth  (463)

• Carbonation of concrete  (736)

• Casting concrete sculptures  (808)

• Cathodic protection  (498)

• Cathodic protection  (937)

• Cathodic protection  (926)

• Cathodic protection - European Standard  (505)

• CE Marking  (564)

• Cement and additions  (132)

• Cement and concrete terminology  (629)

• Cement class in BS EN 1992-1-1  (1058)

• Cement for home use  (270)

• Cement history  (286)

• Cement sand levelling screeds to receive floorings  (816)

• Cementitious terrazzo wearing surfaces  (817)

• Chain sawing & chain plunge sawing  (831)

• Characteristic strength  (1055)

• Chemical deterioration  (280)

• Chloride extraction  (499)

• Chloride in concrete (BS 8500)  (917)

• Chloride ion concentration  (643)

• Chlorides and concrete.  (282)

• Chlorine in swimming pool water  (938)

• Chromium VI directive  (773)

• Civil engineering  (71)

• Clam test  (573)

• Cleaning – general  (578)

• Cold Joints  (372)

• Cold store floors  (998)

• Cold weather concreting  (392)

• Cold weather concreting – composite slabs on steel decking  (884)

• Cold weather concreting - using heated concrete  (562)

• Colour fade in pigmented concrete  (1065)

• Colour fade of paving flags  (784)

• Colour variation  (455)

• Colour variation  (920)

• Coloured concrete  (660)

• Column formwork  (857)

• form tie  (194)

• Common questions  (665)

• Compacting & finishing  (207)

• Compacting factor test (BS 1881: Part 103)  (980)

• Compaction of concrete.  (531)

• Composite Suspended Floors  (354)

• Composting facilities - loss of exposed surfaces  (945)

• Concept design – frames  (599)

• Concise Eurocode 2  (813)

• Concise Eurocode 2 for bridges  (923)

• Concrete - normal types  (163)

• Concrete - what is it?  (75)

• Concrete bases for screeds  (818)

• Concrete beams  (272)

• Concrete Buildings Scheme Design Manual  (834)

• Concrete cladding  (252)

• Concrete columns  (273)

• Concrete countertops  (565)

• Concrete drainage  (256)

• Concrete Drainage/Pipes  (328)

• Concrete fencing  (618)

• Concrete finishes – general  (725)

• Concrete footbridges  (367)

• Concrete for aggricultural and general purposes  (940)

• Concrete for female secant piles  (1029)

• Concrete for manhole surrounds and kerb backing  (827)

• Concrete for pumping  (554)

• Concrete for vertical slipforming  (1032)

• Concrete foundations  (271)

• Concrete from ready-mixed concrete suppliers  (429)

• Concrete history  (287)

• Concrete Masonry  (722)

• Concrete paving  (254)

• Concrete paving blocks  (325)

• Concrete paving flags  (324)

• Concrete plant audit  (1066)

• Concrete pumps  (219)

• Concrete repairs  (490)

• Concrete resistivity  (444)

• Concrete Society Technical Report 11  (934)

• Concrete softening (Carbonate imbalance)  (933)

• Concrete surfaces for painting  (654)

• Concrete Tiles  (323)

• Concrete towers for wind farms  (854)

• Concrete type by application  (681)

• Concrete type by property  (159)

• Concrete walls  (248)

• Concrete wearing surfaces  (819)

• Congested reinforcement  (648)

• Consistence tolerance - slump test  (800)

• Constituent materials  (420)

• Constituents of concrete  (126)

• Construction - definition of  (73)

• Construction aspects  (225)

• Construction inspection  (84)

• Construction joints - vertical  (399)

• Construction Joints - horizontal  (398)

• Construction methods for external paving  (874)

• Construction of composite slabs with steel decking  (885)

• Construction of dams  (369)

• Construction of prestressed concrete  (755)

• Construction questions  (696)

• Construction related cracks  (17)

• Construction related defects  (521)

• Construction Waste  (864)

• Containing waste; cut-off walls  (770)

• Contiguous Bored Piles/Secant Piles  (351)

• Continuous track supporting slab  (628)

• Control of cracking  (889)

• Controlled permeability formwork  (793)

• Controlling thermal contraction cracks  (451)

• Conveyors for concrete.  (220)

• Core drill  (744)

• Core drill trailer rigs  (828)

• Core testing for strength  (576)

• Corrosion inhibitors  (497)

• Corrosion-inhibiting admixtures  (477)

• COSHH Regulations  (61)

• Couplers for reinforcement  (124)

• Cover for concrete cast against formwork in the ground (BS 8500: 2015)  (1028)

• Cover for concrete cast against formwork in the ground (BS 8500:2006)  (930)

• Cover to reinforcement  (993)

• Crack injection  (489)

• Crack width and aesthetics  (911)

• Crack width measurement  (464)

• Cracking in composite concrete/metal decking floor slabs  (960)

• Cracks at joints  (23)

• Cracks due to alkali-silica reaction  (223)

• Cracks due to anchorage or lap failure  (189)

• Cracks due to impact damage  (191)

• Cracks due to reinforcement corrosion  (192)

• Cracks in concrete  (99)

• Cracks induced by temperature changes  (190)

• Crazing – power trowelled floors  (653)

• Crib Walls  (317)

• Crystalline water-resisting admixtures  (1062)

• CSA-belite cements  (1002)

• Cube dimensions and strength  (918)

• Cubes - general  (556)

• Curing compounds & release agents  (200)

• Curing concrete  (393)

• Curling of ground-supported floor slabs  (810)

• CUSUM (cumulative sum control chart)  (1014)

• Cut and cover tunnels  (373)

• Cutting and bending reinforcement on site  (118)

• Damage due to freeze-thaw  (222)

• Dams and concrete.  (170)

• Dark discolouration on smooth formed concrete surfaces (mottling)  (955)

• Decorative concrete  (162)

• Decorative concrete floors  (941)

• Defect, damage, and repair questions  (697)

• Defects and Deterioration  (503)

• Definitions of terms describing reinforcement and prestressing steel  (806)

• Deflections in slabs and beams  (779)

• Degree of compactability test  (981)

• Delamination of concrete floor surfaces  (956)

• Delayed ettringite formation (DEF)  (932)

• Demolition & recycling  (208)

• Demolition hammers and breakers  (868)

• Demolition of concrete  (747)

• Depth of water penetration under pressure  (990)

• Dermatitis  (1067)

• Design - definition of  (74)

• Design - European Standards  (292)

• Design and Quality Assurance  (45)

• Design codes and standards  (24)

• Design for movements in buildings  (888)

• Design of external in-situ concrete paving  (871)

• Design of falsework  (265)

• Design of fibre-reinforced external in-situ concrete paving  (872)

• Design of flat slab floors  (846)

• Design of formwork  (267)

• Design of ground-supported floors  (622)

• Design of holding down bolts  (947)

• Design of piled foundations to resist wind and NHL  (1020)

• Design Principles  (47)

• Design working life  (750)

• Designated - ready-mixed concrete  (430)

• Designed - ready-mixed concrete  (431)

• Designed and Detailed  (919)

• Detailed inspection  (289)

• Detailing of reinforcement  (644)

• Detailing symbols (previous & current)  (656)

• Deterioration by abrasion  (278)

• Deterioration by impact  (277)

• Deterioration of concrete  (306)

• Development of design codes  (456)

• Development of plain concrete bridges  (585)

• Development of precast concrete bridges  (588)

• Development of prestressed concrete bridges  (587)

• Development of reinforced concrete bridges  (586)

• Developments in reinforcement and prestressing  (655)

• Diagnosing deterioration  (76)

• Diagnosis of deterioration.  (290)

• Diamond drill  (743)

• Diamond wire saw  (746)

• Diaphragm walls  (374)

• Direct measurement of concrete permeability by flow  (991)

• Dispensing admixtures  (485)

• Domestic (high-rise)  (402)

• Domestic (low rise)  (401)

• Double Tees  (312)

• Drilling and cutting  (740)

• Drying shrinkage cracks  (22)

• Dry-packed materials  (59)

• Dry-shake toppings  (983)

• Duct liners  (235)

• Dumper trucks  (221)

• Durability design  (34)

• Durability of car parks  (634)

• Dust samples  (570)

• Dusting of concrete  (679)

• Early cement  (447)

• Early concrete  (445)

• Early-age thermal crack control  (839)

• Effect of clay in fine aggregate  (29)

• Effect of induced vibration  (724)

• Electrical conductivity  (996)

• Electrical Current Flow or Rapid Chloride Permeability Test (RCPT)  (988)

• Embodied CO2  (814)

• EN 1504: Parts 1 to 3  (501)

• EN 1504: Parts 4 to 6  (502)

• EN 1504: Parts 7 to 10  (504)

• Encapsulating waste  (771)

• Enhancing the capacity of concrete bridges  (915)

• Entrained air - BS 8500 requirements  (1013)

• Environmental aspects  (77)

• Environmental deterioration  (274)

• Environmental Impact of Aggregates  (148)

• Environmental impact of Formwork  (199)

• Environmental questions  (698)

• Equipment and plant  (78)

• Erection & dismantling  (266)

• Erection of precast concrete cladding  (606)

• Erection of precast concrete flooring  (607)

• Erection of precast concrete frameworks  (605)

• Erosion protection  (326)

• Estimating the quantity of dry-blended concrete  (439)

• Estimation of concrete volume requirement  (441)

• European standards for design  (407)

• European Standards for loadings  (408)

• Example of U value calculation  (598)

• Excess or added water to concrete  (851)

• Expanded Linings  (321)

• Expanded Polystyrene  (340)

• External in-situ concrete paving  (870)

• External paving - BS 8500 requirements  (1059)

• External vibrators  (216)

• Externally bonded FRP – Applications  (613)

• Externally bonded FRP - Beams and slabs  (37)

• Externally bonded FRP - Columns  (597)

• Externally bonded FRP - General  (596)

• Externally bonded FRP – Inspection  (612)

• Fabric (historic)  (659)

• Fabric Reinforcement  (111)

• Fabrics and Plastic Meshes  (339)

• Falsework for concrete  (389)

• Fast construction of concrete bridges  (774)

• Fibre concrete  (527)

• Fibre reinforced concrete  (844)

• Fibre reinforced floors  (247)

• Fibre Reinforced Plastics (FRP) - reinforcement  (105)

• Fibre-reinforced segmental tunnel linings  (845)

• Fibres for concrete  (144)

• Fibres for concrete  (775)

• Figg test  (572)

• Filler joist slabs  (739)

• Fineness Modulus of Fine Aggregate  (1060)

• Finish of concrete.  (176)

• Finishes for composite slabs with steel decking  (883)

• Fire - Codes and standards  (35)

• Fire damage  (279)

• Fixing reinforcement  (120)

• Flat slabs  (847)

• Flexural (bending) cracks  (185)

• Floated and trowelled finishes  (880)

• Floor construction tolerances  (780)

• Floor plates for floor systems (BS EN)  (805)

• Floor saw  (829)

• Floor surface regularity  (621)

• Flooring concrete  (160)

• Flow table test  (560)

• Fly ash or Pulverised fuel ash  (136)

• Flying forms  (536)

• Foamed Concrete  (355)

• Foamed concrete - Applications  (358)

• Foamed concrete - Examples of the use  (359)

• Foamed concrete - general properties  (357)

• Foamed concrete - Quality control  (356)

• Foamed concrete admixtures  (478)

• Footfall-induced vibration  (835)

• Form of construction - car parks  (632)

• Form ties  (48)

• Formation of thermal contraction cracks  (449)

• Formwork - Demountable  (260)

• Formwork - Permanent  (259)

• Formwork for concrete  (388)

• Formwork liners  (984)

• Formwork materials  (268)

• Formwork shape  (345)

• Free standing retaining walls  (617)

• Fresh concrete  (177)

• Fresh concrete - British Standards  (63)

• Fresh concrete - environmetal aspects  (205)

• Fresh concrete – European Standards  (637)

• Fresh concrete testing  (468)

• Fresh concrete working life  (1069)

• Friction between concrete and sub-base  (1026)

• Friction between elements  (833)

• FRP prestressing tendons  (41)

• FRP reinforcement - design  (83)

• Fusion bonded epoxy coated steel  (108)

• Galvanised steel  (107)

• Gas in concrete  (145)

• General notes on concrete  (2)

• Geometric requirements  (633)

• Geothermal piles  (922)

• Glass fibres  (551)

• Glassfibre Reinforced Concrete (GRC)  (344)

• Glassfibre reinforced concrete (GRC)  (100)

• Glassfibre reinforced concrete manufacture  (101)

• Glassfibre Reinforced Plastics (GRP)  (337)

• Graphene  (1063)

• Grit blasted surface finish  (728)

• Ground granulated blastfurnace slag  (135)

• Ground supported floors  (154)

• Grout for prestressing tendons  (886)

• Grout loss  (978)

• Grouting of post-tensioned tendons  (757)

• Guide to reinforcing steels  (734)

• Half cell potential  (443)

• Handling and storage of reinforcement  (119)

• Hardened concrete - environmental aspects  (206)

• Hardened concrete – European Standards  (638)

• Hardened concrete testing - Non destructive  (262)

• Hardened concrete testing on specimens - British Standards  (261)

• Hardened concrete testing other than strength  (469)

• Headed reinforcement  (897)

• Healing dermatitis  (604)

• Health - definition.  (603)

• Health advice  (602)

• Health and safety  (95)

• Health and Safety - CDM  (67)

• Health and safety at work  (753)

• Heating concrete using hot water  (935)

• Heavyweight concrete  (785)

• High Alumina Cement  (795)

• High strength columns and normal strength slabs  (680)

• High Strength Concrete  (365)

• High strength concrete  (528)

• High tensile bars  (231)

• High workability concrete  (149)

• High Yield Steel  (104)

• Highway Authorities Product Approval Scheme  (547)

• Historic literature on concrete  (995)

• Historic non-traditional houses  (772)

• Historical information on buildings and structures  (804)

• History of concrete  (82)

• Hollow Clay Pots  (342)

• Hollow core slabs (BS EN)  (796)

• Hollow-core slabs  (311)

• Honeycombing of concrete.  (454)

• Horizontal panel formwork systems  (858)

• Horizontal slipforming  (395)

• Horse urine and concrete floors  (415)

• Hot weather concreting  (391)

• House and garden  (366)

• How much reinforcement??  (114)

• How to design leaflets for Eurocode 2  (616)

• Hybrid construction  (537)

• Hydraulic bursting  (748)

• Hydraulic crushing  (749)

• Hydrodemolition of concrete.  (867)

• Identity testing for strength in accordance with BS EN 206 and BS 8500-1  (951)

• Identity testing of fresh concrete for properties other than strength  (950)

• Imperial bar sizes  (658)

• Importance of aggregate grading  (424)

• Imprinted concrete paving  (752)

• Improving U values  (595)

• In service cracks  (183)

• In service deterioration - chemical  (699)

• In service deterioration - environmental  (700)

• In service deterioration - loading  (701)

• In service deterioration - materials  (522)

• Incremental launching - Applications  (383)

• Incremental launching - General  (382)

• Industrial surface preparation equipment  (789)

• Influence of cement and sand on colour  (878)

• Influence of hydrocarbon with concrete  (677)

• Inhalation of dust  (1061)

• Initial surface absorption  (571)

• In-service environmental performance - buildings  (204)

• In-service environmental performance - housing  (203)

• In-service performance – Leaching  (825)

• In-situ Beams  (352)

• In-situ Columns  (353)

• In-situ concrete  (360)

• In-situ Concrete  (332)

• In-situ concrete buildings  (397)

• In-situ concrete suspended floors  (244)

• In-situ core strength compared to standard cube strength  (807)

• In-situ linings  (370)

• In-situ methods  (180)

• In-situ safety barriers  (625)

• Insitu tests - British Standards  (64)

• In-situ tests – European Standards  (639)

• In-situ to precast connections  (400)

• In-situ, precast and tilt-up concrete walls  (249)

• Inspection and maintenance  (577)

• Insulating concrete formwork  (869)

• Insulation and U values  (594)

• Integral bridges  (589)

• Integration of building services  (892)

• Jacked box underbridges  (866)

• Joint spacing for unreinforced concrete  (1070)

• Joints and connections  (182)

• Joints in external paving  (873)

• Jump form construction  (535)

• Jump form systems  (860)

• K Slump  (968)

• Kicker concrete strength for walls  (1024)

• Kickerless Construction  (1025)

• Laboratory testing  (166)

• Large area pours for ground-supported floors  (156)

• Large volume concrete pours  (953)

• Lattice girder slabs  (310)

• Life cycle assessment/analysis of concrete  (769)

• Lift lines  (970)

• Lift slab construction  (387)

• Lifting of concrete.  (209)

• Lightweight aggregate concrete  (13)

• Lightweight Aggregate Concrete - Materials  (202)

• Lightweight aggregates  (849)

• Lightweight concrete  (12)

• Lightweight concrete - Batching and placing  (14)

• Lignite in concrete.  (515)

• Lime leaching  (520)

• Limestone fines as an addition to cement  (925)

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