The NRMCA, which represents producers of ready mixed concrete,
has announced the introduction of a new publication called
Improving Concrete Quality.

The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association has introduced a new publication, co-published with CRC Press, called Improving Concrete Quality, which discusses concrete quality measurement, as well as the tangible and intangible benefits due to improved quality.

According to the NRMCA, this publication will benefit ready mix executives in a number of ways, including how to improve performance, reduce time and costs, and lower the environmental footprint of concrete while also resulting in an overall improvement in the quality of concrete construction.

The book, which can be pre-ordered from the NRMCA website, suggests steps to measure and reduce variability due to concrete ingredient materials, manufacturing and testing, thereby improving concrete quality.

Improving Concrete Quality also delves into basic statistics and how to use test data to improve quality.
Doing a test and collecting data by itself is of little value unless data analysis and necessary corrective action are taken. Other topics include how to identify poor testing and poor initial curing, identify abnormal material variation, how to control mixing water variation, improve batching accuracy, how to ensure ingredient material quality and elements of a quality management system, how to do a quality audit and which tests a concrete producer should do.

For more information about the NRMCA, please visit nrmca.org.

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