A SURVEY OF CONCRETE PRACTICE ON SELECTED CONSTRUCTION SITES IN NIGERIA
A SURVEY OF CONCRETE PRACTICE ON SELECTED CONSTRUCTION SITES IN NIGERIA
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1997-08
Authors
AIYETAN, AYODEJI OLATUNJI
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Abstract
A survey of concrete practice on selected construction sites
in Nigeria has been undertaken. It was aimed at establishing
whether or not good concrete practice is being followed. Fifteen
sites were Investigated to review the following— storage of dry
materials, transportation modes, mix design and mixing practice of
concrete and the background training of the operatives.
The following results were obtained:
The storage facilities on sites are poor as compared to claims
in questionnaires, the use of traditional method of transportation
of materials was observed on the sites contrary to claims in the
questionnaires, no standard method of measurement for materials in
the production of concrete was observed and operatives were found
to have no background training before they are put to work.
The experiment carried out on concrete samples taken from
sites showed a general low strength. This correlates with the
finding of the stud
Description
A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT
OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE MASTER OF SCIENCE
(M.SC) DEGREE IN CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
AUGUST, 1997
Keywords
SURVEY,, CONCRETE,, CONSTRUCTION SITES,