The Concrete Producer Article PDF - No Minus Tolerance On Yield PDF
The Concrete Producer Article PDF - No Minus Tolerance On Yield PDF
The Concrete Producer Article PDF - No Minus Tolerance On Yield PDF
Allowable variations in air content and batch weights can also cause yield to vary.
But a cubic yard still has to contain no less than 27 cubic feet.
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testing laboratory. When he used these materials retained in the mixer
Association
proportions, yield of the field-pro- after discharge. ACI 117, Standard
duced concrete was 26.87 cubic feet. Specifications for Tolerances for Con-
He asked if there was a tolerance on crete Construction and Materials, gives
yield to account for any concreting no tolerance for yield. And since
materials left in the mixer drum after ASTM C 94 doesnt say the basis for volume shall be determined
discharge. And if there wasnt, did the purchase shall be about a cubic yard, or from the total weight of the batch di-
responsibility for underyield rest with a nominal cubic yard, the meaning is vided by the concrete unit weight.
the concrete producer or the laborato- pretty clear: Producers must yield at This unit weight must be the average
ry that designed the mix? least a cubic yard, that is, 27 cubic feet of three unit weight tests run on sam-
or more per nominal cubic yard. ples from three different trucks, and
Plus tolerance only Does that mean every 10-yard truck the batch weight divided by the aver-
ASTM C 94, Standard Specification must contain at least 10 cubic yards age unit weight must equal or exceed
for Ready-Mixed Concrete, answers the of concrete? Not according to ASTM 27 cubic feet.
first part of the question. Section 3 re- C 94. The specification states that