3/16/2018 Recommended Concrete Mixes for Various Types of Construction

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Recommended Concrete Mixes for Various Types of Construction

Recommended Concrete Mixes for Various Types of Construction Works:

Various types of concrete construction requires different concrete mixes for its construction. The recommended
value of these concrete mixes for various types of construction is presented in table below:

Table: Recommended mixes for Different Concrete Construction

Water for
Max. size of Water for dry aggregates Water for best
Concrete
Type of work aggregates aggregates condition from consistency
Mix Ratio
(mm) (liter)* dry to moist (liter)*
batch (liter)*

Small precast work, fence

posts, poles, garden
1:2:2 16 20 15 to 16 Soft
furniture and other work of
very thin sections

Storage tanks, cisterns,

sewers, well knerbs,
watertight work, and
1:2:3 20 25 19 to 22 Medium
columns or other structural
parts subjected to high
stresses

Reinforced concrete work,

floor slab, beams, columns, 1:2.5:3.5 20 32 23 to 27 Medium or soft
arches, stairs etc

Ordinary floors, footpaths,

drive ways, steps, roads, 1:2.5:3.5 20 23 20 to 23 Stiff
pavements

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Building and basement

walls, silos, sills, lintels,
machine foundations subject
to vibration, bridges, dams, 1:2:4 40 30 23 to 26 Stiff or Medium
piers, etc exposed to action
of water and frost foundation
concrete for masonry walls

Culverts, retaining walls,

compound walls, ordinary 1:3:5 40 34 26 to 30 Stiff or Medium
machine bases, etc.

Mass concrete for heavy

walls, lean concrete for
1:3:6 63 36 30 to 32 Medium
levelling course of RCC
foundations

*for one cement bag batch

NOTES: When both fine and coarse aggregates are poorly graded, the following general rules regarding suitable
proportioning of these will be found helpful:

1. For maximum size of coarse aggregates as 40mm and over, sand should be half as much as coarse
aggregates.

2. For maximum size of coarse aggregates as 20mm and over, sand should be two-thirds as much as coarse
aggregates.

3. For maximum size of coarse aggregates as 16mm, sand and coarse aggregates should be in equal parts.

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