The adoption of digital measurement and monitoring can provide improved visibility and traceability to drive quality and productivity improvements and associated cost reductions. Reduction in plant/person interface adds safety benefits and reduced wastage and efficient use of resources brings sustainability benefits.
Digital monitoring systems provide the real-time measurement and recording of fresh concrete properties such as temperature, air content and consistence. These calibrated, digital systems may also be capable of adjusting concrete properties such as the addition of water or admixture to correct consistence.
The Infrastructure Industry Innovation Partnership, I3P, identified that the best route to accelerating the adoption of this technology was to develop an industry-wide guidance document with the support and endorsement of all major stakeholders.
This new Good Concrete Guide 11, published by the Concrete Society was launched on 27 Feb at the UK Concrete Show and is now available to purchase in the Concrete Bookshop. Member discounts are available.
Contents
Glossary
1 Introduction
1.1 Scope
1.2 Background
1.3 Benefits
2 Management and Operation of a Digital Concrete Monitoring System
2.1 Equipment Calibration and Maintenance
2.2 Pre-Loading Checks
2.3 Controlled Automated Tempering
2.4 Pre-Discharge Checks
3 Training and Competence
4 Verification and Acceptance
4.1 Validation
4.2 Initial Correlation
4.3 Ongoing Validation
4.4 Acceptance Metrics
4.5 Reporting
5 References
