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Introduction
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RCC-2000 Education + CALcrete is a special edition disc from
the Reinforced Concrete Council (RCC) LICENSED FOR STUDENT
USE IN THE UK ONLY. It may NOT be used by practising
professionals for CPD, design or other purposes.
CALcrete
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CALcrete is a suite of 13 computer aided learning (CAL)
modules on concrete, ranging from materials to design and
construction. It is suitable for both learning in higher
education and professional development. It has been made
available free to UK HEIs for network use and as a CD-ROM for
UK students' own use (distributed to selected students by
their department).
MODULES
- Foundations and retaining walls
- Reinforced concrete design part 1 (to EC2)
- Reinforced concrete design part 2 (to EC2)
- Reinforced concrete design to BS 8110 part 1
(with EC2 comparison)
- Reinforced concrete design to BS 8110 part 2
(with EC2 comparison)
- Cement and concrete in pavement construction
- Drawing and detailing
- Precast concrete
- Pre-stressed concrete
- Concrete as a material
- Buildability and construction techniques
- Concrete bridges
- Concrete site practice
A joint venture between the BCA, Phoenix Systems and the RCC.
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RC-INFO
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RC-info is a valuable research, information and educational
tool about reinforced concrete design and construction
WHAT'S ON RC-INFO?
- A powerful interactive library of most RCC publications in
pdf format permitting high definition colour illustrations
and photographs, plus sophisticated search facilities. The
publications include real life case studies, technical
material, and design manuals.
- A full working version of Concept - a program for the
structural concept design of reinforced concrete framed
buildings.
- Information about the Reinforced Concrete Council.
- Adobe Acrobat (c) Reader 4.05 + 'search' for viewing the
Portable Document Format (pdf) files on this disc. This
includes a powerful search facility for the text, and
allows magnification and 'capture' of the images and text
on screen.
- A Powerpoint presentation on Tilt-up construction
(see 'Activities' section of RC-Info,requires MS Powerpoint)
GETTING STARTED WITH ACROBAT READER
In order to read, navigate and/or print from the fully
illustrated pdf files in RC-Info (or UserGuid.pdf under the
UserGuid folder under RC-Spreadsheets) you need to have
Acrobat Reader (version 4.05 plus 'Search') already resident
on your computer.
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RC-Spreadsheets
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This section of the disc contains spreadsheets for concrete
design to BS 8110 and EC2, jointly funded by RCC, DETR and
industry. It also includes programs by others.
THE SPREADSHEETS
The spreadsheets are intended to help with the rapid
production of clear and accurate design calculations for
reinforced concrete elements.
Supporting folders
ByOthers
PROGRAMS BY OTHERS
The BCA and RCC disclaim any responsibility for programs by
others. These programs and files are provided to help
dissemination. They are subject to the authors' conditions
of use. See respective files and readme text.
PLEASE NOTE
Users and managers should be aware that spreadsheets can be
changed and must address change control and versions for use
under a QA procedure.
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CALCRETE
*Can I have more details about CALcrete?
Tel(01344)725733, Fax(01344)761214,