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Aggregates

Coarse aggregate for concrete is crushed blue basalt stones. They are clean and rougly
cubical in shape, non-porous, free from decomposed stone, dust, clay, earthy matter, foreign
substances or friable, thin, elongated or laminated pieces. Fine aggregate is washed crushed
rock sand having a percentage of fines passing 63 microns of less than 10%. The aggregates
produced are in accordance with BS 882. Samples of aggregates are also sent to external
laboratories such as Labolink & MSB twice per year.

Aggregates produced by our stone crushing plants are subject to the following tests carried
out in our internal laboratory.

No
. Test Standard Frequency of test
1 Gradation & fines content EN 933-1 One per week
2 Sand Equivalent EN 933-8 One per week
3 Aggregate impact value BS 812-112
One per three months
4 Aggregate crushing value BS 812-110
5 Flakiness index EN 933-3 One per three months & when
6 Elongation Index BS 812 section 105.2 necessary
One per three months & when
7 Los Angeles test ASTM C131/C131M
necessary
One per day and depending on
8 Moisture Content EN 1097-5
the climate
Particle density and water One per six months and when
9 EN 1097-6
absorption necessary
Table 1: Test on aggregates & frequency of test. (In Accordance with BS EN 12620, Table H.1)