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Method Statement
MS (No. 2)

Measuring, Mixing, Transporting

Concrete

Description PREPARED BY REVIEWED BY APPROVED BY

NAME
SIGNATURE
DATE

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LIST OF CONTENTS
1- Scope.
2- Reference Documents:
3- Resources:
3-1- Materials.
3-2- Personnel.
3-3- Equipment.
4- Operating Instructions.
5- Fabrication of concrete.
5-1- Operation of the batch plant.
5-2- Mix temperature.
5-3- Maintenance of the batch plant.
5-4- Transporting concrete.
5-3- Return to batch plant and maintenance.
6- Checking :
6-1- Checking before mixing concrete.
6-2- Checking during mixing concrete.
6-3- Checking after mixing concrete.
7- Calibration of batch plant

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Appendix I: concrete order

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1- Scope:
This Work procedure is prepared to defined the outlines procedure for obtaining
good result in measuring and mixing ingredients for concrete, transporting it to the
site and placing it.

2- Reference:
 Technical Specifications: (4.1/12)
 Over ground station’s technical specification.
 ASTM (C-94): Specification for ready-Mixed concrete
 ACI 304R : Guide for measuring , mixing , Transporting and placing concrete.
 BS 8110 section Six: Concrete : materials, specification and construction
 BS 5328 Methods for specifying concrete (including ready mixed concrete).

3- Resources:
3-1- Materials:
All raw materials are supplied from suppliers approved by NAT through
material submittal forms (M.S.F.).

3-2- Personnel:
Fabrication and transportation of freshly batched concrete involves, per batch
plant and per shift:
 1 Batch plant Engineer.

 1 Batch plant Foreman.

 2 Batch plant Operator.

 1 Mechanic.

 5 Labors.

 3 Truck mixer Operators.

3-3- Equipment:
 1 semi automatic batch plant
 In this system aggregate bin gates for charging one opened by manually
operated push buttons or switches- Gates are closed automatically when the
designated weight of materials has been delivered. Visual confirmation of
the scale reading for each materials being weighed
 One loader used for handling fine and coarse aggregates and feeding the batch
plant (4-8) truck mixers.
 silos for cement / batch plant
 water tanks
 cooler
 sedimentation tank

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4- Operating Instruction:
 All concrete mixes for permanent works shall be approved by NAT prior to use.
 Storage of cement in silo has white color from its outside boundary.
 Max temperature of cement used not exceed than 60 oC.
 Cool water is to be used in hot weather.
 Storage area of sand and coarse aggregate on plain concrete floor with smooth in
cilination.
 Storage area must be covered to prevent sunrise and cool by spry of water.
 Each site engineer at the end of each week a 15 days program to the concrete
department for organization and stocks purpose.
 Individual concrete orders are sent by fax or given by hand to the responsible
Engineer of batch plant 16h before casting to inform the site laboratory and
quality department for action.
 Atypical for al of the hand concrete orders is given in Appendix I.

5- Fabrication of concrete:
 Fabrication of concrete should follow T.S of over ground station Item 4-20.
 Once the schedule is established orders are transmitted from site engineer to the
batch plant engineer who schedule their batching plant’s production.
 The day of casting, verbally call that the site is ready for casting shall be given to
batch plant engineer to confirm that the fabrication can start.

5-1- Operation of the batch plant:

 The operator checks and adjusts the water content of aggregate before starting
mixing.
 The operator checks the concrete mix deign before starting mixing.
 Central mixed concrete is mixed completely in a stationary mixer and then
transferred to another piece of equipment for delivery.
 The mixing time should be measured for the time all ingredients are in the
mixers and should be based upon the ability of the mixer to produce through
the batch and from batch to batch.

5-2- Mix temperature:

Batch to batch uniformity of concrete from mixer, particular with regard to
slump, water requirement, air content, also depends on the uniformity of the
concrete temperature that maximum and minimum concrete temperatures be
controlled throughout all seasons of the year.

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5-3- Maintenance the batch plant:

Mixer should be properly maintained to prevent mortar and dray material
leakage. Inner mixer surfaces should be kept clean and worn blades replaced.

5-4- Transporting concrete:

 Concrete is not to be mixed and placed when the shade air temperature is 43o
C or more.
 According to the schedule, concrete is loaded in truck mixer, which has been
fully isolated in case at ambient temperature exceeding 32o C.
 Truck mixer used consists of an open-top body mounted on a truck, although
bottom dump truck has been used successfully.
 The metal body should have smooth streamlined contact surface and is usually
designed for discharge of the concrete at the rear when the body is tilted.
 A discharge gate and vibrators mounted on the body should be provided at the
point of discharge for control of flow.

5-5- Return to batch plant and maintenance :

 The truck mixer leaving the site empties its water tank in the rotating mixer in
order to clean it.
 On arrival at the batch plant the waste water is emptied in the sedimentation
tank.
 The total travel time of the truck mixer is registered for maintenance purposes.
 The truck mixers should be send to the maintenance work shop after each shift
for daily maintenance.

6- Checking
6-1 Check before mixing concrete:
Laboratory foreman verifies the water content of the coarse aggregate.

6-2 Check during mixing concrete:

The operator of the batch plant is responsible for executing the following
operation:-
 Checking of the correct operation of the weighing through the balance

weight, supplying and mixing sequence.

 Checking that each weighing unit resumes its zero value after empting of

the hopper.
 Checking of uniformity of mixing.

6-3 Check after mixing concrete:

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The laboratory staff carries out these controls: -
 Slump tests as routine check on especially on the first batch for checking

the consistency.
 Compressive and tensile strength on hard end concrete.

 Analysis of the result to defined the degree of quality control.

7- Calibration of batch plant:

This calibration executed under the supervision of batch plant engineer, consultant
engineer and NAT engineer.

7-1 Calibration of balance weight of water:

Actual
50 100 150 200 250
weight kg
Reading

Result: - ____________________________________
____________________________________

7-2 Calibration of balance weight of cement:

Actual
50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
weight (kg)
Reading

Result: - ____________________________________
____________________________________

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7-3 Calibration of balance weight of aggregate:

Actual
weight 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 2000

(kg)
Reading

Result: - ____________________________________
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The laboratory staff carries out these controls: -

 Slump tests as routine check on especially on the first batch for checking the
consistency.

Concrete order
To
Batch Plant

Lot No.
Order No.
Order Date:

Location

Concrete

Lot Title:
Zone:
Structure part:

Quantity: m3
Concrete Content:
C : W : S : D : ad
Cement type:

 Equipment required:
Pump Mobile Crane Tower Crane
Direct Others:

 Delivery Date: Planned Starting time

 Observation:

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