2 Day Concrete Basics - Is Back! 

Coming in April in Halifax!

 

This course is for anyone who is involved with concrete and who wants to enhance their basic knowledge of the subject. Ready-mixed concrete personnel, sales and marketing agents, concrete contractors, inspection and testing crews, material suppliers, consultants, government employees and others all have taken and benefited from this course in the past. Many useful reference materials are included in your registration fee including a copy of the recently released 8th Canadian edition of "Design and Control of Concrete Mixtures" updated to current CSA standards with additional chapters on Durability and Sustainability.

 

Registrants will learn how materials and proportions affect concrete performance, discover how construction practices and weather impact concrete strength and durability, learn the why and how of quality control tests and what they all mean. Other topics covered include cement, water, aggregates, admixtures; mixing, transporting, placing, finishing, and curing of ready-mixed concrete; the basics of reinforced concrete - theory and application; hot and cold weather concreting and an introduction to trouble-shooting. Space is limited, so register soon.

 

Cost for Concrete Atlantic Member $750 

 

FINAL AGENDA  

DAY 1 - Monday, April 17  

8:30 AM             REGISTRATION (25 mins)  

8:55 AM             Welcome & Opening Remarks (5 mins)

9:00 AM             Fundamentals of Concrete (30 mins) 

9:30 AM             Aggregates & Water (45 mins)  

10:15 AM           BREAK (15 mins)

10:30 AM           Cementitious Materials (90 mins)   

12:00 PM           LUNCH BREAK (Participants on their own for lunch - 60 mins)

1:00 PM             Batching, Mixing & Transportation (45 mins)   

1:45 PM             Handling, Place & Finishing (45 mins)

2:30 PM             BREAK (15 mins)

2:45 PM             Curing Protection - Hot & Cold Weather Concrete (45 mins)   

3:30 PM             Sustainability – How do Concrete & Cement Fit? (60 mins)    

4:30 PM             ADJOURNMENT  

DAY 2 - Tuesday, April 18  

9:00 AM             Evaluation of Compressive Test Results (30 mins)

9:30 AM             Admixtures (45 mins)

10:15 AM           BREAK (15 mins)

10:30 AM           High Performance Concrete (45 mins) 

11:15 AM           Reinforcing Steel in Concrete (30 mins)

11:45 AM           LUNCH BREAK (Participants on their own for lunch – 60 mins)

12:45 PM           Field Testing Videos & Discussions (75 mins)                                   

• CSA  A23.2-1C   Sampling Plastic Concrete
• CSA  A23.2-3C   Making & Curing Concrete Specimens
• CSA  A23.2-4C   Air Content, Pressure Method
• CSA  A23.2-5C   Slump
• CSA  A23.2-6C   Density & Yield
• CSA  A23.2-17C Temperature
• CSA A23.2-19CSlump Flow of Concrete
• CSA A23.2-7CAir Content, Volumetric Method (8:40) 

2:00 PM             What is Quality Concrete? (45 mins)

2:45 PM             BREAK (15 mins)

3:00 PM             End of Day Round Table Discussion (30 mins)

3:30 PM             Course Evaluations (15 mins)

3:45 PM             ADJOURNMENT 

Last miniute cancellations will not be refunded