Concrete In Practice

* The Concrete in Practice Series is courtesy of the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Silver Springs, Maryland, USA. You can order the print version of the CIP’s by going to https://www.nrmca.org/aboutconcrete/cips/default.asp.

CIP 1 – Dusting Concrete Surfaces

CIP 2 – Scaling Concrete Surfaces

CIP 3 – Crazing Concrete Surfaces

CIP 4 – Cracking Concrete Surfaces

CIP 5 – Plastic Shrinkage Cracking

CIP 6 – Joints in Concrete Slabs on Grade

CIP 7 – Cracks in Residential Basement Walls

CIP 8 – Discrepancies in Yield

CIP 9 – Low Concrete Cylinder Strength

CIP 10 – Strength of In-Place Concrete

CIP 11 – Curing In-Place Concrete

CIP 12 – Hot Weather Concreting

CIP 13 – Concrete Blisters

CIP 14 – Finishing Concrete Flatwork

CIP 15 – Chemical Admixtures for Concrete

CIP 16 – Flexural Strength of Concrete

CIP 17 – Flowable Fill Materials

CIP 18 – Radon Resistant Buildings

CIP 19 – Curling of Concrete Slabs

CIP 20 – Delamination of Troweled Concrete Surfaces

CIP 21 – Loss of Air Content in Pumped Concrete

CIP 22 – Grout

CIP 23 – Discoloration

CIP 24 – Synthetic Fibers for Concrete

CIP 25 – Corrosion of Steel in Concrete

CIP 26 – Jobsite Addition of Water

CIP 27 – Cold Weather Concreting

CIP 28 – Concrete Slab Moisture

CIP 29 – Vapor Retarders Under Slabs on Grade

CIP 30 – Supplemental Cementitious Materials

CIP 31 – Ordering Ready Mixed Concrete

CIP 32 – Concrete Pre-Construction Conference

CIP 33 – High Strength Concrete

CIP 34 – Making Concrete Cylinders in the Field

CIP 35 – Testing Compressive Strength of Concrete

CIP 36 – Structural Lightweight Concrete

CIP 37 – Self Consolidating Concrete

CIP 38 – Pervious Concrete

CIP 39 – Maturity Methods to Estimate Concrete Strength

CIP 40 – Aggregate Popouts

CIP 41 – Acceptance of Testing Concrete

CIP 42 – Thermal Cracking of Concrete

CIP 43 – Alkali Aggregate Reaction

CIP 44 – Durability Requirements for Concrete

CIP 45 – Portland Limestone Cement (PLC)

CIP 46 – Environmental Product Declaration