Precast Concrete: Materials, Manufacture, Properties and Usage, Second Edition / Edition 2

by Maurice Levitt

Overview

This general treatise on precast concrete reflects Maurice Levitt’s extensive experience in the construction industry and as a researcher and consultant. It gives detailed coverage of the subject from the material's properties through its manufacture and quality control, and on to specialist topics such as accelerated curing and use in hot and cold climates. It then looks at the properties of precast concrete and its performance in situ before covering standards and testing and then the issues of finishing, repair and jointing.

A wide range of professionals in both the civil engineering and general construction sectors should find this an invaluable reference for its guidance on the range of practical questions they can expect to encounter. It will also be useful for students at graduate level.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367864033
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	12/12/2019
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Maurice Levitt is a consultant and was formerly head of the Materials Science Department at John Laing’s R&D division (now Laing Technology) and later an Assessor at the British Board of Agrément.

Table of Contents

Preface to the second edition ix

Acknowledgements xi

List of abbreviations xiii

Introduction 1

1 Ingredients 3

2 Reinforcement, prestressing, hardware 48

3 Moulds 65

4 Production control 82

5 Labour-intensive processes 94

6 Machine-intensive processes 110

7 Accelerated curing 131

8 Hot and cold climates 148

9 Properties and performance 153

10 Standards, testing and quality 182

11 Finishing, repairing and jointing 189

Notes and references 202

Index 205