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conceng: I spoke with an industry representative who said the use of both of these products is fine. The product data submitted for the 1025 says it is also meets the requirements for Type F High-range water reducers. They are getting 8" slumps, which should be easy enough to place...

Zambo: The problems are intermittent. When the consolidation problems are evident, it is usually in the bottom of the walls/columns. But more than half of the walls appear to be well consolidated at the bottom. Now the Owner is concerned there may be consolidation problems which are hidden...

Zambo, There seems to be a fine line between honeycombing and rock pockets based on the ACI definitions: http://www.concrete.org/Technical/CCT/FlashHelp/ACI_Terminology.htm It's almost a "you know it if you see it" thing. In cases where there are significant voids, we are calling it...

I appreciate all of your responses. dik: The site ticket lists the batch number, but this was a case of the superintendent telling two different inspectors on separate occasions that his newly-poured walls looked better (less honeycombing) than the previously-poured walls because he ordered...

On a current project, there was reason to suspect that the concrete supplier had changed the mix without approval. He has taken the initiative to submit batch tickets from the pours in question for our review. For example, for a 7 yd. batch, the ticket lists the following amounts: Course...

cvg: Thank you for your responses. I appreciate what you are saying about the word "approved", and it is an on-going dilemna here. We are not currently using the word "approved", but from what I've been reading from some of the major professional liability insurance carriers' risk management...

I've been tasked to re-vamp our company's shop drawing Quality Assurance plan, and I feel the need to pick everyone's brain on a few gray areas. Any comments you wish to share will be appreciated. 1) Do any of you require a schedule of submittals be submitted for approval prior to reviewing...