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Site Quality Control

a) Quality control of concrete raw materials: cement, water, aggregates, and admixtures
b) Understanding concrete behaviour: strength, workability, and durability requirements
c) Properties of fresh concrete: slump test, slump flow, flow table, Vebe test, etc.
d) Properties of hardened concrete: compressive strength, creep, modulus of elasticity, flexural strength, etc.
e) Concrete compaction and consolidation
f) Curing techniques

Identifying Types of Defects in Building

a) Cracks: structural and non-structural
b) Voids: pinholes, honeycombs, sand streaking, formwork streaking
c) Chemical degradation and attack
d) Efflorescence, stalactites, and stalagmites
e) Delamination and other defects

Example of report writing – template will be provided