This guide presents information on handling, measuring, and batching of all materials used in making normal weight, lightweight, and heavyweight concrete. It covers both weight and volumetric measuring, central mixture plants and truck mixers, and concrete placement using buckets, buggies, pumps, and conveyors. Also covered are underwater placement and preplaced aggregate concretes. Achieving quality control in completed structures is also addressed.
This Guide was Reapproved by ACI in 2009.