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This digital document is an article from The Concrete Producer, published by Hanley-Wood, Inc. on April 1, 2003. The length of the article is 1375 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation Details
Title: Proprietary mix designs: unique designs are a vision of things to come.
Author: Richard S. Szecsy
Publication: The Concrete Producer (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2003
Publisher: Hanley-Wood, Inc.
Volume: 21 Issue: 4 Page: 36(3)Distributed by Thompson Gale
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A growing trend among ready-mix producers is the non-submission of mix I design proportions with mix design requests. The specifier and engineer reject the mix because of missing material proportions, while the producer claims proprietary information, and the contractor gets stuck in the middle. The topic of proprietary mix designs, like anything, has two sides: 1) the engineer/specifier, and 2) the ready-mix producer. For an engineer, protecting the health, safety, and welfare of the public is the primary obligation. To accomplish this an engineer specifies the performance criteria for the structure. In doing so, the engineer is willing to stake his/her reputation and license in the decisions they are making. For the ready-mix producer, there is the...
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