strategies to achieve a position of prominence in the cement industry. First, Cemex innovated state of the art technology to outperform competitors. Cemex leaders challenged the operations groups to develop more efficient ways ways to produce concrete and bought technology through acquisitions. A telecommunications network between 11 plants was established as early as 1988. The IT consulting group, Cemtec, was spun off which utilized online surveys to manage customer relations. Second
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IBS–CIDB COLUMN INTRODUCTION TO THE IBS CONTENT SCORING SYSTEM (IBS SCORE) MANUAL By: Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) INTRODUCTION Prosperity and high economic growth in Malaysia has created a high demand for construction activities. As a consequence, this has attracted a huge number of foreign workers into this country to take up employment on site as unskilled labour doing manual jobs. Despite their contributions, the country is in a quagmire with a host of problems such
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DECLARATION I hereby state and verify by my signature that I have reviewed this internship report. I hereby affirmed that the report contains the actual project or assignment that I (or the company I work for) assigned to this intern. Date: ________________ Supervisor: ______________________ Signature: _____________ Mentor: ________________________ Signature: _____________ Student: ________________________ Signature: _____________ Acknowledgement First
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A Study of Thermal Conductivity of Corn Cob Ash Blended Cement Mortar. A.A. Raheem, Ph.D.1* and Prof. D.A. Adesanya2 1 Civil Engineering Department, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria. 2 Building Department, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. E-mail: raheemayinde@yahoo.com* Telephone: 2348033928991 ABSTRACT This study investigated the thermal conductivity of corn cob ash (CCA) blended cement mortar. Nine classes of CCA blended cements were employed with
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1990 BUREAU MANAK OF BHAVAN, 9 INDIAN BAHADUR NEW DELHI STANDARDS SHAH 110002 Price Group 4 ZAFAR MARG January 1990 Cement and Concrete Sectional Committee, CED 2 FOREWORD This Indian Standard ( Fourth Revision ) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on 20 June 1989, after the draft finalized by the Cement and Concrete Sectional Committee had been approved by the Civil Engineering Division Council. This standard was first published in 1951 and subsequently revised
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Saudi Cement Company: “Survival is the name of the game in a very competitive industry” Dr. Salem M. AL-Ghamdi King Fahd University of petroleum and minerals Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Abstract This is a case study on a Saudi Arabian company known in the cement industry. Saudi Cement Company (SCC) is a Saudi joint company established in 1955. The company is listed in the Saudi stock market. The information was collected through a structured questionnaire and from secondary data.
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Concrete * is a construction material composed of cement and other cementitious materials such as fly ash and slag cement, aggregate, water, and chemical admixtures. * Solidifies and hardens after mixing with water and placement due to a chemical process known as hydration. The water reacts with the cement, which bonds the other components together, eventually creating a stone-like material. Concrete is used to make: * Pavements * Architectural Structures * Pipe * Foundations
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to recycle as much as I could. This was a request from the Farmer to try to reduce costs. The top coat was crushed road tarmac, the next layer was Type 1 MOT and the base layer was clay. I had an area of approx 30m x 10m to prepare ready for new concrete slabs. I had to divide this area into 5 sections as requested by the client because different areas of the slab had different uses. 3 sections had to have a brushed finish with a troweled edge for the wheeled machines to grip to. The other 2 sections
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brick. Nowadays the style of making home is that the cement and sand is kept between two brick but previously it’s a clay that is kept between two brick. In ancient times the styles of roof were also different. It used to be flat tiles but nowadays concrete and steel are used for making the roof. In ancient times the tiles were also made up of clay mud after burning in the fire. Today in Bangladesh the size of brick is 9.5''X4.5''X2.75'' which is seen all over the country. This brick is kept one after
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Concrete Repair, Rehabilitation and Retrofitting II – Alexander et al (eds) © 2009 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-0-415-46850-3 Performance of Reactive Powder Concrete (RPC) with different curing conditions and its retrofitting effects on concrete member T.P. Chang, B.T. Chen, J.J. Wang & C.S. Wu Department of Construction Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC ABSTRACT: The material performance of Reactive Powder Concrete (RPC)
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