Ready-mix concrete

How it is used

Most sites order ready-mix concrete rather than mixing on site. Each truck comes with a delivery ticket showing the class, volume and batching time, and site staff check the slump and take test samples.

Example sentences

1. We ordered 80 cubic metres of ready-mix concrete for the slab.

2. The ready-mix concrete plant is forty minutes away, so plan the trucks carefully.

Common collocations

• ready-mix supplier
• ready-mix truck
• order ready-mix concrete
• batching plant
• delivery ticket

Related terms

• concreteA building material made by mixing cement, water, sand and gravel. It is placed while wet and hardens into a strong, stone-like mass.
• pourTo place fresh concrete into formwork or an excavation from a truck, pump or skip. As a noun, a pour is one continuous concreting operation.
• slump testA simple site test of how workable fresh concrete is: a cone is filled with concrete and lifted away, and the drop in the concrete's height is measured in millimetres.
• cementA fine grey powder that reacts with water and hardens. It is the binder that glues sand and gravel together in concrete and mortar.

More terms: Concrete and Steel

• reinforced concrete
• rebar
• formwork
• curing
• aggregate
• structural steel
• weld
• compressive strength
• concrete cover