Guides: Mortar Trades: Concreting

eBooks

Foundations and Concrete Work This revised edition features 17 new articles from Fine Homebuilding magazine, all focused on helping builders form and pour the absolute highest-quality foundations.
Green Building with Concrete With superior fire resistance, strength, and a long service life, concrete is the most widely used construction material in the world. A sustainable material, concrete is also easily and affordably reused and rehabilitated. The first book to provide an overview of sustainability and concrete, Green Building with Concrete: Sustainable Design and Con
Innovative Materials and Techniques in Concrete Construction Recent years have seen enormous advances in the technology of concrete as a material, through which its strength, compactness and ductility can reach levels never dreamed of before.

Construction Engineering Australia Provides readers with a comprehensive, highly informative and highly targeted publication specialising in all aspects of construction.

Concrete Structures Provides guidance on evaluating the condition of the concrete in a structure, relating the condition of the concrete to the underlying cause, selecting an appropriate repair material and using the selected materials and methods to repair or rehabilitate the structure.
Formwork for Concrete Structures Provides current information on designing and building formwork and temporary structures during the construction process.
Reinforced Concrete Basics A book on analysis and design of reinforced concrete structures, starting with the fundamentals followed by the developing of advanced approaches.
The Sustainable Use of Concrete Presents guidelines on how to move toward sustainable concrete construction. It examines environmental, social and cultural, and economic aspects, then considers an evaluation system of sustainability.
Pre-Apprenticeship Maths & Literacy for Concreting Provides students with the skills they need to confidently pursue a career within this trade. It includes hundreds of example assessment questions and also supports concepts that students studying VET may use.
Basics Concrete Construction This title imparts the basic knowledge every architect needs to master for planning reinforced and non-reinforced concrete construction.
Good Practice Guide: Concrete Masonry The design, detailing and weatherproofing principles of this good practice guide can also be applied to single-skin masonry wall construction.

How it's Built: Concrete Series: Megastructures Cross the globe, visiting the break-neck construction in Dubai and the batch plants of the Panama Canal as well as the concrete pours of Hoover Dam before travelling back in time to see one of the first concrete icons, the Pantheon in Rome.
Understanding the World's Greatest Structures These 24 lectures take you on a tour that blends history and science to create an unforgettable survey of our world's most remarkable structural masterpieces.
Setting out a Building Site Shows how to correctly set out a building site in preparation for construction.

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Injury Hotspots: Concreters These are the most common injuries and hazards for concreters, as shown by injury claims.

Concrete Masonry Association of Australia CMAA is the peak body that represents the concrete masonry manufacturers of Australia. This includes bricks, blocks, pavers and retaining walls.
Engineering Training Institute Australia: Technical Information A list of common terms in the cement and concrete industry. Beneath each term is some basic technical information regarding this topic.
Steel Reinforcement Institute of Australia A national non-profit organisation providing a high quality technical support and information service to the Australian building industry.

Concrete Masonry Handbook This manual is suitable for students and can be downloaded from the Concrete Masonry Association of Australia. It provides general information about concrete masonry, its construction as well as general maintenance.
The Housing Concrete Handbook From the Cement & Concrete Association of Australia, a house builders guide to understanding, ordering and handling concrete and other cement-based materials
National Code of Practice for Precast, Tilt-Up and Concrete Elements in Building Construction Provides practical guidance on ways to eliminate hazards and/or minimise risks in the safe handling of concrete elements in building construction. [NOTE: This National Code is out of date and is in the process of being revised.]

Concrete Institute of Australia Their mission is to promote and develop excellence in concrete research, technology, application, design and construction.
Concrete Pipe Association of Australasia The Association aspires to represent excellence in design, manufacture, application, and technology of steel-reinforced concrete pipe and associated products.
National Precast Concrete Association of Australia National Precast has grown to become the peak body for the Australian precast concrete industry and is an organisation which is well known within the construction sector.
Steel Reinforcement Institute of Australia A national non-profit organisation providing a high quality technical support and information service to the Australian building industry.
American Concrete Institute A leading authority and resource worldwide for the development, dissemination, and adoption of its consensus-based standards and technical resources.
National Precast Concrete Association (of America) NPCA is a trade association representing the manufacturers of plant-produced concrete products and the suppliers to the industry around the world
Portland Cement Association (PCA) PCA represents cement companies in the US and Canada.
Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA) TCA is the international nonprofit trade association for the global tilt-up concrete construction industry.

Concrete Finishes From the Steel Reinforcement Institute of Australia, various concrete finishes are described.
A Little Book of Concrete From the National Precast Concrete Association of Australia, this guide examines the use of precast concrete as a building product.
Tilt up & Precast Walling Systems From the Steel Reinforcement Institute of Australia, the differences between tilt-up and precast walling systems are explained.
Topics in Concrete A to Z listing of topics from the American Concrete Institute.

National Geographic Megastructures - Hoover Dam Bridge To save the Hoover Dam required a feat of engineering. Spanning the canyon below the dam, the Bypass Bridge took six years to complete at a cost of US$240 million, it is a masterpiece.

Career HQ Concreters pour, spread, level off and finish concrete, using various tools, on or in all types of residential and commercial structures. including paths and roadways, buildings, and bridges.
Concreter- Construction Training Fund Concreters pour, spread, compact, finish and cure concrete for buildings, roads, tunnels, bridges and marine structures using hand tools, vibrators, pumps, troweling machinery and other power tools.
Concreter - Salary SEEK job overview, job prospects and salary information