Document Status
Current
Supplement
Civil & Structural Supplement
Series
Concrete Advice
Abstract
Examines how cold joints are formed and looks at their issues. Also shows the differences between cold joints and pour lines. Covers: lines at the formed surface, delay between placing batches, coping with a cold joint, investigating potential cold joints, structural considerations, design codes and water seepage.
Author
Day, R.
History
See also: Concrete Advice 62 Pour lines and shadow marks (CS, 2017).
Issued Nov 2017.
Revised April 2021.
Subjects
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Concrete testing
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Materials
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In situ concrete/cement
Publisher History
For more than 30 years, The Concrete Society has been publishing technical reports and advice notes to serve the needs of clients, architects, engineers, specifiers, suppliers, contractors and users of concrete.
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