Revised 03/2024

CIV 229 - Concrete Laboratory (1 CR.)

Course Description

Focuses on mixing, curing, testing and quality control of concrete. Laboratory 2 hours per week.

General Course Purpose

To acquaint the student with the methods and procedures for field and laboratory testing of concrete and constituent materials.

Course Prerequisites/Corequisites

Corequisite: CIV 228.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:

• understand the procedures and related specifications for the field and laboratory quality control testing of plastic concrete
• understand the laboratory testing of constituent materials
• understand proportioning trial mixes
• understand curing test specimens
• understand testing hardened concrete test specimens and in-place concrete
• perform these test

Major Topics to Be Included

• Laboratory procedures
• Concrete characteristics
• Testing of concrete aggregates
• Testing of plastic concrete
• Proportioning mixes
• Testing hardened concrete