COMPARISON OF COST ANALYSIS BETWEEN SELF COMPACTING CONCRETE AND NORMAL VIBRATED CONCRETE

In this study an attempt is made to develop SCC mixes of different Strengths by using v a r i o u s ranges of cement, Metakaolin and Fly ash with appropriate quantity of Super plasticizer. A total of 11 (eleven) mixes has been prepared by this research. This chapter is mainly focused on the cost analysis of the designed SCC mixes and Normal Vibrating Concrete (NVC) mixes. The number of skilled labour, vibrator opera tors and the number of defects can drastically be reduced, owing to user-friendly characteristics of SCC. The time, cost and quality are the three important factors which assume significance in construction due to their impact on the industry as a whole. Any development which has a positive impact on these factors is always in the interest of civil engineering. As SCC requires a higher volume of fines replacement of cement content by mineral admixtures like fly ash which increases the viscosity and workability of fresh concrete and reduces the cost of SCC.