Storing of Aggregate on Site
- Store aggregate at site on a hard dry and level patch of ground
- If such a surface is not available then prepare a platform of planks or old corrugated iron sheets, or a floor of bricks, or a thin layer of lean concrete so as to prevent contamination with clay, dust, vegetable and other foreign matter.
- Maintain sufficient distance between stacks of fine and coarse aggregates to prevent the material at the edges of the stock piles from getting intermixed.
- If possible then construct dividing walls to give each type of aggregate its own compartment.
- Stack the fine aggregate in such a place where loss due to effect of wind is minimum.
- Stacking of the aggregates should be carried out in regular stacks. The suggested sizes for stacks are as follows.
|
Material |
Size of Stack (in m.) |
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|
Length |
Breadth |
Height |
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|
Soling stone |
5 |
2 |
0.5 |
|
5 |
1 |
0.5 |
|
|
Coarse aggregate |
2 |
2 |
0.5 |
|
5 |
5 | 1 | |
|
5 |
1 |
0.5 |
|
|
Fine aggregate |
2 |
2 |
0.5 |
|
5 |
5 |
1 |
|
|
5 |
1 |
0.5 |
|