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The circumstances under which a contractor set concrete batch plant at site.
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Concrete batch plant is equipment which is used for combining the ingredients such as sand, aggregates, water with cement and to form the concrete mix.
Usually, a ready-mix concrete delivered from the suppliers is mostly used rather than setting a concrete batch plant in various construction projects as it seems a more economical solution.
There are two conditions under which ready mix concrete does not seem an economical solution and setting up of a concrete batch plant at the site is considered by the contractor. The two conditions are given below:
- The location of the site of work is very remote and it is not practically possible to get the delivery of ready mix concrete from the local supplier.
- When the requirement of pouring concrete at the site is very large for a particular project. So a continuous supply of ready mix concrete is required and will prove uneconomical.
In above both cases, the contractor will consider setting up of a concrete batch plant the project site as it will prove to be an economical option.
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Fundamentals of Construction Estimating
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