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HANDBOOK ON CONCRETE MIXES
(BASED ON INDIAN STANDARDS)

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HANDBOOK ON CONCRETE MIXES
(BASED ON INDIAN STANDARDS)

BUREAU

OF

INDIAN

STANDARDS

MANAK BHAVAN, 9 BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR MARC
NEW DELHI 110002

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FIRST FIRST PUBLISHED REPRINT MARCH JULY 1988 1990 1983

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1990

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SPECIAL COMMITTEE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS (SCIP)
Chairman

MAJ-GEN HARKIRAT SINGH W-IS Greater Kailash I, New Delhi 110048
Members Representing

Shri A. K. Banerjee Prof Dinah Mohan Dr S. Maudgal Dr M. Ramaiah Shri A. Sankaran Shri A. Chakraborty (Alrernafe) Shri T. K. Saran Dr H. C. Visvesvaraya Shri Ct. Raman (Member Seqrerary)

Metallurgical and Engineering Consultants (India) Limited, Ranchi Central Building Research Institute. Roorkee Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi Structural Engineering Research Centre, Madras Central Public Works Department, New Delhi Bureau of Public Enterprises, New Delhi Cement Research Instituteof India, New Delhi

Indian Standards Institution. New Delhi

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FOREWORD
Users of various civil engineering codes have been feeling the need for explanatory handbooks and other compilations based on Indian Standards. The need has been further emphasized in view of the publication of the National Building Code of India 1970 and its implementation. In 1972, the Department of Science and Technology set up an Expert Group on Housing and Construction Technology under the chairmanship of Maj-Gen

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