Mining Engineering Commons^™

Underground Concreting, J. D. Riggleman

Bachelors Theses and Reports, 1928 - 1970

Concreting has in the past few years become a prime consideration in underground support; therefore, this report will endeavor to outline some of the basic fundamentals of underground concreting. Greater emphasis has been placed upon the characteristics and criteria of good concrete and placing procedures and techniques. Actual examples of practice have been cited but only to illustrate the basic fundamentals which are outlined in the major part of this report.