Quality Assurance and Control of the Largest and Longest Continuous Concrete Pour in Sudan

Abstract

This paper aims to document the largest and longest continuous concrete pour in hot weather in Sudan which had been carried during the casting of the raft foundation of the National Club Project in Khartoum. The paper describes the planning and logistics management taken before, during, and after the pour in addition to the adopted quality control and quality assurance processes. Moreover,the paper assesses the quality of the produced concrete in 7 and 28 days age using different codes. The results shows that the concrete strength is satisfied the project requirements. Also, the paper present the spatial distribution of concrete strength over the raft foundation.