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Readymix Concrete |
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More About Readymix Concrete
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 Ready
Mix Concrete |
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Basic
requirement for growth of the industry & Hurdles to set
up new Plant |
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Government
help necessary for the growth of Industry |
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Advantage
of Readymix Concrete over Sitemix Concrete |
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Cost
Factor |
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Utilization
of Fly ash |
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Ready
Mix Concrete |
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The Ready mix concrete business in India is in its infancy.
For example, 70% of cement produced in a developed country
like Japan is used by Ready Mix concrete business there. Here
in India, Ready Mix concrete business uses around 2% of total
cement production. |
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Reason for backlog |
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In early 70s both pricing and distribution of cement was
controlled due to shortage of supply, Readymix concrete
technology could not be implemented as investors felt that
Ready mix concrete plant will starve due to non-availability
of cement. The levy of additionl Taxes & Duties on RMC,
entry tax, excise duty also contributed to the slow development
of the concept.
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Basic
requirement for growth of the industry: |
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Government bodies, private builders, architects/engineers,
contractors, and
individuals are to be made fully aware about the advantages
of using
ready mix concrete.
Government bodies / consultants to include ready mix concrete
as mandatory in
their specification for execution. |
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Hurdles to set up new Plant:
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Plant to be located in an area where Concrete Consumptions
are there, as the
concrete has to be transported. Good water source at the plant
site. In case of Non-availability of potable water in and
around the location of plant, water has to be transported
from distant location. |
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Government
helps necessary for the growth of Industry :
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Government specifications for CPWD and
PWD jobs should include Readymix concrete as an mandatory
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Tax breaks are required for the growth
of RMC |
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Developers / Contractors to be discouraged
from piling up materials like metal, sand etc. on roads/foot
paths. |
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Advantage
of Readymix Concrete over Sitemix Concrete:
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Better quality concrete is produced. |
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Elimination of storage space for basic
materials at site. |
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Elimination of Procurement / Hiring of
plant and machinery |
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Wastage of basic materials is avoided.
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Labour associated with production of
concrete is eliminated. |
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Time required is greatly reduced. |
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Noise and dust pollution at site is reduced. |
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Organisation at site is more streamlined. |
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Cost
factor compared to Sitemix concrete:
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Currently, Ready mix concrete is
marginally expensive compared to site mix
concrete because: |
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Transportation of concrete |
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However on considering the advantages
of Readymix Concrete, the cost factor is negligible. |
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When higher strength of concrete
and where high volume of concrete is required then L&T
Concrete remains the better choice. |
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How to reduce the cost:
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Local manufacturers of plant and machinery are to come
up with Indian manufacture equipment for Readymix concrete
operation Rationalise Taxes & Duties
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Utilization
of Fly ash: |
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Though the scope for utilization of fly ash in Readymix concrete
is very high, the concept of fly ash as an additive to concrete
is still at very initial stage and it is not popular among
majority of actual users of concrete.
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