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How many bags of cement will be used in concrete mix design of 1:1.5:3 ?

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Question added by Imran Ahmed , Manager-Planning & Delay Analyst , Nesma United Industries (NUI) Saudi Arabia
Date Posted: 2016/08/05
Nadeem Ahamad
by Nadeem Ahamad , Planning Engineer , Simplex Infrastructures Limited

For 1 Cum concrete:-

Note: 1 cum concrete(wet) =1.54 cum concret(dry content)

=1.54/(1+1.5+3)=.28 cum cement

=.28/.0347=8.07 Bags of cement (50 Kg capacity).

Now for Sand:-

=.28*1.5=.42 Cum sand

For Aggregates:-

=.28*3=.84 Cum aggregates

MUHAMMED JALALUDDIN
by MUHAMMED JALALUDDIN , STRUCTURAL DESIGN ENGINEER , PWD & IWTD

IT DEPENDS ON NUMBER OF POLLS REQUIRED WHICH DEPENDS ON SPACING BETWEEN TWO ADJASCENT POLLS, AND DIAMENSION OF POLLS.

Nelio Beleo
by Nelio Beleo , Civil Inspector , Petrojet

The answer is 1 bag of cement

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