Field guide · CivilIndia original
Concrete Defects
Causes, symptoms and remedies on site
- Pages
- 23
- For
- Professional
- Language
- English
- Format
- Online guide
About this guide
A practical understanding of common defects in fresh and hardened concrete. It explains their causes, visual symptoms, preventive measures, repair methods, and essential quality-control practices. Written for project managers, site engineers, supervisors, contractors and civil engineering students, it supports accurate field identification, better workmanship, durable construction, and timely corrective action.
What you will find inside
- Composition and constituents
- Fresh concrete behaviour
- Defects in fresh concrete
- Factors leading to fresh defects
- Common hardened defects
- Shrinkage cracking
- Crazing of concrete surfaces
- Blistering, sand streaking and bug holes
- Honeycombing
- Efflorescence and dusting
- Curling of slabs and delamination
- Inadequate cover and exposed reinforcement
- Formwork-induced column bulging
- Cold joints, surface spalling and discoloration
Referenced standards
This is a CivilIndia guide. Refer to the applicable official standards for their complete requirements.
Know how you will read it.
This digital guide opens in your account using our online reader. An internet connection is required; a downloadable PDF is not included. Native apps and offline reading are in development.