Bulletin No.

Ultra High Performance

Concrete

Published By:

Ready Mixed Concrete Manufacturers’ Association (India)

March’ 2023
 PRESIDENTS’ MESSAGE

Concrete is a versatile material and can be designed for high performance and durability. With
emergence of various advanced materials, concrete technologists have been improvising concrete
properties to enhance the performance for various kinds of application. Ultra High Performance
Concrete (UHPC) is one such enhanced material which has a tremendous potential for solving
critical construction challenges. It is a high performance and efficient alternative material for making
lighter and intricately designed building facades, monuments and thin shell structures. While many
usages of this material have been known in various parts of the world, the product has now become
commercially available in India.

UHPC possesses characteristics which make it a suitable construction solution for many critical
requirements. UHPC consists of sand, cement, and silica fume in a dense, low water-cement ratio
mix. Compressive strengths beyond 150 MPa, along with low permeability can be achieved
depending on the curing process. To improve ductility, micro-steel fibers or fiberglass fibers are
added, thus imparting unique performance characteristics. This material ensures that the durability,
low-porosity, resilience and ductility stand the test of time, while improving the energy efficiency of
the buildings.
It is also a highly mouldable material, allowing us to produce customized, precast shapes to suit any
building's specific location and resist sun intensity.

This material offers architects and designers a new alternative for lightweight, durable structures
with slim, streamlined shapes. This results in considerably lower consumption of materials, therefore
lighter buildings and faster construction, while at the same time offering greater functionality and
durability. The mechanical performances of UHPCs enable façade elements to be much lighter and
very easy to implement. UHPC has a potential to be the technology of the future. I congratulate
RMCMA for this contemporary publication and wish the readers of this bulletin a great reading and
learning experience.

Er. Ramesh Joshi

(President, RMCMA)

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1. INTRODUCTION: w/b ratio to about 0.3. Reducing the w/b below this level was
achieved by Bache [2] reported that with high doses of SP
Present times are witnessing construction of super tall and silica fume, it was possible to reduce w/b to 0.16.
buildings (200 m and above), long span bridges, high Concrete compressive strength of upto 280 MPa was
speed rail network, sea-links and similar other structures achieved through compacted granular materials by
in private and public sectors in various parts of India. At optimising the grain size distribution of the granular skeleton.
the same time, sustainability, optimisation of These efforts resulted in the creation of a material with a
construction materials and reducing carbon footprints to minimum number of defects such as micro cracks and
interconnected pore spaces to achieve ultimate strength and
mitigate the adverse effects of climate change pose new
durability enhancement.
challenges before the engineers. It has therefore
become of paramount importance to find viable and
These technological breakthroughs have led to the
effective alternative construction materials and development of ultra-high performance Portland cement
technologies to resolve these challenges. The new-age based materials that present remarkable mechanical
construction materials shall encompass maximum properties. In general, the developments of UHPC can be
strength within least amount of material volume for described in four stages namely before 1980s, 1980s, 1990s,
sustainability and minimising carbon footprints and long and after 2000. Before 1980s, due to the lack of
term durability. To meet these objectives, engineers and advancement in technology, production of UHPC was limited
researchers in Europe have developed new wonder at experimental stage only to the labs. At this time,
material in the form of Ultra High Performance Concrete researchers tried different kind of methods to achieve denser
(UHPC). Though, the concept of UHPC was conceived and more compact concrete to improve its strength. It was
about 45 years back but the serious work for developing reported that, with vacuum mixing and temperature curing,
UHPC was started during 1990s. the compressive strength of concrete could go up to
510 MPa [3]. However, the preparation was very difficult and
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration in its technical energy-consuming and impracticable to translate at
report [1] defines “UHPC as cementitious composite construction sites.
material composed of an optimised gradation of granular
constituents, a water-to-binder ratio less than 0.25, and In the early 1980s, the micro defect free cement (MDF) was
a high percentage of discontinuous internal fiber invented [4, 5]. The MDF approach uses polymers to fill up
reinforcement”. the pores and to remove all the defects in cement paste. This
process requires specific manufacturing conditions, including
laminating of the material by passing it through rollers. MDF
The mechanical properties of UHPC include
concrete can have compressive strength of upto 200 MPa.
compressive strength greater than 150 MPa and However, expensive raw material, complicated preparation
sustained post cracking tensile strength greater than 5 process, large creep, and brittleness had limited its
MPa. UHPC is densely packed material using micro and applications. After the invention of MDF, dense silica particle
sometimes nano size particles. This imparts it not only cement (DSP) was prepared in Denmark by Bache [2].
high strength but also high durability. High ductility and Unlike MDF, the preparation of DSP does not require
flexural strength in UHPC come from the use of micro extreme manufacturing conditions. Improving the particle
thin (0.2 mm x 13 mm) steel fibers ranging upto almost packing density eliminated the defects in DSP. The DSP
3% of UHPC volume. In this bulletin, constituent concrete contains high dose amount of SP and silica fume, it
materials, mix proportioning, production, durability also uses heat and pressure curing. The maximum
characteristics and applications of UHPC are discussed. compressive strength of DSP can reach upto 345 MPa.
However, despite the ultra-high strength increase, these
2. DEVELOPMENT STAGES OF UHPC: materials become more ‘brittle’. Steel fibers were introduced
in the 1980s to improve the brittleness of DSP concretes.
The concrete technology progressed slowly during the This type of steel fiber supplemented concrete can be
1960’s with the maximum compressive strength of 20-30 considered as precursor of present day UHPC. This
MPa. The concrete compressive strength more than development led to two new types of concretes, CRC and
doubled during the next decades 45-60 MPa and it slurry infiltrated fiber concrete (SIFCON), which exhibit
reached to its plateau at about 60 MPa in early 1970’s. excellent mechanical properties and durability. However, due
The availability of water reducers at that time failed to to the lack of effective SP, both CRC and SIFCON have
workability issues, which hinder in-situ applications [5, 6].
reduce the w/b ratio any further. During 1980’s with the
availability of high range water reducer, called
In 1990s; Richard et al. [7] used ingredients with increased
superplasticizer (SP) were able to progressively reduce fineness and reactivity to develop reactive powder concrete

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(RPC) via thermal treatment. RPC is a major milestone From year 2000 onwards, much progress has been made
in the development of UHPC. RPC is characterized by on the development of UHPC. With further developments
high binder content, very high cement content, very low of the concrete technology, it was realized that besides
w/c, use of silica fume (SF), fine quartz powder, quartz the high strength, the concrete should also have other
sand, SP and steel fibers [7, 8, 9]. These steel fibers are excellent properties, which led to the term UHPC and
generally 12.5 mm in length and 180 micron in diameter UHPFRC [12]. A wide range of new concrete formulations
[7]. The coarse aggregates are eliminated for has been developed to cover an increased number of
homogeneity enhancement of the matrix. The applications. At present, sustainable UHPC formulations
compressive strength of RPC ranges from 200 MPa to are proposed and practiced by various researchers aimed
800 MPa. RPC shows very excellent workability which is to lower both its material and initial cost. Supplementary
an advantage and the most essential requirement for cementitious materials, such as fly ash (FA), ground
large-scale applications. In the late 1990s, the first granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS), rice husk ash
UHPC developed through RPC technology was (RHA) and Silica Fume are used for replacing part of
commercialized under the name Ductal in US. In 1997, cement in the effort of producing sustainable UHPC and
the world’s first RPC structure was built for pedestrian reducing cement content. Furthermore, UHPC can be
bridge in Sherbrooke, Canada [10, 11]. It was the first prepared with normal temperature curing without
time that RPC had been used for building up the whole sacrificing its properties. Due to emergence of
structure. Despite the successful application of RPC, its environmental friendly UHPC with relatively low cost, its
application remained limited due to its expensive applications are increasing in variety of structures.
material and production cost.
3. CONSTITUENT MATERIALS:
Table 1.
Typical Mix Proportions of UHPC (DUCTAL) UHPC in general consists of a combination of Portland
S. Ingredient Weight/m3 % by Cement, fine sand, silica fume, high range water reducing
No. in kg Weight admixtures (PC based) glass powder, steel fibers and
water. In UHPC, normally coarse aggregates are not used
1. Cement (OPC) 712 28.5 but sometimes smaller size aggregates of proper quality
2. Fine Sand 1020 40.8 are used. Graybeal [13] has mentioned that the cement
should have moderate fineness and Tricalcium Aluminate
3. Silica Fume 231 9.3 (C3A) content shall be below 8%. Sand shall be without
4. Glass Powder / 211 8.4 any silt or organic impurities with maximum grain size of
Quartz Sand 0.8 mm. Silica fume conforming IS: 15388 – 2003 with
very low carbon content and approximating 25% of weight
5. HR WR 30.7 1.2 of cement is used. Glass powder (1.7 µm) approximating
25% of weight of cement and high water reducing
6. Accelerator 30.0 1.2
admixtures (water reducing capacity about 40% and steel
7. Steel Fibers 156 6.2 fibers (0.2 mm x 15mm at 2.5% to 3%) by volume of
UHPC are used. The water binder ratio of UHPC is kept in
8. Water 109 4.4 the range of 0.12 to 0.16. The water for mixing and curing
of UHPC shall conform to IS: 456 – 2000.

A good percentage of cement typically is left unhydrated

in UHPC. The degree of hydration of cement in UHPC
varies between 50% to 55%. It poses a challenge for the
mix designer to increase the hydration of cement in the
mix without compromising on the mechanical and
durability characteristics of the mix. To assess the
hydration degree of cement, thermal tests are conducted
using a Netzch Simultaneous Analyser to obtain the
thermogravimetric and differential scanning calorimetry
curves of the UHPC pastes. It has been found that degree
Sherbrooke Pedestrian Bridge in Canada of hydration of cement can be increased to 60% to 67%
by adding limestone/quartz filler in the range of 20% to

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25% respectively. Therefore with the perspective of 5. UHPC PRINCIPLES AND COMPOSITION:
designing optimal mixes the use of filler materials is
made in specific mixes. UHPC production over the past 15 years have seen
remarkable advances. The compressive strength of
4. MIX PROPORTIONING OF UHPC: UHPC in field application has reached upto 200 MPa. The
practical breakthrough came after the development of
Mix proportioning of UHPC follows similar sequence as efficient SP that enabled the production of easy flowing
for HPC. The major difference being absence of coarse concrete with a high proportion of optimally packed
aggregates in UHPC and addition of fine sand (0.8 mm) ultrafine particles to minimize the composite porosity
at approximate 1.5 times the weight of cement. In trial using extremely low w/b ratio. The basic principle in
mixes silica fume and glass powder or ground quartz designing UHPC are summarised as follows;
each is used about 20 to 25% of weight of cement. The
steel fibers are used 1.5% to 3% by volume. Water to 1. Minimizing composite porosity by optimizing the
binder ratio (w/b) is kept in the range of 0.12 to 0.16. granular mixture through a wide distribution of
The typical mix proportions of UHPC proprietary mix powder and reducing the w/b.
called DUCTAL in USA, is given in Table – 1. The mix
proportion in Table – 1 gives compressive strength at 28 2. Enhancement of the microstructure by the post set
days in the range of 170 – 240 MPa and flexural heat treatment to speed up the pozzolanic reaction of
strength of 25 to 60 MPa. SF and to increase mechanical properties.

UHPC mixes are normally self-levelling and self- 3. Improvement of homogeneity by eliminating coarse
compacting. The workability therefore is measured as aggregate resulting in a decrease in the mechanical
fluidity or flowability of concrete by using a flow table. effects of heterogeneity.
The flow tests are based on ASTM C1856-17 and uses
a small flow cone. Typical flows are between 200 mm to 4. Increase in ductile behaviour by adding adequate
250 mm. volume of small steel fibers.

5. Use of high dose of efficient superplasticizer.

Steel fibers help to improve both tensile strength and

ductility of the concrete.

6. MIXTURE DESIGN FOR UHPC:

Mixture design is a selection of raw materials in optimum

proportions to provide concrete with required properties in
fresh and hardened state for particular applications. The
design of UHPC aims to achieve a densely compacted
cementitious matrix with good workability and strength.
Various models have been reported for the mixture design
of UHPC. For instance, Larrad and Sedran [15] proposed
a linear packing density model (LPDM) for the mixture
design of UHPC. However, this model was limited as it
was unable to address the relationship between materials
proportions and packing density due to its linear nature.
This model was later improved considering the virtual
density theory known as solid suspension model (SSM)
[15]. This new model allows the production of a fluid
mortar with a 0.14 w/b ratio and a compressive strength of
236 MPa with a 4-day curing at 90 °C. D. Larrad and his
team once again did further improvement on the latter
model based on the compaction index concept and virtual
UHPC Ingredients and free Flowing Property of UHPC packing density. This third generation of packing model

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known as compressible packing model (CPM) was 8. UHPC STANDARDS:
proposed for UHPC design [16]. Park et al. [17]
developed an UHPC with a compressive strength of In mid-2016, two French national standards for UHPC
180 MPa, by considering the effect of w/b, type, and known as NF P18-470 and NF P18-710 were published to
replacement proportion of filler. provide technical guidelines for designing UHPC. In
addition to these standards some more guidelines are
The curing condition of UHPC has a major impact on its available, that can be referred.
compressive strength. However, the models above have
not addressed this effect. Ghafari et al. [18, 19] 1. French Interim Recommendations [22]
recommended several models for predicting the 2. German Recommendations [23]
performance of UHPC under different curing conditions. 3. Japanese Recommendations [24]
This model can predict the compressive strength and
the slump flow with higher accuracy, due to its All these guidelines do not have “official” status. The
distributed and nonlinear nature. Based on this model, availability of new standards allows clear and codified
the optimum amount for cement and silica fume was specifications, which are helpful of acceptance of UHPC
found to be at 24% and 9% by volume of concrete for its use. The standardization process of UHPC in
respectively [19]. France was started in December 2012. Complying with
these standards will help in achieving quality UHPC and
7. UHPC MIXTURE PROPORTION IN COMMERCIAL promote widened acceptability. Similar types of
USE: standardization are also being developed in other
The key factor in producing UHPC is to improve the countries such as Switzerland, China, Canada, and
micro and macro properties of its mixture ingredients in Japan.
order to ensure mechanical homogeneity, maximum
particle packing density and minimum size of flaws [20, 9. APPLICATIONS OF UHPC:
21]. The selection of UHPC compositions should not
focus only the relative proportions of different grain The applications of UHPC are increasing. From the year
sizes, but also on the appropriate selection of materials 2000s, several countries have engaged in various
with proper physical and chemical properties. Some applications of UHPC. In France, a lot of structures such
commercially available UHPC mixtures are given in as bridges, facades and slabs have been built with UHPC.
Table 2 for guidance. It can be observed that high In US, UHPC is widely used for maintenance and
volume of cement content, SF, and sand are normally development of highway and other infrastructural works.
used in UHPC. The initial cost of UHPC far exceeds the The use of UHPC has increased in Germany. Italy,
commercial concrete. Malaysia, South Korea, Japan, and many other countries.
Table 2.
The excellent performance of UHPC offers new
Composition of Commercial UHPC
opportunities for infrastructure works, building
Materials constructions and many other important works. According
Mix-1 Mix-2 Mix-3 Mix-4 to the recent market research, the global market size of
(kg/m3)
UHPC was estimated 2016 at US$ 892 million in 2016
Portland and this number is expected to grow by 8.6% in every
1114 1050 712 911
cement year to US$ 1867.3 million in 2025 [25]. UHPC has
Fine sand become a worldwide attention with its commercial
(150 to 1072 514 1020 911 availability in many countries. Within the last two decades,
650 micron) extensive research projects had been conducted by the
Silica fume (SF) 169 268 231 225 academics and engineers around the world in order to
industrialize UHPC technology as the future sustainable
Ground Quartz - - 211 - construction material. Nearly 200 bridges have been
Accelerator - - 30 - completed by using UHPC in different countries. Other
applications of UHPC can be seen in buildings, structural
Steel fibers 234 858 156 173 strengthening, retrofitting, precast elements and some
special applications. Some important projects completed
SP 40 44 30.7 38
with UHPC are given in Table 3.
Total water 211 180 109 200

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 Table 3.
Some Completed UHPC Projects Worldwide
Sl. Location Type of Year Remarks
No. Structure

1 Sherbrooke, Pedestrian 1997 First UHPC structure

Canada bridge

2 Seonyu, Seoul, Footbridge 2004 Arch bridge with reduced segments

South Korea

3 Bourg-les-Valence, Road bridge 2005  90 % reduction in steel reinforcement

France  66 % weight reduction than normal CC

4 Mars Hill Bridge, Road bridge 2006  1st UHPC highway bridge in USA
USA  No shear reinforcement

5 Louis Vuitton Foundation, Cladding 2014 Innovative design

France panels

6 MUCEM, Marseille, Column & 2003  Unique design

France Façade  Y-shaped column
 ‘Transparent’ façade

7 Shawnessy LRT Station, Roof 2004  Light weight

Canada  Little maintenance

8 Jean Bouin Stadium, Roof & Facade 2013  Precast UHPC elements
Paris  Waterproof roof and facade
 Slender structure with unique design

Louis Vuitton Foundation Cladding panels in France MUCEM, Marseille, Column & Facade in France

Shawnessy LRT Station, Roof in Canada Jean Bouin Stadium Roof & Facade in Paris

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The chloride-induced corrosion has always been the major threat to reinforced concrete structures especially in marine
areas. The high durability and resistance to chloride of UHPC makes it an ideal material for use in severely exposed
environment. Use of UHPC in marine structures is one of the solutions to prevent corrosion of the reinforcement and
very promising result have been reported of its use in such environments. UHPC has the potential for construction,
overlays, repairing and strengthening of marine structures, such as piers and oil platforms. Besides chlorides, UHPC
also has great resistance to most chemical and physical attacks. This gives the possibilities of using UHPC in more
severe environmental conditions.

The ductile behaviour of UHPC makes it possible to be used for buildings and structures in seismic regions. The
excellent workability enables UHPC to be cast into any shapes. Hence, UHPC blocks with different shapes could be an
excellent material for precast. Since UHPC shows very good application prospects, more and more UHPC applications
will be seen in the near future.

Bourg-les-Valence Road Bridge in France Mars Hill Bridge Road Bridge in USA
Recently a beginning has been made in India by M/s. UHPC India Pvt Ltd to produce UHPC on commercial scale in
Mumbai. The use of UHPC made in some structure in Mumbai [26].

GCC Clubhouse – UHPC Beams, Mira Road, Mumbai

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 Residential Bungalow” project at Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
10. CHALLENGES: The number of skilled architect, engineers and experts in
UHPC design and construction is still limited. The
In the last two decades, UHPC has been used for both producers of UHPC on regular basis are also very limited.
structural and non-structural components in many
countries. However, it has not yet become a mainstream 11. CONCLUSIONS:
technology for everyday use due to its high initial costs
and the lack of design codes, thus restricting its UHPC is a very versatile new material having outstanding
application. properties with extraordinary strengths and excellent
durability achieved through homogeneity and packing
The lack of design codes, limited knowledge on both the density improvements. Since its introduction in mid
material and the production technology and high cost 1990s, a great deal of knowledge on the materials, design
limit the application of this outstanding constructing and construction have been gained with UHPC use in
material. Successful achievement of the application of different countries. Technical guidelines have been
UHPC can be seen throughout the world, however there published in France, Japan, Germany and Switzerland.
are still barriers limiting its application. Ongoing Two French national standards have also been published
research and efforts are filling up knowledge gaps in in 2016 to replace the guidelines and the professional
order to commence use of innovative, affordable, recommendations. These Standards provide clear
sustainable, feasible and economical UHPC in the codified specifications, which is expected to further help
future. To date, there are several types of UHPC that in acceptance of UHPC at the international level.
have been developed in different countries and by
different manufacturers. Compact Reinforced Composite Some applications of UHPC in Europe, North America
(CRC), Multi-scale Cement Composite (MSCC) and and Asia have shown proven benefits on the service life
Reactive Powder Concrete (RPC). In Malaysia, UHPC and maintainability. In Malaysia, over last 10 years nearly
started its industrial-commercial penetration in late 2010 90 bridges have been constructed while another 20 at
under the name Dura. various stages of planning, design and construction.
Successful applications of UHPC in variety of structures
Another issue concerning the cost is the life cycle cost has been reported throughout the world.
of UHPC structures. Structures made with UHPC will
have much longer service life with lower maintenance Initial high cost, lack of design codes, limited available
and repair cost compared to normal concrete. However, resources and skilled, manpower have limited its
the applications of UHPC is based on empirical skills commercial development and application in construction
and knowledge on the design and construction and industry. To make use of full potential of UHPC, co-
these skills are not easily shared. The dissemination of operation between academics, owners, users,
information is extremely important to encourage its governmental bodies and industry is required. The
applications. The design and construction methods for knowledge and practical experience on UHPC should be
the UHPC structures are different from the traditional freely shared by different stakeholders at national and
provisions for conventional reinforced concrete. international levels.

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In India recently a modest beginning has been made of UHPC use in building elements, precast items for façade and
other applications. It is hoped that notice of UHPC will be soon taken by BIS and code will be framed on its production,
design and construction. UHPC is likely to gain wide acceptance in India due to its excellent properties and
performance in service life in the coming decades.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

1. RMCMA is highly thankful to Dr. Satish Jain of M/s. UHPC India Pvt Ltd for providing great help in preparation of
this bulletin.
2. RMCMA also thankfully acknowledges the help taken from the “Report on Ultra-high performance concrete: From
fundamental to applications”. ScienceDirect – Volume 9, December 2018.

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 ABOUT RMCMA

The Ready Mixed Concrete Manufacturer’s Association (RMCMA), India is a non-profit industry
organisation of leading Ready Mixed Concrete Producers from India, established in March 2002. The
vision of RMCMA is to make Ready-Mixed Concrete the preferred building material of choice for
construction as the best environment-friendly sustainable material. The RMCMA is committed to
provide leadership to the Ready Mixed Concrete industry in India. It promotes the interests of the
entire Ready Mixed Concrete industry in India, without sacrificing the interests of end users,
designers, specifiers, owners and other stakeholders. RMCMA strongly supports the Quality Scheme
for RMC Plants as spearheaded by Quality Council of India (QCI) and BIS. RMCMA through its efforts
have already brought about 350 RMC plants throughout the country under certification scheme.
RMCMA is endeavouring that all RMC plants in India shall be brought under the umbrella of 3rd party
certification. RMCMA is focused on following activities.

1) Organising Training Programs for different officials working in RMC Industry. RMCMA is
conducting on regular basis following training programs.
a) Concrete Technologist of India (CTI) for QC and Technical support service staff of Cement and
Concrete industries.
b) RMC business overall view for Marketing and New QC staff.
c) Safety, Hygiene and Environment Training Program in association with National Safety Council
of India for safety in RMC operations.

2) Creating awareness about advantage of quality concrete in construction.

3) Certification of RMC Plants through QCI and BIS.

4) Participation at National and International level to promote RMC.

5) Participating in formulation and revision of Codes with BIS pertaining to concrete and RMC.

6) Safety, Health and Environment requirements at RMC Plants.

7) Dissemination of Knowledge amongst Civil Engineers and QC Professionals on Concrete

Technology through publishing Bulletins and holding Round Table Conferences.

8) Participation in Seminars/ Conferences and Exhibitions for promotion of RMC.

9) Focusing on use of Special Concretes or niche applications.

10) Organizing lectures in engineering colleges to expose students on RMC Technology.

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UltraTech Cement Ltd.
Ahura Centre, Andheri, Mumbai.
Prism Johnson Ltd.
Tel: 022-66917274 Winsor, Santacruz – E, Mumbai.
http://www.adityabirla.com/about Tel: 022-49447000
/Ready-mix-concrete http://www.rmcindia.com

RDC Concrete India Pvt. Ltd. ACC Ltd.

Thane (Maharashtra) LBS Marg, Thane – W – 400604.
Tel:022-67896701 Tel: 022-25823631
http://www.rdcconcrete.com http://www.acclimated.com

Nuvoco Vistas Corp. Ltd. Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd.
Equinox Business Park, LBS Marg. Vikroli, Mumbai.
Tel: 022-67692500 Tel: 022 – 67962001
http://www.nuvoco.in/ http://www.godrejconstruction.com

Skyway RMC Plants Pvt. Ltd. IJM Concrete Products Pvt. Ltd.
Andheri, Mumbai. Bidarahalli Hobli, Bengaluru, Karnataka.
Tel: 022-61232500 Tel: 080 – 28470801/2/3/4
http://www.skywaygroup.in/ http:www.ijmconcrete.com

J K Lakshmi Cement Ltd. Sarvani Industries Pvt. Ltd

Nehru House 4, New Delhi. Guntur, Andhra Pradesh
Tel: 011-33001142-12 Tel: 9989521272
http://www.jklakshmi.com/ http://sarvaniconcrete.com/

The India Cements Ltd.

Chennai-28, Tamil Nadu.
Tel: 9980807277
http://www.indiacements.co.in

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
Schwing Stetter (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Tamil Nadu
91 (44) 71378100/1
http://www.schwingstetterindia.com

Written and Compiled by:

Er. A. K. Jain
Principal Consultant - RMCMA

Ready Mixed Concrete Manufacturers’ Association

5030, 3rd Floor, Eaze Zone, Rustomjee Mall, Malad - (W), Mumbai - 400064.
Mob. No.: +91 93241 11122, Email: [email protected],
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