Concrete Laboratory
Annex Central 012
The lab's major pieces of equipment include two concrete mixers, sieve shakers, sample splitters, curing tank, scales, air content, slump and unit weight testing equipment, and drying ovens. Students learn the fundamentals of concrete mix design and testing in this lab. Tests are run on aggregates, as well as on the freshly made and hardened concrete. Students can measure the effect that different aggregate gradations, varying amounts of water, and the use of admixtures have on a concrete mix. The lab is also used to test and assemble other building materials and is used by civil engineering, construction management. The lab is used by the Student Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers Concrete Canoe Team.