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Sampling, temperature, slump, air content, density, yield, cylinders and beams. Each topic has its own page: the drawing first, then what you need to remember. 66 illustrated pages.
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These are real pages from the book. The table of contents is the full one: 8 parts and 62 topics.
You're at the performance exam station. The examiner hands you a thermometer and asks: is this one good enough for the test?
You read about it. But the manual puts it all in one long paragraph: accuracy, range, immersion depth. There's nothing to see, so nothing sticks.
In the book, the thermometer is a drawing: the 30–120°F range marked on the scale, ±1°F in a box, and a line 3 inches up the stem showing how deep it goes into the concrete.
Every other test works the same way: sampling from the truck, the slump cone, the air meter, the density measure, the cylinder molds. Each one has its own page.
You look, you get it, and you do it in order without going back to the manual.
The exam and your toolkit, sampling, temperature, slump, air content, density and yield, cylinders and beams, and a final review: 66 pages, all illustrated
Think of it this way:
The truck is on site, the chute is running, and you have fifteen minutes to get your sample and five to start the slump.
In the book, you open the sampling clock page and see 15 – 5 – 15 drawn as a timeline, from the first portion to the first cylinder.
Same with the slump cone, the pressure meter, the density measure and the cylinder molds: each one on its own page, in the order you use it.
Concrete Field Testing Illustrated is 66 illustrated pages in 8 parts, one topic per page, with a review at the end: the clock, the numbers to memorize, the batch ticket and the field data sheet.
What you see drawn, you don't have to memorize.
What the written and performance exams ask, ASTM vs. AASHTO numbers, a test day in order, US units, your equipment labeled and how to protect your skin from wet concrete.
Why sampling comes first, sampling from trucks, pumps and paving mixers, how much you need, combining and remixing, the 15–5–15 clock, wet-sieving and the most frequent mistakes.
The right thermometer, the 3-inch rule, how long to wait before reading and how to check your thermometer.
Cone and rod, setup, three layers by volume, rodding each layer, strike-off, the 12-inch lift in 5 ± 2 seconds, measuring to ¼ inch, shear and collapse.
When air is entrained and which meter to use, the Type B pressure meter step by step, reading to 0.1% and the volumetric roller meter.
Measure sizes, filling and strike-off with the plate, density, yield and relative yield with worked examples, air by mass, cement content and calibration.
6×12 or 4×8, where to mold, rodding each size, finishing and labels, initial and final curing, moving cylinders to the lab, field-cured cylinders and flexural beams.
The clock and the numbers on one page each, reading the batch ticket, the check test when concrete is out of spec, the field data sheet and the night before the performance exam.
At the end of the book: Worked density and yield examples, before/after drawings of the most frequent mistakes, and the clock and key numbers on one page each.
Test yourself on sampling, slump, air, unit weight and cylinders before the written exam, with every answer explained in one or two lines.
One-page checklists for each field test, in order, plus the most frequent mistakes drawn before and after, so you can review the night before.
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Each field test on its own page, in the order you'll do it. You learn the step by looking at it, not by rereading.
The clock and the numbers to memorize on one page each, plus the practice questions and the checklists for the night before.
Print the pages and keep them in the truck: layers, strokes, times and measure sizes, right there when the inspector asks.
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Yes, if your certification is built on the standard field tests: sampling (ASTM C172), temperature (C1064), slump (C143), air content (C231 and C173), density/unit weight (C138) and cylinders (C31). That's what the ACI Concrete Field Testing Technician – Grade I exam covers, and most state DOT programs use the same methods. If your DOT uses AASHTO numbers, every page shows the matching T method. Some DOTs add their own rules, so check your program's list of methods: if they're on it, they're in the book.
From the current editions of the ASTM methods C172, C1064, C143, C231, C173, C138 and C31, plus C94 for batch tickets and the matching AASHTO methods. Everything is paraphrased and drawn, not copied.
No. It's an independent illustrated study guide. It isn't published, approved or endorsed by ACI, ASTM, AASHTO or any state DOT, and it doesn't give you a certificate: certification only comes from passing the written and performance exams of your program.
No. You still need the program your employer or DOT asks for and hands-on practice with real equipment. What it adds to your course manual: every step drawn in the order you do it, the numbers in a box on each page (layers, strokes, times, measure sizes), every time limit on one page, and checklists to walk through the performance exam step by step.
No. They're written for this book, in exam style, so you can check what you know. They're not official exam questions.
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The slump cone, the air meter, the cylinders: you see them drawn, and that's it.
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