Table: Recommended mixes for D

Type of work Concrete Mix Ratio Max. size of aggregates (mm)

Small precast work, fence posts,

poles, garden furniture and other 1:02:02 16
work of very thin sections

Storage tanks, cisterns, sewers, well

knerbs, watertight work, and 1:02:03 20
columns or other structural parts
subjected to high stresses

Reinforced concrete work, floor slab, 1:2.5:3.5 20

beams, columns, arches, stairs etc

Ordinary floors, footpaths, drive 1:2.5:3.5 20

ways, steps, roads, pavements

Building and basement walls, silos,

sills, lintels, machine foundations
subject to vibration, bridges, dams, 1:02:04 40
piers, etc exposed to action of water
and frost foundation concrete for
masonry walls

Culverts, retaining walls, compound 1:03:05 40

walls, ordinary machine bases, etc.
Mass concrete for heavy walls, lean
concrete for levelling course of RCC 1:03:06 63
foundations

NOTES: When both fine and coarse aggregates are poorly graded, the
following general rules regarding suitable proportioning of these will be
found helpful:

1. For maximum size of coarse aggregates as 40mm and over, sand should
be half as much as coarse aggregates.
2. For maximum size of coarse aggregates as 20mm and over, sand should
be two-thirds as much as coarse aggregates.
3. For maximum size of coarse aggregates as 16mm, sand and coarse
aggregates should be in equal parts.
ecommended mixes for Different Concrete Construction

Water for aggregates condition from dry to

Water for dry aggregates (liter)* moist batch (liter)*

20 15 to 16

25 19 to 22

32 23 to 27

23 20 to 23

30 23 to 26

34 26 to 30
36 30 to 32
Water for best consistency (liter)*

Sof

Medium

Medium or sof

Stif

Stif or Medium

Stif or Medium
Medium