Concrete applications

Applications for ready mixed concrete

These applications for ready mixed concretes are recommended by British Standard (BS 8500-2). The following tables will help you decide on an appropriate concrete for your project.

General

Application	Designated concrete	Recommended consistence class
Kerb bedding and backing	GEN 0	S1
Drainage works to give immediate support	GEN 1	S1
Other drainage works	GEN 1	S3
Oversite below suspended slabs	GEN 1	S3
House drives, domestic parking and external parking	PAV 1	S2
Heavy-duty external paving	PAV 2	S2

Reinforced or pre-stressed concrete

NOTE: Concrete containing embedded metal treat as reinforce Please refer to BS 8500.

Foundation

Application	Designated concrete	Recommended consistence class
Blinding and mass concrete fill	GEN 1	S3
Strip footings	GEN 1	S3
Single storey buildings	GEN 1	S3
Double storey buildings	GEN 3	S3
Trench fill single storey buildings	GEN 1	S4
Trench fill double storey buildings	GEN 3	S4

For concretes specified for any aggressive ground conditions, please contact us.

Domestic flooring

Application	Designated concrete	Recommended consistence class
House floor with no embedded metal, where a permanent finish is to be added e.g. a screed.	GEN 1	S2
House floor with no embedded metal, where no permanent finish is to be added e.g. carpeted.	GEN 2	S2
Garage floor with no embedded metal	GEN 3	S2
Wearing surface: Light foot and trolley traffic	RC25/30	S2

Industrial flooring

Application	Designated concrete	Recommended consistence class
Light foot and trolley traffic	RC25/30	S2
General industrial	RC32/40	S2
Heavy industrial	RC40/50	S2
Wearing surface: Light foot and trolley traffic	RC25/30	S2

Farming

Application	Designated concrete	Recommended consistence class
Livestock floors	RC28/35	S3
Stable floors	RC35/45	S2
Floors (and walls) for silage	RC30/37	S2
Workshop floors and floors subject to small wheeled forklift trucks	RC32/40	S2
Crop store floors	RC28/35	S2
Brewer’s grain stores	RC35/45	S2
Sugar beet storage areas	RC32/40	S2
Mushroom sheds	RC32/40	S4
Toppings for floors such as parlours and dairies	RC35/45	S2
Floors (and walls) for manure and slurry storage	RC32/40	S2
External yards and roads subject to even occasional de-icing salts	PAV 2	S2