Site Specific Environmental and Social Management Plans (SSE & SMP) for Group No 03 ( Phase II)

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Cement blocks are masonry units that come in different sizes and two different shapes; sold and hollow. The Building Material Research and Testing Division is capable of conducting the tests listed below.

1. Crushing strength of blocks including capping
2. Crushing strength of blocks without capping
3. Water absorption and moisture content
4. Dimensions + General quality
5. Drying shrinkage & wetting expansion
6. Dry density / Wet density

A cement is a binder, a substance used for construction that sets, hardens, and adheres to other materials to bind them together. Cement used in construction are usually inorganic, often lime or calcium silicate based, which can be characterized as non-hydraulic or hydraulic respectively, depending on the ability of the cement to set in the presence of water

BMRTD is capable of handling all kinds of physical testing of cement according to customer requirements. All the testing conducted by the BMRTD is listed below.

• Fineness
• Soundness (autoclave / Le Charlier)
• Setting time
• Setting time with admixture
• Compressive strength 2, 7, or 28 days strength (casting & testing)
• Mortar cube
• Flow table test
• Fineness of cement
• Particle density of cement