Lafarge Africa and COREN develop Nigeria's first concrete manual

Lafarge Africa Plc is set to partner Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) in the research and development of Nigeria’s first concrete mix design manual.

The concrete mix design manual provides step-by-step guidance on the selection and proportioning of concrete ingredients such as cement, sand and aggregates, and then the mixing and placing of concrete. The manual came after exhaustive research and testing with concrete materials in different parts of the country.

Lafarge Africa’s Director of Marketing, Vipul Agrawal, commended COREN for ensuring that the country owns a credible concrete mix design manual which will be used for concrete buildings and infrastructure projects in the country.

President of COREN, Kashim Ali, welcomed the concrete manual, which he noted is built on based on local environmental conditions, raw materials. He added that the manual would be constantly upgraded in line with improvements in building technology.