Specialist Products in High Performance Concrete

In modern concrete construction, an increasingly important role is being played by specialist chemical products, even though these products make up a small fraction of the materials actually used on site. As an example, chemical admixtures, which comprise a small fraction by weight of an average concrete mix, are now considered to be an essential part of all concrete mixes placed in hot weather conditions, which applies to most of the Southeast Asia region. These products are essential in the production of High Performance Concretes. Technical advances in the design and formulation of such products have led to the present situation where groups of products combined to give optimum performance.