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| Pumping
Services
Concrete pumping is a fairly new in Fiji first introduced
by Standard Concrete back in 1998. The company now operate
a fleet of two 30m-reach boom pump and an 18m-reach boom pump.
The pumping service has quickly become very popular amongst
the local building contractors as they now start to realise
its benefits. There is less wastage, there is a lower risk
of concrete going off before placement, less reliance on a
big workforce work is done in less time.
The money saved in using concrete pumps far outweighs the
cost of hiring the pump. The big boom pump is capable of pumping
up to 8 stories high.
SCI Ready Mix concrete can be designed to be placed by pump,
and concrete pumping equipment. Advantages of pumping include
the placement of high quality concrete of uniform consistency
faster than normal into areas not readily accessible by other
means.
Pumped concrete is flow able yet high cohesive to allow to
easy placing, compaction and finishing. It is specifically
formulated for pumping without segregating and with minimal
bleeding and also keeping water-cement ratio within limits. |
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Drilling & Blasting Services
Standard Concrete owns and operates a drilling & blasting
unit for the winning of rock at its various quarry sites. The
unit is head by a fully qualified drill & blast supervisor
under whom the entire operations is run in accordance to the
Mining & Quarrying regulations administered by the Mineral
Resources Department. Our drilling equipment consists of a 50m
per hour Gardner Denver hydraulic drill and a 12m per hour Fingers
air-track drill. Explosives are imported direct from suppliers
overseas.
The services of this unit are available for hire in the form
of either drilling only, drill & blast, or blasting only
and/or the supply of explosives. Numerous jobs completed in
the past include contract drill & blast for other quarry
operations, clearing of rock from construction sites and handling
and supply of explosives. |
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Laboratory Testing Services
Standard Concrete runs an internal Materials Laboratory located
at Nasinu to carry out all its product quality control testing
requirements. Standard tests such as PI and grading analysis
for aggregates and strength tests for concrete and blocks are
all done at the Nasinu lab in accordance to relevant quality
control standards.
The lab also provides advise to customers on the production
of special products as an when required such as the use of special
additives to make special purpose concrete.
Results of our regular quality control testing are available
to customers on request free of charge. However for special
tests required, a small fee will apply. |
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Mobile Crushing Plants & Mobile Concrete
Batching Plants
Due to the scattered nature of the local construction market,
both within the main islands as well as inter island, Standard
Concrete provides mobile crushing and mobile concrete batching
services for the convenience of its clients.
Many major construction projects around the
country are located in isolated areas where the establishment
of mobile plants on site become the more economical options.
Major road construction and civil projects
completed in the past involved the subcontracting of the entire
concrete and aggregate supply directly to Standard Concrete.
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