Concrete Quality Research Articles

Impact of M-Sand on Rheological, Mechanical, and Microstructural Properties of Self-Compacting Concrete

In construction Industries, superior fresh and hardened concrete qualities play a significant role in which self-compacting concrete (SCC) is widely introduced. On the other hand, considering the depletion of river sand, manufactured sand (M-sand), created by crushing rock deposits, has been recognized as viable. However, still, there is a lack of understanding of the strength aspect of SCC with M-sand replacement along with admixtures such as Alccofine and silica fume. Therefore, experimental investigations are conducted in SCC by partially and completely replacing river sand with M-sand. Furthermore, to reduce the negative impacts of cement, such as energy consumption and environmental pollution, 10% and 12% pozzolanic materials were added, such as silica fumes and alccofine. Moreover, to examine the impacts on rheological and mechanical properties, EFNARC guidelines were used and measured the compressive strength, impact resistance, bond strength, and flexural and splitting tensile strengths. The test results indicate that incorporating the M-sand as a full replacement in the mix increased the compressive strength by 6.82% for M50 grades of concrete compared to reference SCC after a 28-day curing period. Microstructural analyses such as SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope), EDS (Energy-Dispersive Spectroscopy), XRD (X-ray diffraction), and FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy) techniques were also used to study the hydration phase of the M-sand SCC mix when compared to the conventional SCC mix.

Building Analysis of the Lill Hajj Wall Umrah Building Based on Functionality of the Building for Umrah and Hajj Pilgrims

PT Lill Hajj Wall Umrah is targeted to get 5,226 consumers per year or equivalent to 436 people per month by 2030. The old office in the form of a shophouse with a building area of 119.75 m² for a capacity of 99 people is considered inadequate to serve 436 consumers per month, so PT Lill Hajj Wall Umrah needs a new office with a meeting room of at least 523.2 m². A new office will be planned based on SNI 2847-2019, SNI 1726-2019, SNI 1727-2020, and PBI 1983. The planning results are in the form of an analysis of the new office structure with building dimensions of 28.30 x 23.35m, four floors with a building area of 4,503 m². The material specifications of the building structure are concrete quality (fc') 41.5 MPa, melted reinforcing steel quality (fy) 400 MPa (BJTS), and 280 MPa (BJTP). Basement floor column dimensions 0.6 x 0.6 m, first to fourth floor columns 0.5 x 0.6 m, rooftop columns 0.4 x 0.4 m, main beam dimensions 0.25 x 0.35 m, child beams 0.25x0.5 m, stair beams 0.25 x 0.35 m, roof deck beams 0.25 x 0.3 m and 0.3 x 0.4 m, concrete slab thickness 0.15 m. The results of structural modeling using the Etabs application showed that there was no over-strength (O/S) in the column and beam structure elements. The results of the design of the new office building Lill Hajj Wall Umrah in the form of a basement floor equipped with prayer room facilities covering an area of 14 m2, a generator room covering an area of 15.28 m2, a pump room covering an area of 15.28 m2, parking covering an area of 781.53 m2. The first floor is equipped with VIP room facilities covering an area of 33.33 m2, a prayer room covering an area of 25.87 m2, a toilet covering an area of 44.93 m2, and a boutique room covering an area of 55.22 m2, and a warehouse covering an area of 12.3 m2. The second floor is equipped with a meeting room covering an area of 47.9 m2, a manager's room covering an area of 36.7 m2, a toilet covering an area of 30.9 m2, a prayer room covering an area of 16.08 m2, a boardroom covering an area of 80.59 m2 and a waiting room covering an area of 45 m2. The third and fourth floors are equipped with toilets covering an area of 25.75 m2, a prayer room covering an area of 23.95 m2, and a ballroom of 383.75 m2. The estimated budget for the construction of lill Hajj Wall Umrah's new office is Rp 7.612.645.721.- and takes 406 working days for construction.

Strengthening of a Damaged Concrete Structure - Case Study of an Eleven Stories Building in Dar es Salaam

Concrete structures may become obsolete and be unfit for use to the extent that they need special attendance of repair or strengthening so as to revive them. The weakness in the buildings may be caused by natural disasters like earthquake, floods, changes of use of the buildings in which higher loads more than the design loads, e.g. vertical extension loads, are applied. When the structures are defective they need to be strengthened in order to restore their original structural integrity. Sometimes, the defect or deterioration needs to be scientifically analysed first in order to know the root cause of the problem and apply the right corrective measures. A case study on an eleven stories damaged building in is presented, starting with an investigation on causes of sudden crushing of one column and a strengthening method which embraced a number of techniques such as Land Surveying and non-destructive tests in assessing the building structural integrity. The crushed column and other columns is the ground floor were all strengthened using jacketing method and provision of additional columns at the crushed column. Keywords: Columns, crushing, non-destructive tests, concrete quality, deflection, plumb, jacketing, strengthening

Implementation of nonlinear computing models and classical regression for predicting compressive strength of high-performance concrete

The construction sector would greatly benefit from a strategy for optimizing high-performance concrete mixtures. However, traditional proportioning techniques are insufficient because of their high prices, usage restrictions, and inability to account for nonlinear interactions between components and concrete qualities. High-performance concrete (HPC) is a complicated composite material with highly nonlinear mechanical behaviour. When strength can be accurately predicted, design costs, design time, and material waste caused by several mixing trials can all be reduced. In this research, feed-forward neural network (FFNN), Elman neural network (ENN), support vector machine (SVM) and multilinear regression (MLR) were employed for predicting the compressive strength of HPC. The input variables include cement (C), cement strength (CeS), superplasticizer (S), fly ash (F), air entraining agent (A), coarse aggregate (CA), Sand (Sd) and water/binder (W/B) and 28 days’ compressive strength as the output variables. Finally, the results indicate that the proposed model has predictive robustness for predicting the compressive strength of HPC. The results showed that FFNN-M4, ENN-M4, SVM-M4, and MLR-M4 combination have the highest performance evaluation criteria of R2=0.9950, R2=0.9853, R2=0.9736, R2= 0.9678 in the testing phase respectively. The outcomes also show that the proposed model has high accuracy and effectiveness in predicting the compressive strength of HPC.

ANALISA PENGGUNAAN PASIR PANTAI PECAK LUMAJANG SEBAGAI PENGGANTI AGREGAT HALUS TERHADAP KUAT TEKAN

One of the determinants of the quality of concrete is the quality of fine aggregate used as a concrete mix because most of the concrete volume is filled with fine aggregate. The fine aggregate quality observed in this research was beach sand at Watu Pecak in Lumajang. This study aims to determine how much the compressive strength of the concrete has using river sand ex. Lumajang, using unwashed beach sand, and beach sand washed with fresh water against a concrete compressive strength of 30 MPa with the same proportion of each sand. Concrete samples using a cylinder diameter of 15 cm and height of 30 cm amounted to 27 pieces of the test sample. Concrete age will be tested in 7 (seven) days, 14 (fourteen) days, and 28 (twenty-eight) days. The average concrete compressive strength results using washed beach sand is 31,93 Mpa. The value is 1,66 Mpa or 4,9% smaller than normal concrete, which equals 33,59 Mpa. The average concrete compressive strength using unwashed beach sand is 31,58 Mpa. The value is 2,01 Mpa or 6,29% smaller than normal concrete and is 0,35 or 1,11% smaller than concrete using washed beach sand.

PERENCANAAN PERKUATAN PERLINTASAN KERETA API SEBIDANG DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN PLAT BETON BERTULANG

lroad track and a motorized highway. Based on data and field reports at railroad crossings with highways, it is often found that damage to the asphalt layer (Surface Coarse). The cause of asphalt damage occurs due to a shift between the ballast gravel under the asphalt surface. Where the asphalt layer should be on a solid pavement or foundation, so that the life of the asphalt surface will be more durable. So to overcome these problems, a comparative study was conducted on the planning of retrofitting of the crossing using reinforced concrete slabs and using used railroad tracks. In the design of the reinforced concrete slab, a plate measuring 3x0.6 meters thick 7 cm with a concrete quality of K-225 (18.68 Mpa) is used which can withstand a train axle load of 18 tons. The load on the used railroad tracks is used by large-loaded vehicles, namely truck loads of 10 tons

Perencanaan Struktur Gedung Supermarket Berlantai Tiga Di Wamena

As a buffer for districts in the Central Mountain region of Papua, Wamena has also become a center of economic and government activity so that Wamena needs shopping facilities on a large scale in order to meet the needs of its population, therefore it is necessary to plan shopping facilities on a larger scale such as supermarkets. The purpose of this study was to plan the Upper Structure of the Berlantai Tiga di Wamena Supermarket Building. The planning of this supermarket includes plates, beams and columns. The tools used in this planning are ETABS v.19, AutoCad and Microsoft Office. The location of the building is on Jalan Trikora Wamena, Papua. The result of the structural design uses the Special Moment Bearing Frame System (SRPMK). Using concrete quality (f'c) = 25 MPa and reinforcement quality (fy) = 420 MPa. Floor slabs are used 170 mm thick and roof slabs with 130 mm thick. The beam uses B1 300 x 400 mm, B2 300 x 350 mm, B3 250 x 300 mm. The columns in the design measure 600 x 600 mm.

Modeling the chloride migration of recycled aggregate concrete using ensemble learners for sustainable building construction

The use of supplementary cementitious materials such as slag and recycled aggregate in concrete can mitigate some of the negative environmental impacts of using virgin materials. However, the durability of recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) and its resistance to harsh environmental conditions such as chloride penetration must be investigated before practical applications. The rapid chloride migration test (RCMT) is one of the well-established tests that can provide valuable estimations of the concrete quality against chloride penetration. RCMT coupled with machine learning techniques can lead to authentic models, which could save in time, cost, materials, and the need for skilled technicians. In this study, five homogeneous ensemble learners, including two types of bagging and three types of boosting techniques, were developed to model the RCMT output using a comprehensive database collected from the literature. Different types of analysis, including statistical measures, SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) sensitivity analysis, SHAP parametric study, and comparison study, were conducted to examine the performance of the developed models and the effects of the input features on predictions. The results show that the developed extreme gradient boosting learner with the mean absolute percentage errors of about 9% possesses excellent capability for modeling the RCMT of RAC. Besides, the RCMT testing age is the most influential factor affecting the RCMT output, and the amounts of natural fine aggregate and superplasticizer are in the following orders. Finally, a graphical user interface (GUI) was designed, which allows the users to insert the input features and obtain the RCMT output in a user-friendly environment.

PERENCANAAN STRUKTUR ULANG GEDUNG BADAN PEMBERDAYAAN MASYARAKAT DAN NAGARI KABUPATEN PASAMAN BARAT

Building Planning The Community Empowerment Agency and Nagari is one of the government buildings, the planned building is a 3-storey office building located in the West Pasaman earthquake area. so planning is needed that leads to being resistant to earthquake shocks, this is one of the basics for planners to plan the Community and Nagari Empowerment Agency Building. From the results of this structural analysis, the reinforcement structure is obtained based on the author's analysis. The results obtained that the material used is steel fy = 420 MPa and concrete quality fc' = 24.9 MPa, for plate reinforcement in the direction of x = 10 – 150, while the direction of y = 10 – 150. Column planning uses quality fy = 420 and concrete quality fc' = 24.9 Mpa for a 40cm x 40cm column with the main reinforcement used, namely 8D – 16 and a 30cm x 30cm column with the main reinforcement used 6D – 16. While the beam design uses steel quality fy = 420 Mpa and muru concrete fc' = 24.9 MPa for beams measuring 50cm x 30cm with reinforcement used 6D – 16 16 for tensile reinforcement and 3D – 16 for compression reinforcement, steel quality fy = 420 and concrete quality fc' = 20.75 for beam size 45cm x 25cm with reinforcement used 4D – 13 for tensile reinforcement and 3D – 13 for compression reinforcement, while for beams using steel quality fy = 400 and quality beron fc' = 20.75 for size 30cm x 20cm with the main reinforcement used 3D – 12 for tensile reinforcement and 2D – 12 for compression reinforcement.reinforcement.

3D numerical investigation of functionally graded concrete

In the design of engineering structures, concrete is assumed to have homogeneously mechanical properties. However, in reality, the concrete material is usually not uniform with respect to the height of structures because segregation mostly occurs during construction. The higher density is presented at, the lower part of the structure due to a higher proportion of aggregate and vice versa. Moreover, the disparity of creep, shrinkage, hydration heat, and curing method also leads to the difference in the quality of concrete. Therefore, it is necessary to study the responses of a concrete element with various mechanical properties. In this study, the functional elastic modulus of concrete material (FGC) is investigated numerically for its effects on the static responses of the element under axial compression. Conventional Finite Element Method (FEM) and Meshless method are used to model the structure. The reliability of the numerical model is validated by comparing the obtained results with experimental data.

PENGARUH LIMBAH CANGKANG KERANG SEBAGAI SUBSTITUSI AGREGAT HALUS TERHADAP KUAT TEKAN BETON

The development of concrete technology in trials of adding mixed ingredients continues to be carried out to obtain the desired strength and quality of concrete. The clam shells contain pozzolanic chemical compounds, namely lime which is expected to be used as a substitute for fine aggregate in a mixture of concrete constituents. This research was conducted to determine the compressive strength of concrete by utilizing shell waste as a substitute for fine aggregate of 0%, 15% and 25% with aging observed at 7, 14 and 28 days. This research carried out several material tests such as sieving, aggregate specific gravity, moisture content, silt content, wear and tear, organic matter, slump test and concrete compressive strength test. Based on the results of the study, it was found that the optimum strength in mixed variations with shell waste as a substitute for 15% fine aggregate obtained a compressive strength value of 14.09 MPa at 14 days. From the results of the research conducted, it can be concluded that the use of shell waste as a substitute for fine aggregate is not recommended for the manufacture of concrete in the world of construction, because the strength value of the concrete obtained does not meet the requirements of Standard SNI 7656: 2012

Reutilizing Single-Use Surgical Face Masks to Improve the Mechanical Properties of Concrete: A Feasibility Study

The coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) has caused a sharp increase in the use of Single-Use Surgical Face Masks (SUSFMs) as personal protective equipment. These eventually end up in waste disposal facilities causing environmental pollution. Those that end up in the water bodies fragment into microplastics that affect marine life. Since the SUSFM materials are made from polypropylene, a thermoplastic polymer material that takes a long time to degrade, it is important to develop sustainable mitigation measures to remove them from the environment. This study investigated the feasibility of reutilizing SUSFMs in concrete. SUSFMs were shredded and added to C30/37 grade concrete in various percentages, 0%, 0.5%, 1.0%, 1.5%, 2.0%, 2.5%, and 3.0%, by mass of cement content. The specimens were cured for 28 days before being tested for compressive strength, splitting tensile strength, and ultrasonic pulse velocity. The compressive strength decreased with an increase in the length and dosage content. The least decrease of 10.4% was observed at 0.5% content of 30mm length of SUSFM material. The results showed that concrete improved regarding splitting tensile strength, with the highest increase of 15.2% at 0.5% content of 30mm SUSFM. In addition, the overall quality of concrete remains at UPV values of more than 4000m/s registering good quality concrete. The results underscore the use SUSFM material in concrete in order to improve its quality while at the same time reducing waste.

Assessment of efficacy of curing practices in concrete

Hydration process of cement affects the mechanical and durability characteristics of cementitious mixtures. Owing to its exothermic nature of the reaction, moisture loss is evident from concrete an early age predominantly via the exposed surface. This results in a porous microstructure, development of microcracks and alters the strength gain near the surface even before the structure is loaded. Hence, curing of concrete is adopted. Curing has an active influence up to a depth known as Curing Affected Zone (CAZ) from the top, and its properties depend on the extent of hydration. The moisture content in CAZ governs the characteristics of its microstructure. There are standardized and universally accepted tests to quantitatively as well as qualitatively analyse strengths and durability characteristics of concrete, whilst the assessment of the efficacy of curing practices is still in process. Quality of concrete is commonly assessed based on its mechanical properties, however the concrete that satisfies such properties, may not sustain it over the period of time. It indicates that assessment of curing based on solely mechanical properties might give false indication of quality of concrete. Therefore, the durability properties of concrete must also be used for its quality assessment. This paper comprehensively discusses the assessment of moist and compound curing using test parameters like moisture retention, porosity, permeability, electrical conductivity, sorptivity, abrasion resistance dielectric constant and maturity. The sensitiveness of these properties towards curing media is also reviewed. Finally, the scope for future work based on the critical gaps identified from existing works is also provided to assist further research.

Stability analysis of tilted multi-storeyed RCC buildings over alluvial soil: A non-linear static approach

Tilt and settlement of mid-rise RCC buildings with shallow foundations in alluvial soil of greater Kolkata has become a common problem; affecting the overall stability of existing structures. Verticality assessment and non-destructive tests (NDTs) to assess strength & quality of concrete are practiced in real life situation; which cannot ascertain the building stability. Numerical modelling with fixed supports may address the stability issue to some extent, but the soil-structure interaction (SSI) plays a major role during earthquakes. Thus, stability analysis of various RCC buildings with different structural configurations and various tilts considering soil-structure interaction seems to be important for safety and future usefulness. This paper aims to evaluate the effect of various tilts on the overall stability of RCC buildings using non-linear static approach. Numerical study of building models on FE platform considering different foundation & soil types, nature & extent of tilts, building configurations etc. have been made and it is found that these parameters significantly affect the structural stability. Vulnerability indices are also evaluated for tilted buildings based on the pushover analysis results; to predict the repair feasibility. The present study seems to have a great scope for its practical application in safety evaluation and further retrofit of existing multi-storied tilted RCC buildings.

Behaviour of concrete with PET bottles as fibers & silica fume as partial replacement of cement

The primary objective of reducing plastic bottle disposal problems has been to enhance recycling. Waste can be decreased, and useable materials can be recovered as raw materials from waste. Poly Ethylene Terephthalate (PET) fibre was obtained in this investigation by manually cutting PET plastic drinking water bottles. There are large amounts of by-products and wastes generated by industries, including fly-ash, copper slag, Silica Fume(SF), etc., which can result in environmental and health issues upon dumping and disposal. To reduce these problems, the waste plastics and silica fume are efficiently used in this work. The waste PET bottles are transformed into 'O' shape PET fibres, which are added with concrete at a rate of 0.3 percent by weight of cement. Concrete that is properly mixed with silica fume can improve the mechanical and durability properties. At levels of 5% and 10%, silica fume is used to partially replace cement. The effect of PET fibre and silica fume on concrete hardened characteristics is examined. Concrete qualities such as compressive strength, split tensile strength, and flexural strength improve when up to 10% of cement is replaced with silica fume. In this research, at 28 days, with 10% cement replaced by silica fume and 0.3 percent O shape fibre, the maximum compressive strength 35.3 N/mm2, which is 12% greater than standard mix, the maximum split tensile strength is 3.89 N/mm2 which is 25.6% higher than the standard mix, the maximum flexural strength is 9.98 N/mm2 which is 99 % higher than the standard mix. Thus, concrete makes with silica fume at 10% replacement of cement and O shaped PET fibre 0.3% give the best results and it is recommended for concreting purpose.

Pushover analysis of multi-storey concrete structures

Indonesia is located at the confluence of three main tectonic plates which makes it one of the countries with the highest earthquake risk in the world. Recorded experiences has showed that the earthquake cause damage to buildings particularly multi-storey building structures. The purpose of this study is to determine the performance level of multi-storey reinforced concrete structures using a performance-based design method based on the ATC-40 and FEMA 440 regulations. The buildings in this study are 4-storey and 8-storey buildings. The effect of column size, beam size, and concrete quality are investigated. This study results the performance level, capacity curve, level of effectiveness of variations based on pushover analysis using the ATC-40 and FEMA 440. It can be concluded that the building structure is considered as Operational category based on the ATC-40 and FEMA 440 regulations. On the other hand, for the level of effectiveness of variations in building structures, it is more effective to enlarge the column cross-sectional dimensions and increase the height of the beam for 4-storey and 8-storey buildings, respectively.

Application of recycled aggregates generated from waste materials towards improvement in acoustical and thermal conductivity of concrete

The construction sector, in addition to being very important for the economy of several countries, also creates a large amount of construction waste which has a significant impact on the environment. Usage of alternative coarse aggregates (ACA) materials for partial replacement or complete replacement of coarse aggregates can be identified from multiple sustainable sources including solid waste generated on a regular basis. There are limited studies that have explored the utility of waste materials for coarse aggregate (WMCA) in improving concrete qualities like compressive strength, thermal conductivity, and acoustic properties. Previous researchers have conducted several feasibility studies of using construction-and-demolition-waste (CDW) in engineering works, which lead economic and environmental sustainability in the construction sector. Studies show that the thermal transmittance (U-Value) of concrete, which varies between 0.62 to 3.33 W/m2K, is affected by the type of aggregates being used. It has also been demonstrated that concrete to be a good sound insulator due to its high density, but a poor sound absorber with a reflection of up to 99% of sound energy. Opportunities for usage of waste materials like coconut shells, crumb rubber aggregate (CRA) from scrap tyres, glass, plastic wastes. e-waste, construction and demolition waste (CDW), polystyrene, styrofoam and polystyrene as partial replacement of CA need investigation in depth. Some previous studies, that examined the utility of alternate materials like scarp tyres, broken bricks, CDW etc. used as partial replacement of CA, have shown promising results. This article presents a literature review on the production and utilization of waste materials for coarse aggregate in concrete for improving the acoustical and thermal properties. Summarily, this review may help in alleviating concerns of consumers and further promote the use of recycled aggregate on a larger scale in civil engineering.

Utilization of Linz-Donawitz slag and brick bat for the production of sustainable paver blocks

Due to the unplanned and uncontrolled exploitation of mineral resources and the massive production of industrial trash, waste is now being reused and recycled for sustainable development. The production of cement and concrete in the building industry has been enhanced by the recycling and reuse of waste. Construction provides a lot of opportunities for recycling. These by-products can produce better outcomes and can raise concrete quality. There are about 120,000 brick kilns in India. Each year, 250 billion bricks are manufactured, of which 5% are waste. On the other hand, the buildup of Linz-Donawitz slag (LD slag) in India has become problematic, leading to a problem with landfills and environmental deterioration. Nowadays, paver blocks have become quite popular and are utilized to pave vacant spots in front of homes as well as parking lots, businesses, and enterprises. One of its key advantages is that damaged individual blocks can be replaced. The current study concentrates on utilizing these waste materials to create Paver Blocks that can be used by pedestrians. Paver blocks comprising LD slag at a replacement level of 50% for fine aggregate and brick bat at a maximum replacement of 30% with coarse aggregate were tested for properties such as compressive strength, flexural strength, water absorption and abrasion resistance. Out of the proposed mixes, the mix with 20% Brick Bat and 50% LD Slag is the best as it qualifies the necessary quality and strength requirements.

Influence of Using Bamboo Reinforcement Bar and Fiber on Mechanic Beams Behavior

High quality concrete has a low enough porosity value to achieve high density. The purpose of this study was to measure the performance of high-quality concrete blocks by using bamboo reinforcement and bamboo fiber as additional materials. The use of super-liquefying additives from fly ash and palm kernel shells, and high-quality low-grade FAS Tilapia Concrete enhances the concrete experience. Based on (ACI, 2014), it was classified as high-quality concrete with a compressive strength greater than 41.4MPa. Reinforced concrete is a structure made by mixing coarse aggregate, fine aggregate, water, cement, and steel aggregate. Fiber concrete is concrete in which fibers evenly mixed with concrete mortar. The fibers in this concrete serve to retard cracking and reduce brittleness, making the concrete thinner than regular concrete. Using fibers up to 1.5 µm in high-quality reinforced concrete blocks, the maximum deflection reached 23,200 mm for LVDT 5, 0.000 mm for LVDT 3 and LVDT 4, and 37.565 mm. As a result, no shear cracks occurred, and only flex cracks occurred. This is because bending stiffeners are weaker than sliding bones. To increase the flexural strength of bamboo reinforcing blocks, the amount of tensile and compressive bamboo reinforcement should increase to double the amount of reinforcement used in this study.

Utilizing pond ash as fine aggregates in sustainable green concrete pavement – A case study

According to a recent estimate, more than 75 major accidents related to coal ash ponds have been reported between 2010 and 2020 which have resulted not only in loss of life and property, but also in extensive pollution of land, water, and air around the accident sites. In order to promote mass consumption in lieu of disposal, this study was aimed at utilizing the unused coal ash as fine aggregates in concrete pavements. In this regard, a pilot study was undertaken at NTPC Mouda wherein M25 grade pavement quality concrete (PQC) was used for casting a 500 m stretch of road inside the power plant premises. The mix design was prepared at VNIT Nagpur utilizing coarse and fine pond ash from NTPC Mouda as fine aggregates. OPC 43 grade of cement along with locally procured crushed stone aggregates were used. A compatible hyper-plasticizer was also used to maintain the workability and rheology of the concrete. The concrete was laid manually and was observed to attain its final setting within 600 min. The segment was cured for 28-days and finally, cores were extracted to evaluate the in-situ compressive strength of PQC and ascertain its durability. A 28-day compressive strength of 29.3 MPa along with reduced chloride ion permeability and abrasion loss indicate that the suggested approach of utilizing pond ash as fine aggregates in concrete roads is a sustainable alternative to conventionally used mix designs. Hence, the said approach will be a “greener” approach towards PQC construction reducing the dependency on natural river sand. Owing to the abundance of coal ash available in ash dykes, it is also expected that the suggested approach will prove cost-effective in terms of unit cost of concrete production.