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Concrete Construction

Concrete Construction

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Unit one addresses the different types of concrete and the materials used to make the various types. The series then progresses through proper techniques and tools needed to ensure quality work. Safety and site organization are also addressed. 

Wide shot of a cement storage plant that has cement silos, tanks, conveyor belts, and a portable building. Caption. Let's look at cement storage.
Concrete Construction
Episode 1
29 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Closeup of concrete being poured into a form with upside down u-shaped steel rods. Caption. The engineer will tell you what slump is right for your job.
Concrete Construction
Episode 2
41 minutes 21 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Overhead view of poured concrete with a large pole in the middle of the pour. Caption. We should look in more detail at what is meant by compaction.
Concrete Construction
Episode 3
32 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Closeup of connecting vertical and horizontal brown metal beams with 3 vertical steel rods extending through the beam connection. Caption. The formwork must provide this finish.
Concrete Construction
Episode 4
35 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Closeup of a person standing and using a hand-guided circular power trowel on wet concrete. Caption. Are screeded, floated, and trowel finished.
Concrete Construction
Episode 5
40 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Crane hoists precast concrete panel toward a series of vertical and horizontal steel rods. Vertical rod ends bent at 90 degrees face outward. Caption. And make sure that formwork can be lifted out.
Concrete Construction
Episode 6
29 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
View of steel framing on top of a concrete block structure with 2 openings. Text on image reads, "Safety signs." Caption. You'll become familiar with safety signs.
Concrete Construction
Episode 7
25 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Digital map titled "Battle of Little Bighorn." A black horse runs west towards Little Bighorn River and the Bighorn Mountains. 3 blue labeled banners for Gibbon, Terry and Custer, and Crook surround the horse, each with an arrow pointing in.
Concrete Construction
Episode 8
40 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Closeup of 2 side-by-side vertical steel rods and 1 horizontal steel rod touching. Heavy gauge metal wire is looped behind vertical rods and over horizontal rod held in place by someone's fingers. Another wire is under the horizontal rod. Caption. Hairpin tie.
Concrete Construction
Episode 9
35 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Closeup of a gloved hand holding a concrete block as concrete coating is applied with a trowel. Caption. He doesn't want to leave any air pockets.
Concrete Construction
Episode 10
43 minutes 32 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Outside view of a multi-story wood formwork. Caption. Vertical formwork can be struck the following day.
Concrete Construction
Episode 11
21 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Cement dumper pours cement into a criss crossing steel reinforcement rod framework. Person's legs stand within the framework. Caption. Avoiding disturbing the formwork, reinforcement.
Concrete Construction
Episode 12
33 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
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