Making, Curing, and Testing Concrete Cylinders in a Senior Level Construction Management Course

9 pages•Published: December 11, 2023

Abstract

There are few studies which expand upon construction management pedagogical content to guide professors, especially new professors, in the creation and development of hands-on labs. This paper is a case study adding to the construction management body of knowledge to show engineering and construction management educators a framework on how laboratory exercises for making, curing, capping and testing concrete compression cylinders, based on the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) procedures, were developed and incorporated into a senior level construction management course. Included is a course history, description of the laboratory space and equipment and discussion of how the laboratory exercises relate to student learning. Numerical and graphical results of testing concrete cylinders at four different water-to- cement ratios are presented and discussed. Also, future opportunities for similar hands-on student laboratory exercises are identified and discussed.

Keyphrases: concrete, lab exercises, laboratory, teaching methods

In: Tom Leathem, Wes Collins and Anthony Perrenoud (editors). Proceedings of 59th Annual Associated Schools of Construction International Conference, vol 4, pages 632-640.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/Z816
	https://doi.org/10.29007/sr6g