Concrete Mix Designs

Version 8.2 Changes

• Removed all automated expiration / unexpiration of CMDs based on Facility or Facility Type expiration. Instead of the CMD expiration date keying off the Facility Type expiration date, the CMD can be used as long as its expiration date is greater than the record date AND the Facility Type expiration date is greater than the record date.

Version 8.1 Changes

• Changed the relationship between when a Ready Mix facility expired and when its associated Concrete Mix Designs (CMD) expire. Before V8.1, the CMDs would expire the same day as the RM facility auto-expired. Now they expire 30 days later.

• Added two notifications that will be sent to the Material Inspector and the Physical Lab Supervisor. One stating "Warning: Facility RM### will expire in 30 days" will be sent 30 days prior to the RM facility auto expiration date, and the other will be sent the day that the RM facility expires ("Facility RM### expired today.") The system already sends a 60 day notification.

Version 8.0.2 Changes

• The look-up window performance problem has been resolved. The window will work with the filters properly now and will only retrieve records when the user clicks the Retrieve button.

Version 7.1 Changes

• MASS CHANGES: Enhanced the functionality to display the comment from the source mix design being copied. The system allows the user to carry that comment forward, modify the comment to be associated to the new mix designs, or omit the comment on the new mix designs being created through the mass change.

Version 7.0.1 Changes

• ASSIGN CONTRACTS: Fixed a problem where certain values in the Assignment Expiration Date were not being evaluated correctly.

• MASS CHANGES: Corrected the spelling of the label Additives.

Version 7.0 Changes

• SELECT A CONCRETE MIX DESIGN: Added a new Print Indicator and Print button to the pop-up window. This allows users to print multiple mixes with one print function. Users designate which mixes they’d like to print and then click the Print button.

• SELECT A CONCRETE MIX DESIGN: Adjusted the pop-up window to correct the sorting by Plant ID option. The number portion of the ID will now be sorted in numeric order rather than as a character value. This window is referenced from Sampling, Material Receipts and other modules.

• SELECT A CONCRETE MIX DESIGN: Modified the Concrete Facility pop-up within the window to allow selections of expired and unexpired facilities.

• ASSIGN CONTRACTS: Modified the Concrete Mix Contract Assignment window to always require an Assignment Expiration date, defaulting to 12/31/2075 if not specified, and requiring a future date when a value is specified.

• REVIEW MIXES: Modified the Additives tab to only allow selections from the approved products list.

• REVIEW MIXES: On the Aggregates tab, changed the Coarse Aggregate material selection from a drop-down list to a material selection pop-up to provide selection from the full complement of aggregate materials.

• MASS CHANGES: A new window has been added under the Concrete Mix Designs menu option. This window will allow authorized users to apply a Save As function across a selected set of mixes. This allows quick creation of a set of new mix designs from existing, unexpired mix designs as a result of component material changes at a plant.

• PRINT CONCRETE MIX DESIGN: Added the Concrete Mix Design status and expiration date to the printed Form 312 . Also changed the label that was Date to Date Assigned .

Version 6.4.1 Changes

• REVIEW MIXES: Restored the ability to search by Contract Number.

Version 6.1 Changes

• REVIEW MIXES: The window has been modified to prevent expiration of a mix with a date prior to the current date.

• REVIEW MIXES: Mortar content will be set to 27.00 cubic feet whenever the mix contains no aggregate (such as in the case of flowable fill).

Version 6.0 Changes

• ASSIGN CONTRACTS: The Date has been removed from the Statement of Concrete Mix Design and Source Materials Report.
• ASSIGN CONTRACTS: A Comment field has been added to the Concrete Mix Contract Assignment window to provide the ability to add notes regarding the correlation between Mix and the Project. There may be limitations and/or conditions placed on the use of the Mix that are specific to the Contract it has been assigned to.
• ASSIGN CONTRACTS: An Assign Button has been added to allow easy access to the Select a Concrete Mix Design window.
• REVIEW MIXES: The window has been modified to perform the same required edits on existing records as on newly created records.
• REVIEW MIXES: The window has been corrected to allow the insertion of a new Concrete Mix Design after reviewing an Expired Concrete Mix Design. Conditional problems with edits and field protection on the Additives Tab have also been corrected.
• REVIEW MIXES: When a new Concrete Mix Design is created, the Measurements field will default to English and remain protected.
• REVIEW MIXES: The window has been corrected to remove the data from the Fine Aggregate and/or Coarse
  Aggregate fields when ‘None’ is selected for the associated Approved Producer/Supplier.
• REVIEW MIXES: A periodic arithmetic overflow condition on Mortar Content when printing certain Concrete Mix Designs has been corrected.

Version 5.9 Changes

• ASSIGN CONTRACTS: A Comment field has been added to the Concrete Mix Contract Assignment window to provide the ability to add notes regarding the correlation between Mix and the Project. There may be limitations and/or conditions placed on the use of the Mix that are specific to the Contract it has been assigned to.

• REVIEW MIXES: The Concrete Mix Design Selection window has been updated to require the entry of the following information when a new Mix is created:

• REVIEW MIXES: Cement Tab: The Approved Producer and Approved Supplier fields are required.

• REVIEW MIXES: Pozzolan Tab: When the Pozzolan Type on the General Tab has been set to something other than 'No Pozzolan', the Pozzolan Amount and Approved Producer are required.

• REVIEW MIXES: Aggregates Tab: When the Fine Aggregate Amount is specified, the Specific Gravity, Absorption Percent, Approved Producer and Fineness Mod fields are required. Likewise, when the Coarse Aggregate Amount is specified, the Specific Gravity, Absorption Percent, Approved Producer, Material, and Unit Mass are required.

• REVIEW MIXES: The Accepted By signature and Date have been removed from the Form 312 report. These no longer appear when previewing the report or when printing the report.

• REVIEW MIXES: Save As is no longer permitted on metric Mix Designs.

Version 5.7 Changes

• The Concrete Mix Design Selection window has been updated to include searches for Concrete Pipe and Prestressed material facilities.

Version 5.6 Changes

• REVIEW MIXES: A discrepancy on the Form 312 Report involving the Fine and Course Aggregate source has been corrected. The Source Information will now match when displayed from either the Assign Contracts or Review Mixes windows.

• REVIEW MIXES: The process for determining whether a Concrete Mix Design has been expired has been updated. All HiCAMS windows using the CMD selection have been updated to compare the Test Date, Sampled Date, Ticket Date, etc., (rather than the current date) to determine if a CMD can be selected.

• REVIEW MIXES: A correction was made to the window processing to allow for the creation of a new Concrete Mix Design immediately after reviewing an expired CMD. Previously the New CMD window displayed, but all fields were protected. This has been corrected to allow the new CMD to be entered.

Version 5.4 Changes

• REVIEW MIXES: When a Ready-Mix Concrete Facility is expired, the associated CMDs will be expired as well.

Version 5.3 Changes

• REVIEW MIXES: Concrete Mix Designs can be saved and printed as an Adobe Acrobat Portable Document format (.pdf) file providing Adobe Acrobat 5.0 is installed on the user's computer. PLEASE NOTE: This is NOT Adobe Acrobat Reader which is available for free download.

  PROCEDURE FOR SAVING AS A .PDF FILE: The PC must have Adobe Acrobat 5.0 installed. Choose printer setup and select Acrobat Writer as the printer. Choose Print. Respond to prompt that will appear for Print to file and filename.pdf

Version 5.1 Changes

• ASSIGN CONTRACTS: Concrete Mix Designs can now be assigned to Concrete Pipe facilities.

• REVIEW MIXES: Added Delete functionality to all fields on the Additives tab.

Version 4.5 Changes

• ASSIGN CONTRACTS: This new window allows Concrete Mix Designs to be assigned to specific Contracts.

• ASSIGN CONTRACTS: A new report has been added that prints the Form 312 report for all mixes that are currently active on a Contract.

• REVIEW MIXES: The System no longer requires any material (cement, poz, coarse agg, fine agg, admixtures) to be entered.

Version 4.4 Changes

• REVIEW MIXES: The result values for the calculations on the Properties Tab now displays a zero (0) instead of a blank.

Version 4.3 Changes

• REVIEW MIXES: When you create a new concrete mix design, you no longer receive an error message.

Version 4.2 Changes

• REVIEW MIXES: Voiding a Concrete Mix Design protects all fields except the expiration date. No fields can be updated except for the expiration date.

• REVIEW MIXES: Inquiry users can now view the window.

New for Version 4.0

• REVIEW MIXES: This window lets Physical Lab personnel track concrete mix designs. Physical Lab personnel can add, delete, modify, and expire concrete mix designs.

• REVIEW MIXES: Some attributes captured in the Concrete Mix Designs window are:

  • Class of concrete
  • Pozzolan Type
  • Amount of Cement
  • Amount of fine aggregate
  • Additives
  • Air entrainment and vibration status
  • Concrete Facility
  • Amount of Pozzolan
  • Amount of course aggregate
  • Amount of water

Page last updated 6 October 2011