Concrete in Practice

CIP's are two page publications with useful information on the do's and don'ts of all types of concreting published by the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA). You can download a copy of each from NRMCA's website for free just by clicking on the topics below. You can also purchase them through NRMCA by clicking on All CIP's below.

• All CIP's
• CIP1 - Dusting Concrete Surfaces
• CIP2  - Scaling Concrete Surfaces
• CIP3 - Crazing Concrete Surfaces
• CIP4 - Cracking Concrete Surfaces
• CIP5 - Plastic Shrinkage Cracking
• CIP6 - Joints in Concrete Slabs on Grade
• CIP7 - Cracks in Concrete Basement Walls
• CIP8 - Discrepancies in Yield
• CIP9 - Low Concrete Cylinder Strength
• CIP10 - Strength of In-Place Concrete
• CIP11 - Curing In-Place Concrete
• CIP12 - Hot Weather Concreting
• CIP13 - Concrete Blisters
• CIP14 - Finishing Concrete Flatwork
• CIP15 - Chemical Admixtures for Concrete
• CIP16 - Flexural Strength of Concrete
• CIP17 - Flowable Fill Materials
• CIP18 - Radon Resistant Buildings
• CIP19 - Curling of Concrete Slabs
• CIP20 - Delaminating of Troweled Concrete Surfaces
• CIP21 - Loss of Air Content In Pumped Concrete
• CIP22 - Grout
• CIP23 - Discoloration
• CIP24 - Synthetic Fibers for Concrete
• CIP25 - Corrosion of Steel in Concrete
• CIP26 - Jobsite Addition of Water
• CIP27 - Cold Weather Concreting
• CIP28 - Concrete Slab Moisture
• CIP29 - Vapor Barriers Under Slabs on Grade
• CIP30 - Supplementary Cementitious Materials
• CIP31 - Ordering Ready Mixed Concrete
• CIP32 - Concrete Pre-Construction Conference
• CIP33 - High Strength Concrete
• CIP34 - Making Concrete Cylinders in the Field
• CIP35 - Testing Compressive Strength of Concrete
• CIP36 - Structural Lightweight Concrete
• CIP37 - Self Consolidating Concrete
• CIP38 - Pervious Concrete
• CIP39 - Concrete Maturity
• CIP40 - Aggregate Pop outs
• CIP41 - Acceptance Testing of Concrete
• CIP42 – Thermal Cracking of Concrete