Civil Engineering Association

Guide to Concrete for Housing

First published June 2000 as The Housing Concrete Handbook CCAA T53
© Cement Concrete & Aggregates Australia 2007
Design and layout Helen Rix Design Illustration TechMedia Publishing Pty Ltd
ISBN 9781877023200

This guide is written, primarily, as a reference guide for house builders and tradespeople working with concrete, mortar and render. TAFE students and their instructors will find it a helpful reference; and design professionals will find it informative. It updates and supersedes the earlier publication The Housing Concrete Handbook, June 2000.
It gives practical information about the use of concrete, mortar and render in the construction of houses and other small buildings, including floors, driveways, paths, and patios.
It covers the essential topics in enough detail to give house builders all they need to know about good quality concreting, and to alert them to poor practices.
More comprehensive technical information about the use of concrete in all forms of construction can be found in CCAA's Guide to Concrete Construction (T41). Further information on specific applications can be found in a number of publications produced by Cement Concrete & Aggregates Australia and generally available free on CCAA website http://www.concrete.net.au. Relevant ones applicable to the subject areas covered by this publication are listed in Appendix B.