A contractor orders 10 yards of cement for his project but he may use less than that. The cement company delivers 11 yards to make sure that the project is complete. What does the cement company do with the excess?
John Cunningham, Executive Director of the Aggregate and Ready Mix Association of Minnesota, helped answer this burning reader question. Disposing of any leftover mix is essential to avoid having to clean hardened concrete from a mixer truck. Having an excess of concrete is not the usual practice for every concrete producer, but Cunningham does confirm that if there is any excess concrete, it gets recycled. A producer may also use it do make concrete blocks, useful for retaining walls or barricades.
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