IS 4926 : 2003

What this standard covers

This standard covers the requirements for the production and supply of ready-mixed concrete. It does not cover the placing, compaction, curing or protection of concrete after delivery.

Scope, quoted from IS 4926 : 2003. Read the full standard

Requirements and tests, as the standard names them

• 5.1 Basis of Supply
• 5.2 Transport of Concrete
• 5.2.1 General
• 5.2.2 Time in Transport
• 6.1 Point and Time of Sampling
• 6.2 Workability
• 6.3 Specified Strength
• 6.4 Additional Compliance Criteria
• 6.5 Non-Compliance
• 10.1.2 Control of Materials Storage
• 10.1.3 Mix Design and Mix Design Modification
• 10.1.4 Plant Maintenance
• 10.1.5 Transfer and Weighing Equipment
• 10.1.6 Plant Mixers and Truck-Mixers
• 10.2 Immediate Control
• 10.2.2 Product Control
• 10.3 Retrospective Control
• 10.3.1 Mix Performance
• 10.3.2 Stock Control of Materials
• 10.3.3 Complaints

Sub-clause names as printed under the headings “GENERAL REQUIREMENTS”, “SAMPLING AND TESTING OF READY-MIXED CONCRETE”, “QUALITY CONTROL” in IS 4926 : 2003. Values and limits are deliberately not reproduced here — read them in the standard itself.

How the standard is organised

• 4 MATERIALS
• 5 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
• 6 SAMPLING AND TESTING OF READY-MIXED CONCRETE
• 7 INFORMATION TO BE SUPPLIED BY THE PURCHASER
• 8 INFORMATION TO BE SUPPLIED BY THE PRODUCER
• 9 PRODUCTION AND DELIVERY
• 10 QUALITY CONTROL
• 11 ORDER PROCESSING
• 12 TRAINING
• 13 RECORDS

Test methods it refers to

• IS 4634

Edition history (per the BIS registry)

• IS 4926 : 2003 — current edition (last reviewed by BIS 2022-04-01)

Where this standard is used on NirmanDost

Listed by product makers

1 product in the NirmanDost catalogue names this standard on its spec sheet — JSW Concrete (Ready Mix Concrete). That is the maker’s own claim, copied as printed; we have not tested these products against the standard, and a spec sheet can cite the wrong code.

Materials market

Also cited in the Materials Market rate library and SKU sheets.