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What are advantages and disadvantages of in situ Concrete?

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Advantages:
· It embraces various building shapes
· It can be assumed to be more or less monolithic
· Connection are homogenous with rest of the frame
· It is easily used for two way structural systems
· It is not necessary to pay for crane on site
· Construction can proceed independently of weather conditions
Better working conditions for the building operatives
Disadvantages:
· Needs high labour numbers and plant on site
· Erection of formwork is time consuming
· The quality control is difficult
· Once the concrete has been cast it is to difficult to do any modifications
· weather can create problems for curing, and for construction itself
Erecting and interconnecting them to form the final structure

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