CE-016 Admixtures for Concrete: 2 PDH

Description of the course / activity content:

This course gives guidance on using of concrete admixtures to ensure quality and appropriate concrete properties are achieved during design and placing of concrete mixes. Admixtures are those ingredients in concrete, other than portland cement, water, and aggregates that are added to the mixture immediately before or during mixing. Concrete should be workable, finishable, strong, durable, watertight, and wear resistant. These qualities can often be obtained easily and economically by the selection of suitable materials rather than by resorting to admixtures (except air‐entraining admixtures when needed).

Major reasons for using admixtures are:

1. To reduce the cost of concrete construction
2. To achieve certain properties in concrete more effectively than by other means
3. To maintain the quality of concrete during the stages of mixing, transporting, placing, and curing in adverse weather conditions
4. To overcome certain emergencies during concreting operations

This course is intended for use by civil engineers, materials scientists / engineers, chemical engineers, construction professionals and others interested in learning about concrete admixtures.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, you will gain the following knowledge and skills:

• Learn about reasons and requirements for using concrete admixtures
• Understand different types of admixtures and when to use them
• Learn about typical materials used as concrete admixtures
• Become familiar with the following types of concrete admixtures:
  • Air-entraining admixtures
  • Water-reducing admixtures
  • Plasticizers
  • Retarders and accelerators
  • Corrosion inhibitors
  • Shrinkage-reducing admixtures
  • Other less frequently used admixtures such as pigments, damproffing, bonding agents

Refunds and Cancellation Policies

The course is accepted by the Professional Engineering boards in states listed on this page. In an unlikely case the course is not accepted by the board listed on this page, we will refund the full payment and will pay for you to take another course of equivalent monetary and PDH / CEU value

Length of the Course / Activity

This course is intended to be studied at self-pace and it should take on average of 2 hours to read and be able to comprehend the material to successfully past the online quiz

Course Quiz

To receive the certificate of completion for the above 2 PDH online course, you will need to take a 10 question multiple choice quiz based on the reference material supplied and pass with minimum score of 70%. There is no time limit for the quiz and it can be taken multiple times until a passing score of 70% is achieved

Certificate of Completion

Once you achieve a passing score of 70% on the quiz you will receive and be able to print your Certificate of Completion as a record of your continuing education. PDH Star will keep a record of your certificate for the duration as required by your state of licensure. You will be able to log on to your account and view and print your past Certificate of Completion

State Acceptance

This course is accepted in all states mandating continuing education:

AK, AL, AR, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WI, WV, and WY