As I mentioned in my previous article, precast concrete road curb is one type of concrete road curb that manufacturer produces it in various shapes. The precast concrete road curb will be sent to the construction site when there is an usage of precast road curb.

It doesn’t like concrete landscape curb which constructed on the spot at the construction site or we called it “cast-in-site”. Of course, not only concrete landscape curb do have cast-in-situ while normal concrete road curb does have cast-in-situ by using various type of concrete curbing machine.

Why Most Of The Contractors Like To Use Precast Concrete Road Curb?

1) Time Saving
Most of the contractors like to use precast concrete road curb instead of using cast-in-situ method, one of the reasons is time saving. By using precast concrete road curb, it saves a lot of time instead of preparing all the machines, materials and workmanship to construct it on the spot at the site.

Time is everything in construction, contractor is given a time frame to complete the project. With that said, using precast concrete product saves a lot of time. In case contractor not able to complete the task within the time frame, most probably the contractor will be charged a cost by the client, in other word we called it “Liquidated Ascertained Damages” (LAD). To avoid these happen, I would say precast concrete product is one of the suitable and awesome product for concrete contractors.

2) Save Cost
Other than time saving, contractors might be able to save cost as well. In point #1, time is everything in construction, cost can be saved from workmanship. Why cost can be saved from workmanship since the manufacturer has already added this into their prices?

I make an example, let’s say contractor constructs the concrete road curb with cast-in-situ method, for a small tasks, most of the contractor might pay their workers in Day-Work method which mean contractor will pay their worker in day by day basis. In this situation, on one of the working day, that’s a raining day and workers not able to continue their works (Concrete works are not recommended to do on rainy day because the concrete takes time to become strong and stable, the quality of the concrete will be gone). With that said, contractor will be charged for 1 more working day to pay their workers. By using precast concrete road curb, the quality of the concrete can be maintained and workers able to complete the tasks in just a few hours time.

By completing the tasks within the time frame given by client, contractor will be saved and not being charged LAD by client as I mentioned in point #1.

Photos Of Precast Concrete Curb

Precast Concrete Road Curb – Concrete Road Curb is not only used for landscape purpose, but it used to protect the traffic lights and signboards as well. It’s commonly used in many foreign countries too.

Precast Concrete Intermediate Curb – It’s the same type of precast concrete road curb but it’s used in the intermediate of the 2-way carriageways. It’s used to distance the both roadway to avoid accident.

Concrete Grade

Normally the concrete grade used for precast concrete road curb is 20N/mm2. It’s more than enough to maintain it’s strength. The precast concrete road curb is already produce in various shape, you can simply get the information and precast concrete specifications from your local precast concrete product manufacturer.

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