Quality Concrete from Crap: Production techniques to produce quality concrete from less-than-ideal materials. - Nordmeyer, Herb
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In many third world countries quality concrete is not produced and used for building homes and other small structures. Numerous conditions contribute to this problem. This book addresses many of the causes of failures of concrete and provides a way to produce quality concrete when less-than-ideal materials must be used.

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Produktbeschreibung
In many third world countries quality concrete is not produced and used for building homes and other small structures. Numerous conditions contribute to this problem. This book addresses many of the causes of failures of concrete and provides a way to produce quality concrete when less-than-ideal materials must be used.
Autorenporträt
Herb Nordmeyer was homeschooled in chemistry and cement chemistry. Even though he went on to earn degrees in biology, chemistry, and aquatic ecology, he considers his real education that home-schooling. Af-ter following a career track based on his formal educa-tion for a few years, he got back into the construction materials field where he specialized in product devel-opment and forensic analysis of failures (usually, but not always, other people's failures). Since his retire-ment in January, 2010, he and his wife own and oper-ate Nordmeyer, LLC, a consulting, writing, and pub-lishing company. He is a partner in HerbCrete, LLC, a company which develops specialty stuccos. He has been very active in ASTM, serving on Committees: C 1 (Cements), C 11 (Gypsum and Relat-ed Products - including stucco), C 12 (Mortar for Unit Masonry), C 15 (Masonry Units), and C 27 (Precast Products). In September, 2013, Herb made what he thought was his first and last trip to Haiti. Pastor Benoit showed him the need for earthquake-resistant and hurricane-resistant housing. He challenged Herb to find or develop technology to build earthquake- and hurricane-resistant housing for Haiti, especially the slum called Jubilee, which could be built for a materi-als cost of $1,000 US. In November, 2013, Herb was back in Haiti where he agreed to go at least four times per year, as long as his health and finances held up. Besides teaching in the slums, in January, 2017, he taught a 4-semester-hour course in disaster-resistant construction at the American University of the Caribbean in Les Cayes, and plans on being back in January, 2018, to teach another course. Herb is a prolific author, but a poor writer and speller. His wife, Judy, must drip red ink over every-thing he writes. Besides numerous peer-reviewed pa-pers in ASTM and other scientific journals, he is the author of Stucco Handbook for Builders (out of print), and The Stucco Book-The Basics (2012). Homes for Jubilee and the Haitian Creole edi-tion, Kay pou Jubilee, interfered with the publica-tion of The Stucco Book series of books, and this book has continued that interference. When not involved in building, or in building ma-terials, or in writing about them, Herb adopts grand-daughters and with several of them has published several books; and he enjoys taking people kayaking.