Testing Laboratory
INTERNET
Engineers, Consultant
Construction site, batching plant
Figure 4 RFID Technology for Monitoring the Quality Concrete Cube Test
RFID tags
RFID Reader
Laptop with internet
access
Figure 5 Equipment required at the site
Figure 5 Equipment required at the site
During concrete cube preparation, each cube is uniquely identified by an RFID tag and all
necessary cube details such as, project name, concrete structure and location, type of material
used, sources, concrete grade and any other relevant data are entered into the system. All the
data is stored in the server and this enables the user to retrieve and modify the data before the
official submission is made online. It will also enable data traceability both before and after
testing.
The RFID tag is embedded onto the fresh concrete once it is poured into the cube mould as
shown in Figure 6. It sticks on the surface of the cube once the concrete is hardened and the
sample is ready for curing.
Figure 6 RFID tags
embedded onto wet
concrete cubes
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