Products for Quality Control

COMMANDqc simplifies and organizes the recordation of concrete Product Testing results to improve accuracy and to provide reliable data that can be used for later analysis. The process of recording test data begins when a load of concrete is shipped from COMMANDconcrete. Within seconds, delivery information including ticket number, product, load size, Customer, Project, batch weights, etc. is stored in COMMANDqc.

Shortly afterward, concrete is sampled at the plant or job site and a test technician performs various fresh concrete tests for parameters such as slump and air content. These are typically recorded on a paper “field sheet”. The technician also prepares cylinder, beam, or cube specimens that will later be tested for hardened concrete properties. When the field sheets are returned to the lab, a technician or clerk quickly and easily locates the delivery record and enters the field test results into COMMANDqc. Very little data entry is required because most of the identifying information about the load already exists.

Based on parameters established for each lab and concrete product, the system automatically schedules tests for the cylinders and other specimens prepared on-site.

At various dates in the future, the system will remind lab personnel of the need to perform the scheduled tests via the Daily Testing report. Measurements are facilitated with electronic interfaces to the compressive test machines, scales, and other equipment used in the lab.