The Cost Of Concrete In Thailand?

[Tokay]

Is it expensive here, the same or less expensive than say the USA?

[DrDave]

Is it expensive here, the same or less expensive than say the USA?

I think ready-mix in the USA is about $70 per yard.

CPAC ready-mix in Thailand is about 1,600 +/- per cubic meter. ($46 USD)

A cubic meter is about 20% larger than a yard, so it looks like Thai ready-mix is about half the cost of ready-mix in the USA.

[Tokay]

Is it expensive here, the same or less expensive than say the USA?

I think ready-mix in the USA is about $70 per yard.

CPAC ready-mix in Thailand is about 1,600 +/- per cubic meter. ($46 USD)

A cubic meter is about 20% larger than a yard, so it looks like Thai ready-mix is about half the cost of ready-mix in the USA.

Thanks for the info.

Is there a certain shop you recommend buying from here in Pattaya or near by?

[Naam]

Is it expensive here, the same or less expensive than say the USA?

I think ready-mix in the USA is about $70 per yard.

CPAC ready-mix in Thailand is about 1,600 +/- per cubic meter. ($46 USD)

A cubic meter is about 20% larger than a yard, so it looks like Thai ready-mix is about half the cost of ready-mix in the USA.

to be precise... one cubic meter is ~30.54% more than one cubic yard.

[DrDave]

... to be precise... one cubic meter is ~30.54% more than one cubic yard.

You are correct - thanks for pointing that out!

I had done the calculation the other way around, and what I meant to say was that a cubic yard is about 20% less (actually, 23.5% less) than a cubic meter. Dumb mistake on my part.

In any event, if the current price of CPAC ready-mix is around 1,600 baht/m3, then it's about half the cost of an equivalent measure in the US.

[longball53098]

The cost of the concrete here is one thing but controlling the quality is another separate issue. You never know what you might get as for the slump rating here. No one I see ever tests it. Most of the mix used on my new place came out of the truck like a river not like concrete mix. They use a lot more water here than they should I think.

[stevehaigh]

Is it expensive here, the same or less expensive than say the USA?

I think ready-mix in the USA is about $70 per yard.

CPAC ready-mix in Thailand is about 1,600 +/- per cubic meter. ($46 USD)

A cubic meter is about 20% larger than a yard, so it looks like Thai ready-mix is about half the cost of ready-mix in the USA.

lucky you, its about 3200b/m3 in Ko Phangan

[Tokay]

The cost of the concrete here is one thing but controlling the quality is another separate issue. You never know what you might get as for the slump rating here. No one I see ever tests it. Most of the mix used on my new place came out of the truck like a river not like concrete mix. They use a lot more water here than they should I think.

Wow. It's always something here. Even when you think you're about to win, you lose.

[H2oDunc]

The cost of the concrete here is one thing but controlling the quality is another separate issue. You never know what you might get as for the slump rating here. No one I see ever tests it. Most of the mix used on my new place came out of the truck like a river not like concrete mix. They use a lot more water here than they should I think.

I have to agree. I would be more concerned with the quality rather than the cost. In the UK on construction projects involving concrete every load is sampled and later tested.My friend used to have the job of taking the samples. Here I have watched concrete wash out of the truck like water. I certainly wouldn't want my house built from something like that.

[Beardog]

Just pour a klong in Bang Sare . A 7 meter cubed load 1450 baht per cubic meter. I told my girl to make it stiff as a foreigners dik.

The first 2.5 meters came out rock & piss water on the most critical part of the pour(the banking- no forms used sloped) She called back & told em <deleted> was that piss water & all the rock. they sent the next load with a weeks worth of viagra. So thick it wouldn't come out of the chute. My other lead cement worker( I was the lead man) was pissed it was to hard . Just add water & away it goes. I was able to redo the area that was to runny with the new load. Glad that Klongmare is over 8 truckloads of sand we dug(me & Alisa) by hand & with a wheelbarrow & we were fortunate on the day of the pour to find 4 people with a truck to get the other 7 pickup truckloads of sand. If you want better crete from C-Pac tell them hard as a rock & add water into the truck, that way you don't get the old glass of ice with a gulp of coca cola. Better to let them eat the cost instead of letting them dilute the mix & save 1000 baht. You can always add water later - but you have to wait 30 minutes or so to let it get dry if it is to soft! If I was in the U.S. I would have sent it back as that was part of my job for 7 years to make sure the quality was right on deliveries & I hate having to fight a bad load of concrete.