How to overcome heat problems while concreting at dam?

In order to overcome heat problems that occur while concreting dam includes:

• Water used for the purpose of curing and admixture should be cold.
• With retarder additives, the hardness time of concrete can be increased, which gives more duration to mix mortar or concrete components and reduces the hardness speed reducing the heat of hydration.
• Concrete should be poured within the design mix time.
• In order to prevent heat from the sun, the concrete materials must be placed under the shed.

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