TCC Concrete Cube Team |
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| 2009 TEAM MEMBERS:
Matt Sargent,
Eddie Foley, and Chris Cartwright, Faculty Advisor |
| 2009 ACI Concrete Cube Competition
Students produce a concrete cube that achieves, as closely as possible, a target design strength of 50 MPa and a target mass of 270 grams per cube. Competition will be held on November 9 in New Orleans.
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| 2007 TEAM MEMBERS: (as pictured from left to right )
Chris Cartwright, Faculty Advisor; Matt Sargent, Cube Mother; Chad Oxton, the Mix Master; and
Eddie Foley, Newbe |
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2007 ACI Concrete Cube Competition
The TCC Civil Engineering Technology Concrete Cube Team took 2nd place in the 2007 ACI Concrete Cube Competition held in Puerto Rico on October 14, 2007. This years objective was to produce a cube that achieved, as closely as possible, a target design strength of 40 MPa and a target mass of 230 grams per cube. The students designed and submitted three cubes in accordance with the ACI Rules. The cubes had an average weight of 230.7 grams and an average strength of 37.296 MPa. Chris Cartwright, Faculty Advisor for the team stated that the team met their goal of a top three finish against a very competitive field of entries. The team members were proud to represent TCC, the only 2-year college competing. Click here for 2007 results. |
2005 TEAM MEMBERS
Chad Oxton, Gary Smallwood, James Roche, Asher Midgette, Philip Hughes, and Chris Cartwright, Faculty Advisor |
2005 ACI Concrete Cube Competition
The TCC Civil Engineering Technology Concrete Cube Team took 8th place in the 2005 ACI Concrete Cube Competition held in Kansas City, MO November 6, 2005, a big improvement over last year's 33rd place finish. This years objective was to produce a cube that achieved, as closely as possible, a target design strength of 35 MPa and a target mass of 205 grams per cube. The students designed and submitted three cubes in accordance with the ACI Rules. The cubes had an average weight of 205.0 grams and an average strength of 38.611 MPa. Chris Cartwright, Faculty Advisor for the team stated that the team reached their goal of a top ten finish against a very competitive field of entries. The team members were proud to represent TCC, the only 2-year college competing, and have already started planning for next years competition were they have their sights set on a top three finish. Click here for 2005 results. |
| 2004 TEAM MEMBERS
Chad Oxton, John Card, Jason Lee, Gary Smallwood, Bill Dennison, Faculty Advisor and Chris Cartwright, Faculty Advisor |
2004 ACI Concrete Cube Competition
Students produce a concrete cube that achieves, as closely as possible, a target design strength of 30 MPa and a target mass of 190 grams per cube (moderately lightweight concrete). The 2004 competition wasl held in conjunction with the Fall 2004 ACI Convention in San Francisco, CA .
Our Team [TCCCT] designed and submitted three cubes in accordance with the ACI Rules. The cubes had an average weight of 199.3 grams and a strength of 23.406 MPa. This gave the team an over all score of 84.189 points out of 100 points total, and an overall ranging of 33rd.
Click here for a complete listing of 2004 results.
Chris Cartwright stated "considering this was the first year we competed, the short time frame they had to prepare, and the level of competition, I am extremely proud of our team and the outcome." |
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