Cement Manufacturing
Cement Chemistry and Quality
Quality of Cement
What makes a cement good for its use, and how the properties that matter are measured and controlled.
- Duration
- 5 days
- Contact hours
- 30
- Level
- Intermediate
- Fee from
- On enquiry
Overview
Cement quality is not one number. A cement that gains strength quickly may be wrong for a mass pour, and a low heat cement is wrong where a form has to be stripped tomorrow. This week covers the properties that define fitness for a use, how each is measured, and what in the manufacturing process controls it. Standards and cement types are covered as the language in which all of this is agreed between maker and user.
Who should attend
Quality and laboratory staff, process engineers, technical sales and customer support, and concrete technologists working with cement suppliers.
What you will be able to do
- Define the properties that determine fitness for a given use.
- Measure strength, setting, soundness and heat correctly.
- Relate each property to a manufacturing control.
- Read a cement standard and a type designation.
- Advise a customer on cement selection honestly.
How it is taught
Short input, then work, across 5 days of roughly 6 teaching hours each. Exercises run on situations delegates bring rather than on a case study written for a different organisation. Cohorts are capped so that everybody is asked something.
Available as classroom, live online, in house.
Programme outline
Day 1
Properties
- Strength development and its shape over time
- Setting time and workability retention
- Soundness, heat of hydration and durability
Day 2
Measurement
- Mortar and concrete strength testing
- Setting and consistency methods
- Fineness, Blaine and particle size distribution
Day 3
What controls them
- Clinker phase composition
- Sulphate balance
- Grinding fineness and distribution width
Day 4
Types and standards
- Cement types and composition limits
- Strength classes
- Conformity and marking
Day 5
In use
- Interaction with admixtures and aggregates
- Temperature and placing conditions
- Advising on selection without overpromising
What you leave with
- A property to process control map.
- A test interpretation sheet.
- A cement selection guide for common applications.
Dates and fees
| Dates | Location | Format | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 to 27 November 2026 | Kampala, Uganda | Classroom | US$1,500 |
| 30 November 2026 to 4 December 2026 | Cairo, Egypt | Classroom | US$1,500 |
| 7 to 11 December 2026 | Cape Town, South Africa | Classroom | R15,000 |
| 14 to 18 December 2026 | Nairobi, Kenya | Classroom | US$1,500 |
Fees are per delegate and cover tuition, all programme materials and the certificate. Travel, accommodation and visas are arranged by the delegate. Registration closes two weeks before a programme starts.
Certificate
A GATI certificate recording what was attended, issued after the programme has run and attendance has been taken. Attending at least 80 per cent of the days earns a certificate of completion; attending less earns a certificate of attendance stating exactly what was attended. Every certificate carries a code that anybody can check against GATI's own record.
It records participation. and GATI does not claim one it does not hold.