Applies to QEST Web App

Contents

Overview

• This document captures all of the necessary data related to the sampling of fresh concrete per BS EN 12350-1:2019 Testing fresh concrete - Part 1: Sampling and common apparatus.

• This sampling method document, when added to a concrete sample document, will determine which test methods are compatible with, and able to be completed on, the sample document.

• As a result, it is not possible to remove this document, from the sample document, once a test has been added to the sample document.

• For more information on how the two documents interact, see:
  Concrete Sample Document for QEST Web App

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Data Entry

This sampling method worksheet is available to users in two formats:

• A stand-alone worksheet;

• An embedded worksheet.

It is anticipated that the most commonly encountered format will be the latter.

When working with the embedded version of the worksheet, the full version can be accessed by clicking on the icon at the end of the worksheet’s name:

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Generally, the worksheet consists only of places where required information can be recorded and its usage is uncomplicated and very straight forward.

Sampled By Others

This field is provided to indicate if sampling was carried out by staff internal to the organization using the QEST Platform, or if the result was provided by a third party.

Value	Action/Result

Value	Action/Result
Open Default	No action required.
Open	A checkbox, Data entry complete, is added to the sampling method worksheet., see below for more information.

The field is read-only and can only be changed on the Concrete Sample document, where a checkbox is provided to do this, if required.

Details

On the Concrete Sample document:

Selection	Action/Result

Selection	Action/Result
Open Default	No action required. Unticking the checkbox, after it has been ticked, will not restore any information deleted by ticking the checkbox.
Open	A Confirmation message is provided. If Yes is selected: The Field Technician dropdown list is cleared and locked. All selections already made in radio button sets, in field tests, are cleared. Open

Concrete Sample Document for QEST Web App | Sampled By Others

Data Entry Complete

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The purpose of this checkbox is to give the user a way to indicate that they have completed data entry for all the fields that they have data for.

Selection	Action/Result

Selection	Action/Result
Open Default	Worksheet is available to enter data.
Open	Indicates that all available data has been entered. All the fields are locked and read-only. The sampling method worksheet is marked as complete.

Discharge Times

The ability to record discharge times is provided as an option by the worksheet.

Selection	Action/Result

Selection	Action/Result
Open Default	No action required
Open	Fields to record start and finish of discharge are available for data entry. Total time concrete is in lorry is calculated, if the correct data is available.
Open	If the checkbox is unticked after data has been entered, any entered values for discharge times are not saved. If it is ticked again, the fields will be shown with their default values - see below in Date and Time Field Automation.

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Date and Time Field Automation

It can be seen that the sampling method worksheet contains a number of fields requiring date and time values. Entering all of these date and time fields on the worksheet manually is somewhat labour intensive. To assist the user, some Date and Time automation has been implemented.

The following rules for automating date and time input, when the target field is blank, are described below.

It is not expected that the provided values will always be correct, but hopefully they will be a reasonable starting point for the data entry, with a warning to the user that they should be changed. This does mean these warnings will almost always be shown after setting the date and time batched.

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Resolving Date Sampled

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There are fields for two sampling dates (and times) present on the sampling method worksheet. Individually, these can be used to record the date (and time) when:

• The fresh concrete was sampled for testing the properties, such as slump, air content, etc, of the fresh concrete.

• The concrete was sampled to make test specimens.

The following rules will be used to decide which date is to be recorded as the date sampled, (in order):

1. If the Date and Time Sampled or Date Sampled value for the field related to the Sampling for Specimens subsection is present, this value will be used.

2. If the above value is not present then the Date and Time Sampled or Date Sampled from the Sampling for Fresh Concrete Testing subsection will be used, if it is present.

3. If neither field on the sampling method worksheet is populated, the date sampled on the parent sample document will be cleared

Equipment

The following equipment can be selected on the worksheet:

Reporting

The following results can be selected/unselected for reporting by ticking or unticking the checkboxes, as required, on the full sampling method worksheet. These are not visible on the embedded worksheet.

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Default

The results from this worksheet can be reported on the following test report.

Concrete Test Report

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Properties

Reported Values

Batch Update Support

This worksheet is not supported on the batch update page.

Work Progress and Complete Status

Since this document will normally be completed within minutes, there is no point in displaying the progress as steps between 0 and 100%.

This document is complete if either of the following is true