For more than a century and a half, there has been industrial production of concrete and for more than half a century it is the most massively manufactured building materials. Modern production technology allows you to produce artificial stone with specific physical and chemical properties. Different varieties of this material are durable, stiff/mobility, water resistance, frost resistance. At the same time, all types of this material produce their same ingredients (cement, aggregate and water) – only their proportions are changing. The price of concrete per cube depends on its properties (which, in turn, depend on the ratio of ingredients), and on the geographical location of the construction site.
The fact is that transportation is an expensive pleasure. In addition to the fuel, the consumption of which in view of the significant mass of the material will be considerable, the money is spent on renting expensive equipment – concrete mixers. Due to the prevalence of this material, enterprises for the production of mixtures from cement and aggregate are located almost everywhere. However, even at the same time, transportation costs lead to a significant increase in the estimate of the cost of building materials. After all, transportation at a distance of 50 km can lead to the fact that the price of concrete per cube will increase by 20-25%. Therefore, when purchasing a batch of a construction mixture, the transportation conditions should be immediately stipulated in order to avoid unpleasant surprises.
The main physical property determining how high the price of concrete per cube will be. meter, is its strength. So, concrete of the M200 brand (possibly the most common in the market), which is used, in particular, for the construction of fences and filling the foundations of some low -rise buildings, will cost much cheaper than the material of the M400 brand, which is mainly used to create high -strength hydraulic structures and bridge structures.
As for other parameters, on which the price of concrete per cube depends, the logical assumption will be correct that the waterproof and frost -resistant material will cost more than the one that does not have these properties. More mobile (that is, those that are easier to lay) concrete are more expensive than less mobile.
In the modern Russian market, concrete of M200 brand costs about $ 100 per 1 cubic meter. meter. In general, the price of concrete per cube lies with approximately 40 to 120 dollars.