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High performance concrete (HPC) has been defined as concrete that possesses high malleability, high strength, and high durability. High- performance concrete (HPC) is generally produced using high quality accoutrements. These ingredients drastically increase the original cost of HPC, therefore hindering its more wide operation. This exploration work intends to probe the possibility of producing low cost enhanced performance concrete or indeed low cost HPC, with 28 day strengths, using low- quality- as- entered accoutrements like cover ash and locally available crushed summations. In this way, a significant reduction in the use of Ordinary Portland cement, as well as that of scarce natural coffers, would be attained. The effect of the quantum of cover ash was estimated using 0, 10, 30 and 50 cement relief in fusions with different amounts. Plasticity, mechanical and continuity parcels of the produced concretes werestudied.The results attained indicate that it's possible to produce HPC by replacing up to 30 of cement by cover ash and using locally available crushed determinedness summations. Grounded on the results attained, it's possible to conclude that the use of cover ash in concrete is salutary in terms of the plasticity and continuity parcels but has some disadvantages because early strengths are reduced. The exploration work also indicates ways and means to ameliorate the performance of concretes without having its costs increased.