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This paper highlights the material properties of the engineered cementitious composite for the effective development of new structures and maintenance of existing structures. The material researchers have conducted a lot of experiments based on sustainability, durability and safety point of view. As a result of the attempts, finally a new material was established in the last decade. The proper selection of the fiber, mixing of the composite exhibit strain hardening and multiple cracking behaviour of the material. The strain hardening behaviour of the cementitious composite gives significant advantage under flexural loading. The crack width developed under loading is very small when compared with conventional concrete due to the bridging effect of the fiber. The material properties of ECC reinforced with following 0.5%, 1.0%, 1.5%, 2% of steel fiber and 0.1%, 0.15%, 0.2%, 0.25% of polypropylene fiber. The optimum strength attained at 1.0% of steel fiber and 0.1% of polypropylene fiber and has been claimed to be the most promising proportion of the fiber content. A series of experiments were carried out to determine the compressive strength, tensile strength and flexural characteristics of cementitious composite.