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The porous concrete matrix is greatly strengthened when reinforced with steel fibres that are divided equally throughout its whole mass, causing the matrix to behave drastically differently from traditional concrete with regard to its qualities. Owing of the significant benefits brought about by incorporating fibres to concrete, Fibres Reinforced Concrete (FRC) may be used wisely and advantageously in several applications. In India, these fibres have been utilized in the past employed in several sizable projects for the building of highway overlays, pavements, industrial floors, etc. The experimental findings, concrete with SFRC with metakaolin and glass powder admixtures were the main focus of this study. In this project, concrete M30 quality with SFRC percentages of volumes 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 5% and 6% was utilized. Cement and fine aggregate were also substituted with kaolinite and glass powder in amounts of 5 percent, 10 percent, 15 percent, 20percent, 25 percent & 30 percent. The water to cement ratio should be 0.38. For the purposes of this project, 63 cubes, 63 cylinders, and 63 beams were cast with the aforementioned percentage of steel fibre, metakaolin & glass powder and they were put through compression, flexural and tensile tests. The result is evaluated against conventional concrete. The compressive, flexural & split tensile loads of concrete at a water-cement ratio of 0.38 very slightly increased when steel fibres were employed. Steel fibres can therefore be utilized to prevent concrete cracks and drying shrinkage.