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Concrete is the most widely used construction material in today's world. The process of making concrete and placing needs close supervision to achieve the targeted design parameters. Once the concrete of required strength and workability is designed, the placing of concrete plays an important role. The difference between good and bad concrete can also be attributed to the quality control, provided all other factors are essentially maintained in the process of concrete making. Quality control refers to proper compaction, form working and curing. Compressive strength of concrete cast in structures is generally determined by core cylinder tests. This requires concrete cores to be taken out of structures and to be tested for compressive strength. This result will be indicative of the concrete quality from making to placing. However, these standard tests conducted on specimens represent the potential quality of concrete only when they are subjected to full compaction.