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This study was undertaken to understand the effects of glass fibre on concrete. Glass fibres are available readily in market at cheaper cost. Glass fibre was used as an admixture to test its effects on concrete. Glass fibre reinforced concrete can be used to increase the strength of concrete thereby improving the life of structure. In this study various percentage of glass fibres were added in concrete and the results were compared with Plain Cement Concrete to understand the Effects of glass fibre on concrete. Concrete beams were casted and allowed to cure for 28 days. The result showed that addition of 1% of glass fire increased the flexural strength of concrete, there were minimal or no changes noted in workability of concrete. On further addition of 2% of glass fibre, although the strength of concrete increased significantly but the workability of concrete decreased. It became very difficult to handle thee concrete and carry out tamping process.