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Nowadays, different types of replacement of sand by plastic grains in concrete is getting important in researches. In order to better understand the behavior of concrete piles during curing, exposure to different climatic conditions, and potential deterioration, this study investigates the compressive strength of plastic grain concrete pile by use of embedded temperature sensors. After analysing characteristics of different plastic grain concrete (low density polyethylene, high density polyethylene and polypropylene), HDPE (high density polyethylene) is more sustainable with concrete mix. For this study compressive strength of plastic grain (high density polyethylene) pile is compared with M20 grade concrete pile. During the casting process, temperature sensors are first strategically inserted into concrete piles at top, centre and bottom as part of the research. The exothermic hydration response may be examined by the continuous temperature data recording that these sensors will provide during the curing process. From temperature data maturity and strength is calculated using Nurse- Saul (MNS) function.