An industrial installation that stores, measures, and dispenses cement, aggregates, water, and admixtures to create concrete. Central mix plants combine everything with water on site, while transit mix plants drop the dry ingredients and water into a mixer truck drum to be blended on the road.
Heard on the job
The batching plant went down with a jammed conveyor, so all our trucks are delayed.
Also heard as
- batch plant
Related terms
Batch ticket
The delivery ticket that travels with every ready-mix truck, showing mix, quantity, time batched and water allowed.
Drum
The rotating mixing barrel on a ready-mix truck, turning one way to mix and the other to discharge.
Yard
One cubic yard of concrete, 27 cubic feet, the unit used for every US ready-mix order and invoice.