PCI Foundation Studio: Concrete Disk Project

This project was a collaboration between Mississippi State University School of Architecture and Building Construction Science students and was supported by the PCI Foundation Studio grant and PCI Gulf South. The grant was awarded to Associate Professor Alexis Gregory in the School of Architecture.

Students began this project by creating concrete disks forms, updating their concrete mix designs based on what they learned from the concrete cylinder project.

The disks were then tested on Friday, March 5, 2021, thanks to lots of hard work by Assistant Professor Silvina López Barrera, Building Services Coordinator Scott Hudspeth, and Shop Technician Charles Beckham.

student (hands only) shown pressing concrete mixture into cast three male students work to mix concrete in a bucket two students work on their concrete mixture three buckets on a table inside of a bucket showing concrete mixture students press concrete mixture into a form group of students working on their concrete disk project outside of Giles Hall one of the disk forms two students move their concrete disk form filled with concrete concrete disk form filled with concrete set out to dry 3 concrete disk forms group of concrete disk forms filled with concrete students observe as classmate throws concrete disk student throws concrete disk student throws concrete disk student throws concrete disk student throws concrete disk student holds concrete disk view of concrete disk on table concrete disk on grass next to blue tray students stand in grass listening to Professor Silvina Lopez Barrera students measure distance of disk throw concrete disk that says "BCS 15 C&F" concrete Disk that has a "12" in the top left corner students in field to test concrete disks

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