Before approval
Verify the actual selection.
- Mixture and exposure requirements
- Full-scale mockup and written acceptance criteria
- Formwork, tie, placement, curing, and patch plan
- Joint, drainage, cap, and crack-management details
Specific material planning profile
Board-formed cast-in-place concrete
Structure and finish are created in one field placement, making mixture, forms, placement, curing, joints, and acceptance inseparable.
- Material category
- Architectural concrete
- Common exterior uses
- Retaining walls, seat walls, stairs, pavilion elements, fireplaces, and architectural site structures.
- What is scored
- Specification attention for this named material type—not quality, beauty, durability, or a particular product.
How the five-point scale works
Higher means more confirmation—not better material.
The Registry uses this scale to show how much project-specific specification attention a factor deserves for Board-formed cast-in-place concrete. It is an editorial planning framework, not a laboratory result or product certification. No factors are averaged into an overall grade.
Levels are assigned from two questions: how consequential an unresolved factor could be, and how specific the evidence must be before commitment. They do not predict service life or failure.
- 1Limited
Confirm the standard submittal and installation requirements.
- 2Secondary
Review the factor, but it is unlikely to control the decision by itself.
- 3Material
Give the factor explicit project-specific specification attention.
- 4High
Resolve the factor before approval because it can materially affect the result.
- 5Critical
Require source-, product-, exposure-, or assembly-specific confirmation before commitment.
Specification-attention profile
What deserves attention for Board-formed cast-in-place concrete.
Every score below belongs to the named factor for Board-formed cast-in-place concrete. It does not describe the other examples in architectural concrete.
- 5/ 5Critical attention
Mockup and acceptance
Registry rationaleBoard pattern, tie layout, color, bugholes, seams, patches, and variation need an agreed visual standard.
- 5/ 5Critical attention
Placement and curing
Registry rationaleWeather, consolidation, lift planning, formwork, and curing directly affect appearance and durability.
- 5/ 5Critical attention
Joints and cracking
Registry rationaleRestraint, geometry, reinforcement, construction joints, and temperature movement must be planned together.
- 5/ 5Critical attention
Water and winter exposure
Registry rationaleMixture exposure class, air system, saturation, slope, drainage, and deicers influence service.
Owner questions
Ask the project team.
- What appearance is acceptable before the first production placement?
- How will weather and curing be recorded?
- Where are joints expected, and how are water and salts kept from lingering?
Evidence and limits
Open supporting sources
These sources support the broader material-system principles. The five-point values are contractor-informed Registry editorial judgments under the published rubric; the sources do not assign those numbers. Current manufacturer literature, project specifications, source-specific test data, and local requirements must govern the actual selection.
Read the Registry methodology →Federal Highway Administration · Concrete durabilitySupports: Concrete exposure, durability, construction, and pavement-performance mechanisms at the system level.↗NIST · Concrete and cement researchSupports: Measurement science and research context for cement and concrete. It does not certify a Registry score or a specific mixture.↗