Pasantía realizada en DIACO s.a. “Área de Coproductos”

Abstract

The document presented below aims to describe the activities developed throughout the internship as a Civil Engineering intern in the Co-Products area, with a duration of 26 Weeks (6 months), between January 26 and on July 25, 2021, during which activities were carried out through the application of knowledge acquired in academic training on different areas, such as classification of materials by granulometry, terms of reference, concrete mixtures, supervision and control of activities in the field, unit price analysis (APU), among others. Initially, the history, evolution and structuring of the Gerdau Diaco Company is disclosed, recognized for being the largest steel producer in Colombia with three plants and steel figuration centers (cut and double) in the main regions of the country, made up of by different areas, such as co-products, where the internship was carried out, a sector highlighted by the reuse of leftover material from company processes, which is aimed at transforming them into construction materials. The process of the activities carried out is also explained, the results of which are mostly reflected graphically and illustratively. In the same way, there are additional activities, which arose during the internship and were successfully executed, both for the area, as well as for my professional and personal training. Key Words: Co-products, construction materials, concrete mixtures, granulometries, reuse.