A system and process for mixing and distributing building materials. This system and process can also include a way or a means or calibrating the mixing of these materials. This system and process can also include a system for tracking the materials that flow through the system, and for controlling the type of material used in the system.

Method and installation (100) for providing a batch of fresh concrete having a temperature in a predetermined temperature range at a remote point of use, whereby a control unit (140) controls at least one step of cooling of cement and/or aggregate and/or mixing water before mixing and/or of the fresh concrete, during the production of the batch.

A method and plant for cooling a mixture of concrete, includes: loading in a hermetically sealed tank a given quantity of ingredients to form the concrete, the ingredients including a predetermined quantity of water; regulating the pressure in the tank to obtain a transitory degree of vacuum in the tank; regulating the pressure inside a hermetically sealed condensation chamber to obtain a basic degree of vacuum in the condensation chamber that is greater than the transitory degree of vacuum, such that the pressure in the condensation chamber is lower than the pressure in the tank; operatively connecting the tank and the condensation chamber to substantially equalize the internal pressure in the tank and in the condensation chamber to a resulting degree of vacuum and to cause at least partial evaporation of the water from the tank towards the condensation chamber to lower the temperature of the ingredients in the tank.

A system for treating aggregate for use in a concrete mixture comprising an intermediary hopper for receiving the aggregate, and an agent source in fluid communication with the intermediary hopper for applying a treatment agent to the aggregate deposited into the intermediary hopper. The treatment agent may be applied to the aggregate prior to the aggregate being used in a concrete hydration process. Method for treating aggregate for use in a concrete mixture comprising feedback control of the application of the treatment agent based at least on measured properties of the aggregate, the treatment agent, and/or the intermediary hopper. Method for treating aggregate for use in a concrete mixture comprising depositing and treating the aggregate as a plurality of batches to increase effective surface area for thermal exchange.