Modern trends of the concretes studies have been considered. Properties of the materials and additives used have been cited. There has been undertaken designing an experiment on a complex modifying additive application for a fine fibre-reinforced fine-sand cocrete. The results of the studies undertaken have been analyzed with regard to their statistical significance. On the bases of the reseach results there have been acquired regression equations for objective functions responses, namely ultimate strength on both compression and bending, and average density of fine fibre-reinforced concrete. There have been produced contour plots and those of response function surface - ultimate strength under compression for all combinations of the both factors. There have been determined the composition of the modifying additive, which ensures maximal strength properties for fine fibre-reinforced fine-sand concrete.

Keywords: fine concrete, complex additive, designing an experiment, strength, regression equation, plots of response function surface

The paper proposes a new foam based on cement and the steelmaking slag, which is obtained and developed at the Department of construction materials and special technologies, IAIS VSTU. The purpose of the survey was to obtain an effective insulating material for wall building envelopes, in high-rise housing construction and of the material for use in low-rise construction in the manufacture, which would maximize the use of local raw and production resources. When selecting components, special attention was paid to the resource base of existing enterprises of Volgograd, analyse the products of local manufacturers. The tests were conducted in the laboratory and on the production line. It is known that the slag used in the production of building materials rarely, usually just transported to dumps by truck. At the plants, open hearth plants, slag with shlakovoza buckets are taken and poured as a melt into slag pits. Use water spraying for crushing slag due to thermal shock when the temperature drops.

Keywords: foam, electric furnace slags, heat insulation material, building energy efficiency, building materials