- Concrete is made from locally available, inexpensive material that can be found almost everywhere;
- Concrete technology is simple;
- Concrete can be shaped at will;
- Concrete is easy to use to make prefabricated elements;
- Concrete can be easily reinforced with steel to make ductile structural elements and improve its flexural strength;
- a compact hydrated cement paste protects reinforcing steel against corrosion;
- concrete resists efficiently against freezing and thawing , fire and vandalism;
- well establish concrete codes have been developed through the years making the use of concrete very safe;
- concrete elements need no maintenance at all when they have been made and cured according to state-of-the-art rules.