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In the current development of concrete innovation technology, there are also expensive materials that are cheap as concrete additives for the efficiency of the cost of making concrete. cheap and can be used as concrete innovation. The purpose of adding palm fiber fiber is to improve the quality of concrete, both compressive strength and split tensile strength. The method used in this study was experimentation by adding palm fiber to the SCC concrete mixture with variations of 2%, 4% and 6%. As for the addition of chemical substances, the superplasticizer admixture aims to make it easier for SCC concrete to achieve a slump flow value that meets the requirements. After testing, the highest compressive strength test specimen is BC 1 2% palm fiber worth 19.38 MPa and for the lowest compressive strength test is BC 2 6% palm fiber worth 5.46 MPa. And for the split tensile strength test the highest is BC 4 2% palm fiber worth 9.47 MPa and for the lowest split tensile strength test is BC 3 6% palm fiber worth 5.82 MPa.

Self-compacting concrete (SCC) is self-flowing concrete that can be printed on formwork with very little or no compaction. One of them is by adding admixture superplasticizer. The purpose of this research is to determine the effect of superplasticizer admixture with various variations on flexural strength. The method used in this research is the experiment of adding superplasticizer admixture to the concrete mixture with variations of 3%, 4% and 5%. The sample was made of 3 test objects in the form of blocks with dimensions of 15 cm x 20 cm x 100 cm for a design value of 15 MPa. Based on the results of the flexural strength test of concrete beams after 28 days of flexural strength testing, the highest yield was obtained in the second sample of 4% mixture with a maximum P load of 32.2 KN after converting to 18.22 MPa. Whereas for the 1st sample it was a 3% mixture with a maximum P load of 22 KN after converting to 12.44 MPa and for the 3rd sample it was a 5% mixture with a maximum P load of 22.9 KN after converting it to 12.95 MPa. 3. It was found that the average of the 3 samples was 14.54 MPa, a little more to exceed the target of 15 MPa.

Concrete is a material that is commonly used when doing construction work today. Because concrete has several advantages when compared to other materials, such as being easy to form, resistant to weather changes, has high compressive strength, and is durable. In this study the use of Silica Fume as an additive to flow concrete has the function of improving the quality of flowing concrete. Silica Fume has an important role in affecting the chemical and mechanical properties of concrete. Judging from its chemical properties, Silica Fume geometrically fills the voids between cement materials, and causes the pore diameter to decrease and the total pore volume to decrease. Meanwhile, from its mechanical properties, Silica Fume has a pozzolanic reaction (a material containing silica/silica dioxide and alumina compounds) which reacts to the limestone released by the cement. The aim of the research is to increase the maximum compressive strength of flowing concrete by using Silica Fume added with varying percentages of 0%, 5%, 6%, 7.5%, 9%, 10.5% and 12% and using a superplasticizer of 1.5 %. From the results of the research conducted, it was found that flowing concrete with added silica fume on concrete compressive strength was able to reach 7.5% at 7 days of age of 25.91 MPa and at 28 days of concrete age was obtained at 26.19 MPa.