Description
This guide is intended to assist both the submitter and reviewer by providing a description of necessary information to ensure that the appropriate information is provided. Information required for the preparation and review of a concrete mixture submittal is contained in reference documents such as codes and standards, project drawings and specifications, and other contract documents. These requirements depend on the intended use of the concrete, the available information, and the size of the project. Use of this guide may be limited when contract documents define the submittal format. This guide emphasizes that the concrete mixture is a unique combination of specific ingredients, from particular sources, and in quantities necessary to achieve the intended purpose.
Keywords: admixtures; aggregates; cementitious materials; durability; fine aggregates; fly ash; metakaolin; mixture proportioning; pozzolans; quality; silica fume; slag; slag cement; slump tests; water-cement ratio.
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1—INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE
1.1—General
1.2—Scope
CHAPTER 2—NOTATION AND DEFINITIONS
2.1—Notation
2.2—Definitions
CHAPTER 3—MATERIALS AND PRODUCTION
3.1—Quality of constituent materials
3.2—Submittal information
CHAPTER 4—CONCRETE MIXTURE PROPORTIONS
4.1—Proportioning
4.2—Quantities by weight
4.3—Quantities by volume
CHAPTER 5—DOCUMENTATION OF SPECIFIED PROPERTIES
5.1—Freshly mixed concrete properties
5.2—Required average strength fcr′
5.3—Past performance record submittal
5.4—Trial batch record submittal
5.5—Specific properties other than strength
5.6—Resubmittals
CHAPTER 6—ADDITIONAL SUGGESTED DOCUMENTATION
6.1—Transmittal letter
6.2—Submittal forms
CHAPTER 7—REFERENCES
APPENDIX A—PRESCRIPTIVE SUBMITTAL NO. 1
(SINGLE MIXTURE, MULTIPLE PLANTS)
APPENDIX B—PRESCRIPTIVE SUBMITTAL NO. 2
(MULTIPLE MIXTURES, MULTIPLE PLANTS)
APPENDIX C—PERFORMANCE SUBMITTAL
CHAPTER 1—INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE