Description
These specifications are a reference standard which the engineer or architect may make applicable to any building project by citing them in the project specifications. Individual chapters or sections should not be copied into project specifications since their meanings will be changed by taking them out of context.
The specifications need to be supplemented by designating or specifying individual project requirements. Four lists are provided listing places in these specifications and items that will require, or may require, specific treatment by the specification writer. The list of items requiring designation or specification are classed as: mandatory; additional mandatory; items designated or specified if the subject matter applies to the project; requirements at variance with these provisions; and requirements which are purely optional.
Key Words: ACI Standard; admixture; aggregate; air entrainment; architectural concrete; compressive strength; conveying; curing; depositing; duct; durability; evaluation; exposed aggregate; failure; finishing; formwork; grouting; joint; lightweight concrete; mass concrete; materials; mixing; patching; prestressed concrete; proportioning; reinforcement; reinforced concrete; repairing; reshoring; retempering; shoring; slump; specification; structural concrete; temperature; tendon; testing; tolerances; topping; ultimate strength; vibration; water-cement ratio; waterstop; welded wire fabric; working stress.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 General
Scope
Exclusions
Shop Drawings
Definitions
Reference specifications
ACI and CRSI standards
Chapter 2 Materials
Cements
Admixtures
Water
Aggregates
Storage of Materials
Chapter 3
Proportioning
General
Type
Strength
Durability
Slump
Maximum size of coarse aggregate
Admixtures
Proportioning of ingredients
Chapter 4 Formwork
General
Design of Formwork
Tolerances
Preparation of form surfaces
Removal of forms
Reshoring
Removal strength
Chapter 5 Reinforcement
General
Reinforcing steel
Welded wire fabric
Fabricating and placing tolerances
Placing
Chapter 6 Joints and embedded items
Construction joints
Expansion joints
Waterstops
Other embedded items
Placing embedded items
Chapter 7 Mixing
Ready-Mixed concrete
Batch Mixing at site
Admixtures
Lightweight concrete
Retempering
Weather conditions
Chapter 8 Placing
Preparation before placing
Conveying
Depositing
Weather Conditions
Bonding
Concreting under water
Chapter 9 Repair of surface defects
General
Defective areas
Tie Holes
Chapter 10 Finishing of formed surfaces
General
As-cast finishes
Rubbed finishes
Exposed aggregate finishes
Selection of finishes
Related unformed surfaces
Chapter 11 Flatwork
Edge forms and screeds
Jointing
Consolidation
Finishes
Selection of finishes
Tolerances
Chapter 12 Curing and Protection
Curing
Temperature
Protection from mechanical injury
Chapter 13 Architectural Concrete
General
Proportioning
Forms
Placing of Concrete
As-Cast finishes
Patchting
Curing
Chapter 14 Mass Concrete
General
Materials
Proportioning
Placing
Curing and Protection
Chapter 15 Prestressed Concrete
General
Materials
Formwork
Placement and protection of tendons and accessories
Applications of prestressing force
Grouting
Shop Drawings
Chapter 16 Testing
General
Testing Services
Authority and duties of testing agency
Responsibilities and duties of contractor
Chapter 17 Evaluation of concrete strength
Evaluation of test results
Working stress type concrete
Ultimate strength type concrete and prestressed concrete
Core tests
Chapter 18 Acceptance of structure
General
Concrete strength
Dimensional tolerances
Appearance
Strength of structure