Description
This is a Reference Specification that the Architect/Engineer can apply to any construction project involving structural concrete by citing it in the Project Specifications. A mandatory requirements checklist and an optional requirements checklist are provided to assist the Architect/Engineer in supplementing the provisions of this Specification as required or needed by designating or specifying individual project requirements.
The first five sections of this Specification cover general construction requirements for cast-in-place structural concrete and slabs-on-ground. These sections cover materials and proportioning of concrete; reinforcement and prestressing steel; production, placing, finishing, and curing of concrete; formwork performance criteria and construction; treatment of joints; embedded items; repair of surface defects; and finishing of formed and unformed surfaces. Provisions governing testing, evaluation, and acceptance of concrete as well as acceptance of the structures are included. The remaining sections are devoted to architectural concrete, lightweight concrete, mass concrete, post-tensioned concrete, shrinkage-compensating concrete, industrial floor slabs, tilt-up construction, precast structural concrete, and precast architectural concrete.
Keywords: architectural; cold weather; compressive strength; consolidation; curing; durability; finish; formwork; grouting; hot weather; industrial floors; inspection; joints; lightweight concrete; mass concrete; mixture proportions; placing; post-tensioned; precast; prestressing steel; repair; reshoring; shoring; shrinkage-compensating; slab; slabs-on-ground; steel reinforcement; testing; tilt-up; tolerance; welded wire.
Table of Contents
SECTION 1—GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
1.1—Scope
1.2—Interpretation
1.3—Definitions
1.4—Referenced standards
1.5—Submittals
1.6—Testing and inspection
1.7—Acceptance of structure
1.8—Protection of in-place concrete
SECTION 2—FORMWORK AND FORMWORK ACCESSORIES
2.1—General
2.2—Products
2.3—Execution
SECTION 3—REINFORCEMENT AND REINFORCEMENT SUPPORTS
3.1—General
3.2—Products
3.3—Execution
SECTION 4—CONCRETE MIXTURES
4.1—General
4.2—Products
4.3—Execution
SECTION 5—HANDLING, PLACING, AND CONSTRUCTING
5.1—General
5.2—Products
5.3—Execution
SECTION 6—ARCHITECTURAL CONCRETE
6.1—General
6.2—Products
6.3—Execution
SECTION 7—LIGHTWEIGHT CONCRETE
7.1—General
7.2—Products
7.3—Execution
SECTION 8—MASS CONCRETE
8.1—General
8.2—Products
8.3—Execution
SECTION 9—POST-TENSIONED CONCRETE
9.1—General
9.2—Products
9.3—Execution
SECTION 10—SHRINKAGE-COMPENSATING CONCRETE FOR INTERIOR SLABS
10.1—General
10.2—Products
10.3—Execution
SECTION 11—INDUSTRIAL FLOOR SLABS
11.1—General
11.2—Products
11.3—Execution
SECTION 12—TILT-UP CONSTRUCTION
12.1—General
12.2—Products
12.3—Execution
SECTION 13—PRECAST STRUCTURAL CONCRETE
13.1—General
13.2—Products
13.3—Execution
SECTION 14—PRECAST ARCHITECTURAL CONCRETE
14.1—General
14.2—Products
14.3—Execution
NOTES TO SPECIFIER (Nonmandatory)
General notes
Foreword to checklists