Description
This publication offers the foreman and craftsman a source of information to supplement practical experience. Chapters cover shoring, reshoring, form removal, forms for flat slabs, forms for slabs with beams, layout, blockouts, embedments, reinforcement, concrete placing and finishing, concrete materials, and mixture proportioning.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: General
Chapter 2: Formwork - General
Chapter 3: Shoring, Reshoring, Backshoring, and Form Removal
Chapter 4: Forms for Flat Slabs
Chapter 5: Forms for Slabs with Beams
Chapter 6: Forms for Special Applications
Chapter 7: Layout, Blockouts, Embedments, and Joints
Chapter 8: Reinforcement
Chapter 9: Concrete Placing and Finishing
Chapter 10: Checklists
Appendix A: What the Craftsman Should Know About Concrete
Appendix B: Concrete Materials and Mix Proportioning
Appendix C: Concrete Control Tests
Appendix D: Definitions
Appendix E: Formwork, Embedded Pipes, and Construction Joints -
Chapter 6, ACI 318-83 (Revised 1986)
Appendix F: References
Appendix G: Conversion Factors