Description
This reference specification covers quality assurance inspection services for preplacement, placement, and post-placement of concrete construction. This reference specification can be made applicable to a particular construction project by citing it in the inspection services contract. The specifier shall supplement the provisions of this reference specification as needed by specifying individual project requirements in the inspection services contract.
The materials, processes, quality control measures, and inspections described in this Specification should be tested, monitored, or performed as applicable only by individuals holding the appropriate ACI Certifications or equivalent.
Keywords:
accreditation; certification; concrete construction; inspection agency; placement; post-placement; preplacement; quality assurance; quality control; special inspections; specification.
Table of Contents
PART 1—GENERAL, p. 2
1.1—Scope, p. 2
1.2—Interpretation, p. 2
1.3—Definitions, p. 2
1.4—Referenced standards, p. 3
1.5—Reporting requirements, p. 3
1.6—Qualifications, p. 4
1.7—Items requiring inspection, p. 4
PART 2—PREPLACEMENT INSPECTION, p. 5
2.1—General requirements, p. 5
2.2—Formwork, shoring, cast-in-place anchors, and embedments, p. 5
2.3—Mild steel reinforcement, p. 6
2.4—Bonded post-tensioned steel reinforcement, p. 6
2.5—Unbonded post-tensioned steel reinforcement, p. 6
2.6—Stressing and grouting, p. 6
PART 3—PLACEMENT INSPECTION, p. 6
3.1—Concrete quality, p. 6
3.2—Conveyance and placement, p. 7
3.3—Consolidation, p. 7
3.4—Finishing, p. 7
PART 4—POST-PLACEMENT INSPECTION, p. 7
4.1—Protection and curing, p. 7
4.2—Forms, shore removal, and reshoring, p. 7
4.3—Strength test specimens, p. 7
4.4—Loading of structure , p. 7
PART 5—POST-INSTALLED CONCRETE ANCHORS, p. 7
5.1—General, p. 7
PART 6—ERECTION OF PRECAST CONCRETE, p. 8
6.1—General, p. 8
PART 7—SHOTCRETE, p. 8
7.1—General, p. 8
NOTES TO SPECIFIER, p. 8
General notes, p. 8
Foreword to checklists, p. 8