Vacuum Dewatered Flooring

This specification defines the material, mixing, placing, curing, constructional and other
performance requirements for VACUUM DEWATERING CONCRETE SYSTEM for
concrete floor slab. Any other special requirements shown or noted on the drawings and
directed by the Engineer-in-Charge shall govern over the provision of this specification.
Actual work shall be Carrie out in accordance with this specification and in consultation
with specialized firm undertaking the job to suit specific requirement at site such as rise
and fall of the floor slab, providing dowels for pedestals etc.
In case of conflict between clauses mentioned in this specification and those in any
Indian Standard, this specification shall grown.

MATERIAL:
All materials of construction like cement, aggregate, sand, water etc.

GRADE OF CONCRETE:
Minimum grade of concrete used shall be M15 conforming to IS-456. Only Design Mix
Concrete shall be used. For other details like proportioning, batching, mixing, placing,
curing etc.

WATER-CEMENT RATIO:
Water-cement ratio unto 0.65 shall be allowed to obtain better slump & workability.
Actual ratio shall be decided with approval of the Engineer-in-charge. Only measured
quantity of water shall be used in the mix.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENT:
All works covered by this specification shall be carried out by an experienced agency
having sufficient expertise in vacuum dewatering concrete system. Only skilled and
experienced operators shall be employed for the purpose. Prior approval of the agency
shall be obtained from the Engineer-in-Charge before starting the work. All the
equipment shall be of approved and proven types and suitable for the work involved.

CONCRETE LAYING:
Concrete laying pattern shall be decided in consultation with the Engineer-in-Charge and
with his approval. The maximum width of a slab strip shall not generally exceed 4 meters
and minimum number of construction joints shall be used. Alternate slab strips shall be
sequentially laid. Any damage to the already finished top surface shall be avoided. At
construction joints no overflow of mortal or slurry on the already hardened surface shall
be allowed while concreting the intermediate slab strip. Such construction joints shall be
marked with a thread in a straight line while the concrete is still green. Continuity of
reinforcement shall be maintained while laying concrete in slab strips. Edges at
expansion joints shall be protected and proper arrangement of shear-transfer shall be
provided standards.
CONCRETE COMPACTION:
After placing concrete in position, it shall be vibrated thoroughly using poker/needle
vibrators and thereafter leveled with surface vibrators to produce a homogeneous and
smooth concrete surface. In order to achieve a smooth surface to the satisfaction of the
Engineering-in-Charge, surface vibrators shall be very carefully used by skilled
operators. Over vibration resulting in excess mortar near the surface shall be avoided.

DE WATERING:
Suction mats shall be spread over the leveled fresh concrete surface and shall be
connected by suction hose to the vacuum pumps for De-watering of surplus water in the
concrete. During De-watering it shall be ensured that no cement/cement slurry is pumped
out.

FLOATING & TROWELING:

This shall be done after De-watering by using skim floater(power floater. After this,
surface shall be toweled with minimum two passes of power trowel to achieve a wear
resistant surface to the satisfaction of the Engineer-in-Charge.

CURING:
However, all care shall be taken to avoid any stain any permanent stain on the surface.
Any stain or permanent marking on the top surface shall be removed by approved means.

APPROACH WORKING PLATFORM & FORM WORK:

The Contractor shall arrange all arrange all approaches, scaffolding, working platforms
etc. for carrying out the entire operation safely and in a work-man-like manner. The
working area shall be nearly maintained and all the facilities required by the Engineer-in-
Charge for proper supervision of the work shall be provided.

TESTING OF FINISHED FLOOR:

Contractor shall arrange for core cutting and testing of finished concrete over and above
other field tests. Cores shall be taken after 28 days of concreting and tested as per
relevant IS Codes. Core test results shall be compared with the normal cube test results
taken from the same concrete. The average compressive strength of cores shall be
minimum 40% higher than that of normal cube (15cm x 15cm x 15xm) test results.
Minimum three cores for each day's work in the initial stages and as decided later by the
Engineer-in-Charge shall be taken. The floor shall be properly rectified after cutting the
cores with concrete of same mix using the same cement as earlier used and finished
smoothly to match with the existing surface. The cut surface of the floor-concrete shall be
coated with proper epoxy-based bonding compound before laying concrete to avoid
shrinkage cracks or, alternatively, a non-shrink compound shall be added with concrete.
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