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CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
QUALITY CONTROL GUIDELINES
TRAKHEES
Ports, Customs & Free Zone Corporation, Dubai
United Arab Emirates
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CONSTRUCTION
MATERIALS
QUALITY
CONTROL
GUIDELINES
Second Edition-2008
TRAKHEES
Ports, Customs & Free Zone Corporation, Dubai
United Arab Emirates
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Acknowledgement
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Acknow ledgement
The publication of this book could not have been possible but
for the ungrudging efforts put in by the Quality Section of the
Civil Engineering Department. We would like to acknowledge
contributions made by Group Internal Audit and Quality
Director, Nakheel Contracts and Procurement Manager,
Nakheel Quality Assurance Manager, Concrete Ready-mix
Suppliers, Materials Testing laboratories and many engineers
from different organizations.
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Table of Contents
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Chairman Quality Policy Statement-------------------------------------------------- 10
Section 1: Introduction------------------------------------------------------------------- 13
Section 2: Definitions--------------------------------------------------------------------- 15
Section 3: Quality Control (General)------------------------------------------------ 27
3.01- Quality Policy------------------------------------------------------------- 27
3.02 -Submittals----------------------------------------------------------------- 27
3.03 General Quality Control Requirements-------------------------------- 28
3.04 Quality Control Plans---------------------------------------------------- 31
3.05 Inspection Procedures---------------------------------------------------- 32
3.06 Inspection and Test Plan------------------------------------------------- 34
3.07 Document and Submittal Control-------------------------------------- 34
3.08 Identification and Control of Items and Materials-------------------- 35
3.09 Inspections and Tests ---------------------------------------------------- 36
3.10 Measuring and Test Equipment----------------------------------------- 38
3.11 Non-Conformance Monitoring----------------------------------------- 38
3.12 Personnel Qualifications------------------------------------------------- 40
3.13 Quality Control Reports/Audits----------------------------------------- 40
3.14 Equipment/Material Handling and Storage--------------------------- 41
3.15 Quality Control Records------------------------------------------------- 41
3.16 -Workmanship------------------------------------------------------------- 42
3.17 Protection of Property---------------------------------------------------- 43
3.18 QA/QC Induction Training---------------------------------------------- 44
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• Aggregates -------------------------------------------------------------- 64
• -Water--------------------------------------------------------------------- 66
• Cementitious Materials and Admixtures ----------------------------- 67
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Section 1: Introduction
The need for and use of a quality control function can not be
overemphasized. Quality cannot be tested nor inspected into a product,
it must be built in. This manual outlines the basic and minimum
requirements for building a simple but effective system for controlling
the quality of work and basic materials used in construction. This manual
is based on the belief that:
• Quality control should ensure that the work is done correctly the
first time.
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Section 2 : DEFINITIONS
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Apparent Density: The mass per unit volume (or the weight per unit volume)
of a material, including the voids which are inherent in the material.
Atterberg Limit: Arbitrary water contents (shrinkage limit, plastic limit,
liquid limit) determined by standard tests that define the boundaries
between the different states of consistency of plastic soils.
Authority: Shall mean TRAKHEES, Ports, Customs & Free Zone Corporation
represented by Civil Engineering Department.
Batch: Quantity of either concrete or mortar mixed at one time.
Bleeding: The autogenous flow of mixing water within, or its emergence
from, newly placed concrete or mortar; caused by the settlement of the
solid materials within the mass.
Block, concrete: A concrete masonry unit, usually containing hollow
cores.
Blowholes: Small regular or irregular cavities, usually not exceeding
15mm in diameter, resulting from entrapment of air bubbles in the surface
of formed concrete during placement and consolidation.
Borehole: A hole that is drilled into the earth, as in exploratory well
drilling or in building construction.
California bearing ratio (CBR): The ratio of the force per unit area
required to penetrate a soil mass with a 3 in2 (1940 mm2) circular
piston at the rate of 0.05 in. (1.3 mm) per min to the force required
for corresponding penetration of a standard material; the ratio is usually
determined at 0.1 in. (2.5 mm) penetration.
Casing: A metal pipe or tube used as a temporary lining for pile
concrete.
Cement, hydraulic: Cement that sets and hardens by chemical interaction
with water and is capable of doing so underwater, for example, portland
cement and ground granulated blast-furnace slag are hydraulic cements.
Cement, Ordinary Portland: The term used in the UK and elsewhere
to designate the equivalent of American normal portland cement or Type
I cement; commonly abbreviated OPC.
Cast-in-place concrete: Concrete that is deposited and allowed to
harden in the place where it is required to be in the completed structure,
as opposed to precast concrete.
Cementitious: Having cementing properties.
Chamfer: A flat surface made by cutting off the edge or corner of a block
of wood or other material.
Client: Natural or corporate person in whose name the plot of land or
building is registered whether in his /its capacity as landlord or possessor
or tenant.
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Density: Mass per unit volume (preferred over depreciated term unit
weight.) Density, dry—the mass per unit volume of a dry substance at a
stated temperature.
Developer: Means creator of property improvement by constructing
commercial / residential buildings in a specific area. A developer will
organize and plan the development, supervise its construction and
manage all the business elements of the project.
Drilling fluid: A suspension of finely divided heavy material, such as
bentonite and barite, pumped through the drill pipe during rotary drilling
to seal off porous zones and flush out chippings, and to lubricate and
cool the bit.
Drying shrinkage: Shrinkage resulting from loss of moisture.
Durability: The ability of concrete to resist weathering action, chemical
attack, abrasion, and other conditions of service over a long period of time.
Dynamic Pile Test: It is a method of testing deep foundations to obtain
information about their capacity and integrity, and in some cases, to
monitor their installation.
Efflorescence: A deposit of salts, usually white, formed on a surface,
the substance having emerged in solution from within either concrete
or masonry and subsequently been precipitated by reaction, such as
carbonation, or evaporation.
Elongation: Increase in length.
Emirate: Emirate of Dubai.
Employer Representative/ Engineer: Means the person appointed by
the Employer & authorised by the Authority to prepare the design and
supervise the construction work.
Formwork: A temporary construction to contain wet concrete in the
required shape while it is cast and setting.
Epoxy-coated bar: A reinforcing bar coated by an epoxy resin system,
usually to increase resistance to corrosion.
Expansion: Increase in either length or volume.
Fire Clay: An earthy or stony mineral aggregate that has as the essential
constituent hydrous silicates of aluminum with or without free silica,
and that is plastic when sufficiently pulverized and wetted, rigid when
subsequently dried, and of suitable refractoriness for use in commercial
refractory products.
Fire rating: Fire resistance ratings for any material.
Fire resistance: The property of a material or assembly to withstand
fire or give protection from it; as applied to elements of buildings, it is
characterized by the ability to confine a fire or, when exposed to fire, to
continue to perform a given structural function, or both.
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slag; b) natural pumice, scoria, volcanic cinders, tuff, and diatomite; and
c) sintered fly ash or industrial cinders, used in lightweight concrete.
Lime: Specifically, calcium oxide (CaO); loosely, a general term for the
various chemical and physical forms of quicklime, hydrated lime, and
hydraulic hydrated lime.
Los Angeles Abrasion Test: Test for abrasion resistance of concrete
aggregates.
Mass: The physical property of matter that causes it to have weight in a
gravitational field; the quantity of matter in a body.
Modulus of rupture: A measure of the load-carrying capacity of a beam
and sometimes referred to as rupture modulus or rupture strength; it is
calculated for apparent tensile stress in the extreme fiber of a transverse
test specimen under the load that produces rupture.
Moisture content of aggregate: The ratio, expressed as a percentage,
of the mass of water in a given granular mass to the dry weight of the
mass.
Moisture content of concrete masonry unit: The amount of water
contained in the hardened concrete at the time of sampling, expressed as
a percentage of its capacity for total absorption.
Mortar: A mixture of cement paste and fine aggregate; in fresh concrete,
the material occupying the interstices among particles of coarse aggregate;
in masonry construction, joint mortar may contain masonry cement, or
may contain hydraulic cement with lime (and possibly other admixtures) to
afford greater plasticity and workability than are attainable with standard
portland cement mortar.
Natural Sand: Sand resulting from natural disintegration and abrasion
of rock.
Non-shrink grout: It is a hydraulic cement grout that produces a volume
that, when hardened under stipulated test conditions, is greater than or
equal to the original installed volume; often used as a transfer medium
between load-bearing members.
Pavement (concrete): A layer of concrete on such areas as roads,
sidewalks, canals, playgrounds, and those used for storage or parking.
Permeability: The property of porous material that permits a fluid (or
gas) to pass through it.
Permeability to water, coefficient of: The rate of discharge of water
under laminar flow conditions through a unit cross-sectional area of a
porous medium under a unit hydraulic gradient and standard temperature
conditions, usually 20°C.
Plumbness: It is verticality or alignment as measured with a plumb.
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Slump loss: The amount by which the slump of freshly mixed concrete
changes during a period of time after an initial slump test was made on a
sample or samples thereof.
Sonic Integrity: Sometimes called Ultrasonic Test, Sonic Test, Sonic
Logging etc. This test is performed to check integrity of concrete, locate
defects and evaluate effectiveness of repair works on bored piles, caissons,
barrettes and diaphragm walls and other concrete structures.
Soundness: The freedom of a solid from cracks, flaws, fissures, or
variations from an accepted standard; in the case of a cement, freedom
from excessive volume change after setting; in the case of aggregate, the
ability to withstand the aggressive action to which concrete containing it
might be exposed, particularly that due to weather.
Spacers: All chairs, blocks, supports and devices of a special nature
required to hold the reinforcement in the correct position during
concreting
Specific gravity, bulk (saturated-surface-dry): The ratio of the mass
of a volume of a material (including the mass of water within the voids, but
not including the voids between particles) at a stated temperature to the
mass of an equal volume of distilled water at a stated temperature.
Static Load Test: It involves the direct measurement of pile head
displacement in the response to a physically applied test load.
Steel: A generally hard, strong, durable, malleable alloy of iron and
carbon, usually containing between 0.2 and 1.5 percent carbon, often with
other constituents such as manganese, chromium, nickel, molybdenum,
copper, tungsten, cobalt, or silicon, depending on the desired alloy
properties, and widely used as a structural material.
Strain: The change in length, per unit of length, in a linear dimension of
a body; a dimensionless quantity that maybe measured conveniently in
percent, in inches per inch, in millimeters per millimeters, but preferably
in millionths.
Strength, nominal: Strength of a member or cross section calculated
in accordance with provisions and assumptions of the strength design
method before application of any strength-reduction (Φ) factor.
Stress: Intensity of internal force (that is, force per unit area) exerted by
either of two adjacent parts of a body on the other across an imagined
plane of separation; when the forces are parallel to the plane, the stress
is called shear stress; when the forces are normal to the plane, the stress
is called normal stress; when the normal stress is directed toward the part
on which it acts, it is called compressive stress; when the normal stress is
directed away from the part on which it acts, it is called tensile stress.
Structural concrete: A special type of concrete that is capable of carrying
a structural load or forming an integral part of a structure.
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Sub base: A layer in a pavement system between the sub grade and the
base course, or between the sub grade and a portland-cement concrete
pavement.
Sub contractor: One that enters into a subcontract and assumes some of
the obligations of the primary contractor.
Sub grade: The soil prepared and compacted to support a structure or a
pavement system.
Substrate: An underlying layer of any material.
Tensile strength: Tensile strength of concrete as determined by a splitting
tensile test.
Thermal conductivity: The property (of a homogeneous body) measured
by the ratio of the steady-state heat flux (time-rate of heat flow per unit
area) to the temperature.
Tremie: A pipe or tube through which concrete is deposited under water,
having at its upper end a hopper for filling and a bail for moving the
assemblage.
Trench form (for cast-in-place concrete pipe): The vertical sides and
semicircular bottom of the trench shaped to provide full, firm, and uniform
support for the lower 210 degrees of the pipe.
Truck mixer: A concrete mixer suitable for mounting on a truck chassis
and capable of mixing concrete in transit.
Vibrator: An oscillating machine used to agitate fresh concrete so as to
eliminate gross voids, including entrapped air but not entrained air, and
to produce intimate contact with form surfaces and embedded materials.
Wall: A vertical element used primarily to enclose or separate spaces.
Water: A clear, colourless, odourless, and tasteless liquid, H2O, essential
for most plant and animal life and the most widely used of all solvents.
Freezing point 0°C (32°F); boiling point 100°C (212°F); specific gravity (4°C)
1.0000; weight per gallon (15°C) 8.338 pounds (3.782 kilograms).
Water-cement ratio: The ratio of the mass of water, exclusive only
of that absorbed by the aggregates, to the mass of portland cement in
concrete, mortar, or grout, stated as a decimal and abbreviated as w/c.
Waterproofing: Treatment of concrete or mortar to retard the passage
or absorption of water, or water vapor, either by application of a suitable
coating to exposed surfaces, by use of a suitable admixture or treated
cement, or by use of a preformed film such as polyethylene sheets placed
on grade before placing a slab.
Yield: The volume of freshly mixed concrete produced from a known
quantity of ingredients; the total mass of ingredients divided by the density
mass of the freshly mixed concrete; also the number of units produced per
bag of cement or per batch of concrete.
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3.02 SUBMITTALS
A. Contractor’s Quality Control Plan (QCP).
1. Submit to Employer Representative before commencement
of work.
2. No work covered by the Contractor’s QCP shall begin
until the plan has been approved.
3. Plan shall describe all of the Contractor’s quality control
procedures that will be used throughout the project.
4. Include an Internal and External Audit Schedule
a. Minimum requirements shall be as specified herein.
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G. Records Index
1. Prepare an index of all project records which will be
developed and maintained during progress of the Work.
2. Submit to Employer Representative no later than 7 calendar
days from the commencement date.
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N. Failure to Perform
1. In the event the Contractor fails to adequately perform
any or all of the provisions of this Section, the Employer, at
his sole discretion, reserves the right to have the Employer
Representative perform any or all of the provisions of this
Section and back-charge the Contractor for the actual
cost of such work and any administrative charges deemed
necessary.
2. This remedy for Contractor’s failure to perform shall be in
addition to any other right or remedy available under the
Contract.
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1. Retain all quality related records for not less than ten years
from project completion.
2. Protect all records from damage, deterioration, and loss.
B. Contractor shall identify all items and materials so that they are
traceable throughout all inspections, test activities, and records.
1. For stored items, the identification method shall be
consistent with the expected duration and type of storage.
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G. Corrective Actions
1. Contractor shall take prompt action to identify the causes
of each non-conformance and the corrective action
necessary to prevent recurrence.
a. The results of failure and discrepancy report summaries,
supplier evaluations, and any other pertinent applicable
data shall be used for determining corrective action.
b. Information developed during construction, tests, and
inspections that support the implementation of required
improvements and corrections shall be used to support
the adequacy of corrective action taken.
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3.16 WORKMANSHIP
A. Comply with industry standards except when more restrictive
tolerances or specified requirements indicate more rigid
standards or more precise workmanship.
B. Perform work by persons qualified to produce workmanship of
the specified quality.
C. Secure products in place with positive anchorage devices
designed and sized to withstand stresses, vibration, and
racking.
D. Comply with manufacturer’s published installation instructions
in full detail, including each step in sequence.
1. Should instructions conflict with Contract Documents,
request clarification from Employer Representative before
proceeding.
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D. Utilities
1. Known utilities and related facilities are shown on the
drawings.
a. Location of these facilities are not guaranteed, nor is
there any guarantee that other utilities are not present.
b. Unless otherwise specifically required, protect utilities
and related facilities from damage and cause no
interruption of service.
2. Establish and maintain direct contact with the Employer
Representative or operator of each utility that may be
affected by the Work.
a. Proceed with Work that may affect a utility only with
the cooperation and approval of the Employer
Representative or operator of the utility.
b. Immediately inform the Employer Representative of
any agreement with the utility operator concerning the
Work under this Contract.
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E. New Work
1. All finished surfaces shall be clean and un-marred upon
acceptance of the area.
2. Do not permit traffic or material storage on finished
surfaces.
a. Where some activity must take place on the finished
surface in order to perform the Work, provide and
maintain adequate protection.
3. Provide and maintain adequate protection against the
weather at all times so as to preserve Work, materials,
equipment, apparatus, and fixtures free from damage.
4. Do not use items of equipment that are intended to form
a part of the completed work as construction equipment
without specific approval from the Employer Representative
in each instance.
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4.01 FORMWORK
• All forms should be perfectly cleaned
• Release agent applied correctly
• Correct position
• Line and level
• Accuracy within tolerances
• Verticality (plumb)
• Correct angles for batters
• Finishing heights (mark off)
• Joints flush and tight
• Joints sealed as required
• No nails protruding into the concrete
• Bracing
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4.03 CONCRETING
• Someone experienced in the construction of formwork should
always be present at site when the concrete is being placed.
• Grout loss is an indication that joints were not tight or some
movements have occurred during placing.
• In walls and columns no layer should be more than about
450mm thick. With layers thicker than 450mm, the weight of
concrete on top makes it impossible even with vibration to get
the air out from the bottom of the layer.
• Make sure that each layer of concrete has been fully compacted
before placing the next one.
• Fully compacted concrete will be dense, strong, durable and
impermeable. Badly compacted concrete will be weak, non
durable, honeycombed and porous. The air must be removed.
• For maximum compaction, preference should be given to the
use of self compacting concrete (Refer to Section 4.06).
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B. Transport
1. Steady flow of concrete
2. Drum rotation should be at the lowest agitating speed
3. Major placement of concrete should be scheduled during
evening or night times and periods of lower traffic.
4. The dispatching of trucks should be coordinated with the
rate of placement to avoid delays in arrival or long waiting
periods.
5. Traffic arrangement at site should ensure easy access of
delivery units to the unloading points.
6. Site traffic should be coordinated for a quick turnaround
of concrete truck.
C. Placement of Concrete
1. Have adequate manpower and equipment (plus stand-by
units) available to handle the concrete at the desired rate
of placement and to unload the concrete trucks promptly.
2. Water should be available in sufficient quantities. The
temperature of water used for curing must be as close as
possible to that of the concrete to avoid thermal shock (not
more than 11 C than that of concrete).
3. Erect temporarily windbreaks and shades to protect fresh
concrete from hot sun and drying winds.
4. Arrangement should be made for the ready availability of
backup equipment for placing, vibrating and material for
curing.
5. Dampen the sub grade, forms and reinforcing steel the
night before, do this again thoroughly before placing
concrete.
6. Cover concrete as soon as it is placed, until final finishing
can be started.
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B. Temperature Control
All concrete generates heat as it cures. The heat is caused by
the hydration of the cementitious materials. The majority of the
heat generation occurs in the first few days after placement.
For thin items such as pavements, heat dissipates almost as
quickly as it is generated. For thicker concrete sections (mass
concrete), heat dissipates more slowly than it is generated.
Management of these temperatures is necessary to prevent
damage, minimize delays and meet project specifications.
Maximum allowable concrete temperatures and temperature
differences are often specified to ensure that proper planning
occurs prior to concrete placement.
Other reasons include reducing cooling time and associated
delays, and minimizing the potential for cracking due to
thermal expansion and contraction.
A maximum allowable concrete temperature difference should
be specified always to minimize the potential for thermal
cracking. This temperature difference is the difference between
the temperature at the hottest portion of the concrete and that
at the surface. Thermal cracking will occur when contraction
due to cooling at the surface causes tensile stresses that exceed
the tensile strength of the concrete.
References:
1. ACI 207.1R, “Mass Concrete”, American Concrete
Institute
2. Concrete Society Digest No. 2, “Mass Concrete”, Concrete
Society
3. PCA, “Design and Control of Concrete Mixtures”, Portland
Cement Association
4. CIRIA Report 135, “Concreting Deep Lifts and Large
Volume Pours”, Construction Industry Research and
Information Association
5. BS 8110-2, “Structural Use of Concrete – Code of Practice
for Special Circumstances”
6. Professional Development Series, “Engineering Mass
Concrete Structures”.
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A. Relevant standards:
The specification, performance and conformity requirements for
structural concrete are given in EN 206-1. However, in the case
of SCC some properties in the fresh state exceed the limits and
classes provided in this standard. None of the test methods in
the current EN 12350 series ‘Testing fresh concrete’ are suitable
for assessment of the key properties of fresh SCC. Appropriate
test methods for SCC are given in Annex B of the The European
Guidelines for Self-Compacting Concrete and it is envisaged that
the EN 12350 series will be extended to cover these test methods.
Segregation J Ring
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450
225
150
hinged
trapdoor
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BS 1881-102,
Slump Initially and every 15 minutes
EN 12350-2
European Guidelines
Slump Flow (2) Each grade
for SCC
European Guidelines
T-500 cm Slump Flow (2) Each grade
for SCC
European Guidelines
V-Funnel(2) Each grade
for SCC
V-Funnel at T5 European Guidelines
Each grade
minutes(2) for SCC
European Guidelines
L-Box (h2/h1)(2) Each grade
for SCC
European Guidelines
J-Ring(2) Each grade
for SCC
Fresh Concrete Density BS 1881-107, EN
Each grade
& Yield 12350-6, ASTM C 138
BS 1881-106,
Air Content Each grade
EN 12350-7
Setting Time of
ASTM C 403 Each grade
Concrete
BS 1881-116, At 7 and 28 days for each
Compressive Strength
EN 12390-3 grade
Tensile/Flexural At 7 and 28 days for grades
EN 12390-5&6
Strength where flexural govern
Each grade of structural
Drying Shrinkage ASTM C 596
concrete
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Notes:
1. Designed concrete shall conform to the requirements specified
in EN 206 and BS 8500
2. Additional testing will be conducted at the request of the
Engineer and/or Authority
3. Contract Specifications are to be implemented if more or other
tests are required
4. Follow the recommendations of the following codes/standards:
ACI 311.5: Guide for concrete plant inspection and testing of
ready-mixed concrete
ACI 304R: Guide for measuring, mixing, transporting and
placing concrete
ASTM C94/C94M: Standard Specification for Ready Mixed
Concrete
The European Guidelines for Self Compacting Concrete
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Initial Surface
BS 1881-208 As per project specifications
Absorption Test
Notes:
1. A strength test is the average strength of concrete specimens sampled from the same
batch or load.
2. A load is the quantity of concrete transported in a vehicle comprising one or more
batches.
3. A batch is the quantity of fresh concrete produced in one cycle of operations of a mixer
or the quantity discharged during one minute from a continuous mixer.
4. Follow the recommendations of ACI 305R during hot weather.
5. Follow the recommendations of the following codes/standards:
ACI 311.5: Guide for concrete plant inspection and testing of ready-mixed concrete
ACI 304R: Guide for measuring, mixing, transporting and placing concrete
ASTM C94/C94M: Standard Specification for Ready Mixed Concrete
6. Each load shall be accompanied by a computer controlled non simulated printout listing
all the information related to the mix.
7. Each truck mixer/agitator, when it arrives at site, shall have its water container full. If that
container is not full or field test results are outside the specified limits, the load shall be
rejected.
8. Additional testing will be conducted at the request of the Engineer and/or Authority
9. Contract Specifications are to be implemented if more or other tests are required.
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A. Human Resources
a. The testing lab services shall be provided under the technical
direction of a professional engineer with relevant experience
in construction material testing, or a supervising lab technician
with relevant experience in construction material testing and
current technician certification.
b. The testing field and/or lab technician shall possess current
technician certification or have undergone a training program
covering all the relevant tests performed by the technician.
vibrations.
d. Concrete test specimens shall be protected from evaporation
and damage.
e. Proper tagging of the specimens shall be done specifying the
date, time, location, grade of concrete and name of technician
moulding the specimens.
f. Initial curing temperatures for the concrete specimens shall be
maintained between the limits set in the pertinent standards.
g. De-moulding of the concrete specimens shall be done within
the time limitations stated in the relevant standards.
h. Curing tanks shall be of sufficient size and controlled
temperature. Temperature shall be verified with recording
thermometers.
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Soundness (MgSO4) - 5
ASTM C 88 Every two months
cycles
Potential Reactivity of
ASTM C 289, C 227 Every six months
Aggregates
Aggregate Drying
EN 1367-4 Every six months
Shrinkage
BS 812-111, EN
10% Fines Value (TFV) Every two months
1097-2
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Notes:
1. All the tests shall be done before the start of the work and whenever
the source is changed.
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Liquid Admixtures ASTM C 494, C 260, C 1017 Initially and every three months
Notes:
1. All the cementitious materials shall conform to the physical and
chemical requirements of the pertinent standard specifications. The
required tests shall be made to verify compliance.
2. For cementitious materials, regular sampling shall be made from
each delivery for random testing. All samples are to be stored until
28 or 56 day results are obtained and satisfactory.
3. Additional testing will be conducted at the request of the Engineer
and/or Authority.
4. Contract Specifications are to be implemented if more or other tests
are required.
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Notes:
1. Additional testing will be conducted at the request of the Engineer
and/or Authority.
2. Contract Specifications are to be implemented if more or other tests
are required.
3. For Diaphragm Wall the following instruments are to be fixed for
monitoring purpose:
Inclinometer, Steel Strain gauges, concrete stress gauges, and
pressure cells.
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REINFORCING STEEL
Schedule of Tests and Inspections
Designation Normative Frequency Notes
Document
A Composition/Selection
All Grades BS EN 10080
Mechanical Properties
1. Every consignment
Yield Strength of Steel shall have
Ultimate Strength Mill Certificates to
One (1) set of tests be attached to the
Elongation at Maximum Force for Mechanical Material Inspection
and Chemical Request for the
Elongation ot Fracture Properties for each Engineer’s review.
Mass / meter bar diameter at the Steel tags having
start of the job and heat number are to
Nominal Cross-sectional every 100 tons of
Area be provided with the
steel delivered to steel.
Bending the site.
(Refer to Notes) 2. Tests are to be
Re-bending repeated whenever
Surface Geometry there is a change in
the source of supply.
Chemical Properties
Notes:
1. All steel reinforcement specified shall comply with BS 4449, BS
4482, BS 4483, BS 6744 and shall be cut and bent in compliance
with BS 8666.
2. Additional testing will be conducted at the request of the Engineer
and/or Authority.
3. Contract Specifications are to be implemented if more or other tests
are required.
4. Reinforcing steel, supplied by Cares or equivalent accredited
certification body approved mill, shall be tested at the start of the
project and every 200 tons delivered to site.
5. Reinforcing steel, supplied and processed by Cares or equivalent
accredited certification body approved steel mills and cutting &
bending companies, shall be tested at the start of the work and
every 400 tons delivered to site.
6. Couplers to comply with the BS 8110 requirements.
7. Cover blocks shall comply with BS 8110.
8. For performance and testing requirement of spacers and chairs
refer to BS 7973.
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EPOXY-COATED STEEL
Schedule of Tests and Inspections
Designation Normative Frequency Notes
Document
Notes:
1. Additional testing will be conducted at the request of the Engineer
and/or Authority.
2. Contract Specifications are to be implemented if more or other tests
are required.
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Post Tensioning
Schedule of Tests and Inspections
Designation Normative Frequency Notes
Document
A Strands/Mechanical Properties
Yield Strength at 1% ASTM A 370/ BS
As Per Relevant Code
extension 5896
ASTM A 370/ BS
Breaking Strength As Per Relevant Code
5896
ASTM A 370/ BS
Elongation As Per Relevant Code
5896
ASTM E 328/ BS
Relaxation As Per Relevant Code
5896
B Chemical Properties
ASTM A 421/ BS
Sulpher As Per Relevant Code
5896
ASTM A 421/ BS
Phosphorus As Per Relevant Code
5896
C Grout for Post Tension Duct
Temperature BS EN 446 As Per Relevant Code
Two tests per day taken
Compressive Strength BS EN 445 from the mixer and one
from the exit vent.
After mixing one test
Fluidity BS EN 445
from mixer.
Two tests per day taken
Bleeding BS EN 445 from the mixer and one
from the exit vent.
Two tests per day taken
Volume Change BS EN 445 from the mixer and one
from the exit vent.
Notes:
1. Design should be in accordance with BS 8110: Part 1:1997 or
Concrete Society Report No. 43 (TR 43).
2. Anchorage for post tensioning system shall comply with the minimum
performance requirement of BS EN 13391.
3. Pre bagged non shrink material to be used for post tensioning
grout.
4. For grouting equipment and procedures BS EN 446 shall be followed.
5. For grout specification BS EN 447 shall be followed.
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EARTHWORK
Schedule of Tests and Inspections
Designation Normative Frequency Notes
Document
Particle Size Analysis &
Determination of Soil BS 1377 part 2 All tests shall be
Constants (Dry & Wet) carried out at a
Project
Atterberg Limits (LL, PL & PI) BS 1377 part 2 minimum rate of 3
Specifications
tests for every 300m3
Sand Equivalent ASTM D 2419 of material
Chlorides & Sulfates in Soil BS 1377 part 3
a) Make at selected locations at least one
In-Situ Density of Soil
field density test for every 200m2 area/
layer, but in no case less than three (3)
a. Trenches
tests per day operation.
b) Make at selected locations at least one
field density test of subgrade or finish grade
b. Walkways BS 1377
for every 200m2 area, but in no case less
than three (3) tests per day operation.
c) Make at selected locations at least one
c. Pavement Layer
field density test for every 200m2 area/
(Subgrade, Subbase
layer, but in no case less than three (3)
and Base)
tests per day operation
Moisture - Density
Relations of Soil using All required tests
BS 1377 part 4 shall be carried out Project
4.5 kg Rammer, 457
mm Drop Method D for every 400 m3 of Specifications
material
California Bearing Ratio Test BS 1377
Notes:
1. Additional testing will be conducted at the request of the Engineer and/or Authority.
2. Contract Specifications are to be implemented if more or other tests are required.
Limit Limit LL
Limits PL
SL
Plasticity Index - PI
Shrinkage Volume Constant Volume Decreasing
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PRECAST CONCRETE
Schedule of Tests and Inspections
Designation Normative Document Frequency Notes
Refer to the requirements of the Cast-
Project
1 Material Testing in-place Concrete and Reinforcing Steel
Specifications
sections of this Manual
2 Testing Finished Material
As directed by the
Compressive BS 1881,
Engineer (Cores from
Strength BS EN 12390-3
precast units) Project
As directed by the Specifications
Durability
Engineer (Cores from
Requirements
precast units)
3 Joint Sealant and Fillers
Cement Grout As directed by the
BS EN 197
(Portland Cement) Engineer
Natural Sand BS EN 13139
Project
As directed by the Specifications
Non-shrink Grout
Engineer
ASTM C 962,
Elastomeric Sealants
ACI 504
Inserts and Other ASTM A 307, A 325, Project
4 Hardware A490, A 108, A 496 Specifications
Corrosion Protection ASTM A 276
Project
Specifications
Expansion Anchors ASTM E 448
Notes:
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Notes:
1. Additional testing will be conducted at the request of the Engineer
and/or Authority.
2. Contract Specifications are to be implemented if more or other tests
are required.
3. Works and Material shall comply with the following requirements:
a. PCI MNL 117 - Manual for Quality Control for Plants and
Production of Architectural Pre-cast Construction Products
b. PCI MNL 128 - Recommended Practice for Glass Fibre Reinforced
Concrete Panels
c. PCI MNL 130 - Manual for Quality Control
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CONCRETE BLOCKS
Schedule of Tests and Inspections
Designation Normative Frequency Notes
Document
1 Masonry Blocks
Dimensions and Compressive
Strength
DMS1
Density Every 20,000 blocks
Part 1:2003
2 Paving Blocks
Dimensions and Compressive
Strength
Local order 10 Blocks every 5000
Density no.44:1990 Blocks
Notes:
1. Additional testing will be conducted at the request of the Engineer
and/or Authority.
2. Contract Specifications are to be implemented if more or other tests
are required.
3. Works and Material shall conform to Dubai Municipality and
International Standards.
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A Composition/Selection
AAC Blocks
Dimensions and Compressive
Strength
Thermal Conductivity and Dry
Density DMS 1: Every 20,000
Part 3:2005 blocks
Chloride and Sulfate Content
Drying Shrinkage
Project
Fire Rating ASTM E 119
Specifications
As recommended
Project
Mortar Specifications
by the
manufacturer
Portland Cement:
Works below Ground Slab (SRC) BS 4248
Project Specifications
Works above Ground Slab (OPC) BS EN 197-1
As directed by
Accessories the Engineer
Project Specifications
Notes:
1. Additional testing will be conducted at the request of the Engineer
and/or Authority.
2. Contract Specifications are to be implemented if more or other tests
are required.
3. Works and Material shall conform to Dubai Municipality and
International Standards.
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A Composition/Selection
Dimensions and Compressive
Strength
Thermal Conductivity
Portland Cement:
Works below Ground Slab (SRC) BS 4248
Project
Specifications
Works above Ground Slab (OPC) BS EN 197-1
Project
Sand BS EN 13139
Specifications
As directed by Project
Accessories Project Specification
the Engineer Specifications
Notes:
1. Additional testing will be conducted at the request of the Engineer
and/or Authority.
2. Contract Specifications are to be implemented if more or other tests
are required.
3. Works and Material shall conform to Dubai Municipality and
International Standards.
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A Composition/Selection
Dimensions and Compressive
Strength
Thermal Conductivity
Every 20,000
Gross Density DMS 1:Part 2: 2004
blocks
Drying Shrinkage
Portland Cement:
Works below Ground Slab (SRC) BS 4248
Project
Specifications
Works above Ground Slab (OPC) BS EN 197-1
Project
Sand BS EN 13139
Specifications
As directed by the Project
Accessories Engineer Specifications
Notes:
1. Additional testing will be conducted at the request of the Engineer
and/or Authority.
2. Contract Specifications are to be implemented if more or other tests
are required.
3. Works and Material shall conform to Dubai Municipality and
International Standards.
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A Composition/Selection
Dimensions and Compressive
Strength
Thermal Conductivity of
Thermal Insulation
Every 20,000
Density of Thermal Insulation DMS 17: 2004
blocks
Water Absorption
Apparent Density
Block Efflorescence
As directed
ASTM D 2863, Project
Fire Rating (Polystyrene) by the
BS EN 11925-2 Specifications
Engineer
As recommended
Mortar Project Specifications by the
manufacturer
Portland Cement:
Works below Ground Slab (SRC) BS 4248
Project Specifications
Works above Ground Slab (OPC) BS EN 197-1
As directed by
Accessories the Engineer
Project Specifications
Notes:
1. Additional testing will be conducted at the request of the Engineer
and/or Authority.
2. Contract Specifications are to be implemented if more or other tests
are required.
3. Works and Material shall conform to Dubai Municipality and
International Standards.
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Cement Plaster
Lime BS 890
Sand BS 1199
Aggregates BS 882
As directed
Water BS 3148 Project
by the
Specifications
Engineer
Ready Mix Rendering
BS 4721
Material
Bagged Rendering
BS 5262
Material
Notes:
1. Additional testing will be conducted at the request of the Engineer
and/or Authority.
2. Contract Specifications are to be implemented if more or other tests
are required.
3. Works and Material shall conform to the following codes:
Code of practice for External Rendered Finishes BS 5262
Code of practice for Internal Plastering BS 5492
Code of practice for Plastering and Rendering BS 8000 Part 10
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Thermal Conductivity
Density
Dimensional Stability
Oxygen Index
Notes:
1. Additional testing will be conducted at the request of the Engineer
and/or Authority.
2. Contract Specifications are to be implemented if more or other tests
are required.
3. Works and Material shall conform to Dubai Municipality and
International Standards.
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PAINTING
Schedule of Tests and Inspections
Designation Normative Document Frequency / NOTES
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SECTION 6 : QC Forms
NON-CONFORMANCE REPORT
Project : _ ___________________________________________________________________________
Client : _ _________________________________________ NCR No. : _ _____________________
Project Manager : _ _________________________________________ Date : _ _____________________
Consultant : _ _________________________________________
Contractor : _ _________________________________________ Location : _ _____________________
Sub-Contractor : _ _________________________________________ Category : _ _____________________
Non-Conformance:
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
Issued by: _________________ Signature: ___________________
Requirements
Specifications : _ ___________________________________________________________________________
Standards : _ ___________________________________________________________________________
Drawings : _ ___________________________________________________________________________
Other : _ ___________________________________________________________________________
Received by Contractor/Sub-Contractor:
Name: ________________ Position: ________________ Signature: _____________ Date: ______________
Cause of Non-Conformance:
____________________________________________________________________________________________
Name: ________________ Position: ________________ Signature: _____________ Date: ______________
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STATUS OF NON-CONFORMANCE REPORTS
Project : _ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Client : _ _______________________________________________________ NCR Report No. : _________________________________
Project Manager : _ _______________________________________________________ Date : ______________________________________
Consultant : _ _______________________________________________________
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SECTION 6 : QC Forms
FIELD MEMORANDUM
Project : _ ___________________________________________________________________________________
Client : _ ____________________________________________ Memo No.: _ _________________________
Project Manager : _ ____________________________________________ Date : __________________________
Consultant : _ ____________________________________________
Contractor : _ ____________________________________________ Subject : __________________________
Sub-Contractor : _ ____________________________________________ __________________________
Description:
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Issued by: ______________________ Signature: ___________________________
Contractor/Sub-contractor’s Response:
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Name: ___________________ Position: ___________________ Signature: _______________ Date: ______________
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Comments by Contractor/Sub-Contractor:
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Name: ___________________ Position: ___________________ Signature: _______________ Date: ______________
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Comments by Consultant:
Inspector Remarks: Y/N
Physical Damage ______________________________
Details given above are correct (type, size, weight…) ______________________________
Conform with approval submission (Certificates, etc…) ______________________________
Remarks:
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Name____________________________________ Signature ______________________________
Materials Engineer’s Remarks:
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Name____________________________________ Signature ______________________________
Resident Engineer’s Comments:
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
The above materials have been inspected on site and are:
Approved Approved As Noted Not Approved
Name of R.E.________________________ Signature of R.E: __________________ Date: ________________
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INSPECTION & TEST PLAN (ITP)
Project : _ _______________________________________________________
Client : _ _______________________________________________________ Sub-Contractor : _____________________________________________
Project Manager : _ _______________________________________________________
Consultant : _ _______________________________________________________ ITP Ref No. : _____________________________________________
Contractor : _ _______________________________________________________ Date : _____________________________________________
SECTION 6 : QC Forms
Project :________________________________________________________
Client : ________________________________________________________ Ref No. : ________________________________________
Project Manager : ________________________________________________________ Date : ________________________________________
Consultant : ________________________________________________________ Ambient Temp. : ________________________________________
SECTION 6 : QC Forms
Cubes Sampled by: Lab Technician Name: ___________________ Signature: ___________________ Date : ________________
Pouring supervised by: Lab Technician Name: ___________________ Signature: ___________________ Date : ________________
Lab Technician Name: ___________________ Signature: ___________________ Date : ________________
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Investigation Report
Reference Documents (Specifications, Drawings, other…):
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Nature of Defect:
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Material Used:
Description: ________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Material Approval No.: _____________________________________________________________________________
Comments:
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Accepted/Rejected:
Sub-Contractor: Accepted: Accepted with comments: Rejected:
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SECTION 6 : QC Forms
PILE RECORD
Project : _ __________________________________________________________________________________________
Client : _ ____________________________________________ Insp. No. : _ ____________________________
Project Manager : _ ____________________________________________ Date : _ ____________________________
Consultant : _ ____________________________________________
Contractor : _ ____________________________________________
Sub-Contractor : _ ____________________________________________
D E TA I L S
Drawing Ref. No. X-axis
Coordinates
Pile No. Y-axis
Pile Type Start
Boring Dates
Pile Diameter End
Platform Level Concreting Date Start
Pile Cut-off Level & Time End
Pile Base Level Theoretical
Volume
Nature of Soil Actual
INSPECTION & CHECKLIST
Activities & Items to be Sub- Main
Consultant Acceptance Criteria
Inspected Contractor Contractor
As per approved drawings, project
1 Layout and survey pile location
specs, and relevant standards
Length of casing and verticality,
2 Casing installed
plumbness are within tolerance
Depth of water encountered
3 Measure and record depth of water
during boring
Cleaning of borehole; depth of Check and measure level of pile base
4
borehole completed according to designed pile depth
5 Drilling Fluid tested As per specifications/method statement
Installation of cage reinforcement Check diameter, spacing, spacers mill
6
(epoxy coated) scales removed, rust touch-up
Installation of tremie pipe for Length of tremie pipe, cleanliness water
7
concreting operations tightness, hopper clearance
Safety and awareness, working According to company safety manual
8
platform setup rules and regulations
Stand by equipment and Availability of stand by equipment and
9
concreting crew manpower
Check slump, temperature and According to approved design mix of
10
elapsed time concrete and test results
According to method statement and
11 Release for concreting operations
checklist conformance
Remarks: _ _________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sub-Contractor: Accepted: Accepted with comments: Rejected:
Name: ___________________ Position: ___________________ Signature: _______________ Date: ______________
Main Contractor: Accepted: Accepted with comments: Rejected:
Name: ___________________ Position: ___________________ Signature: _______________ Date: ______________
Consultant/Project Manager: Accepted: Accepted with comments: Rejected:
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SECTION 7 : QC Checklists
INTRODUCTION
The attached checklists are developed for major activities on site. For
each inspection the inspection request (IR) will be filled and the relevant
checklist after inspection and filing will be attached with “IR” for final
inspection by the consultant representative on site. In case the work
is not complying with specs/drawings/QC document, then it will be
highlighted on the relevant checklist during inspection of the works by
the Inspector/site engineer and will be submitted along with the relevant
“IR” in QA/QC department when work is rectified and recorded on the
checklist by the Inspector/site engineer as “rectified”.
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Civil :
Electrical :
Plumbing :
A/C :
Fire :
Others :
Remarks:
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Remarks:
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Checked by:
Civil Works
Name: _____________________ Position: ___________________ Signature: _________________ Date: ______________
MEP Works
Name: _____________________ Position: ___________________ Signature: _________________ Date: ______________
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FOOTINGS CHECKLIST
Project : _ __________________________________________________________________________________________
Client : _ ____________________________________________ Insp. No. : _ ____________________________
Project Manager : _ ____________________________________________ Date : _ ____________________________
Consultant : _ ____________________________________________
Contractor : _ ____________________________________________ Location : _ ____________________________
Sub-Contractor : _ ____________________________________________
Remarks:
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Checked by:
Civil Works
Name: _____________________ Position: ___________________ Signature: _________________ Date: ______________
MEP Works
Name: _____________________ Position: ___________________ Signature: _________________ Date: ______________
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Remarks:
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Checked by:
Civil Works
Name: _____________________ Position: ___________________ Signature: _________________ Date: ______________
MEP Works
Name: _____________________ Position: ___________________ Signature: _________________ Date: ______________
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SLAB-ON-GRADE CHECKLIST
Project : _ __________________________________________________________________________________________
Client : _ ____________________________________________ Insp. No. : _ ____________________________
Project Manager : _ ____________________________________________ Date : _ ____________________________
Consultant : _ ____________________________________________
Contractor : _ ____________________________________________ Location : _ ____________________________
Sub-Contractor : _ ____________________________________________
Remarks:
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Checked by:
Civil Works
Name: _____________________ Position: ___________________ Signature: _________________ Date: ______________
MEP Works
Name: _____________________ Position: ___________________ Signature: _________________ Date: ______________
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WALLS CHECKLIST
Project : _ __________________________________________________________________________________________
Client : _ ____________________________________________ Insp. No. : _ ____________________________
Project Manager : _ ____________________________________________ Date : _ ____________________________
Consultant : _ ____________________________________________
Contractor : _ ____________________________________________ Location : _ ____________________________
Sub-Contractor : _ ____________________________________________ Element : _ ____________________________
Remarks:
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Checked by:
Civil Works
Name: _____________________ Position: ___________________ Signature: _________________ Date: ______________
MEP Works
Name: _____________________ Position: ___________________ Signature: _________________ Date: ______________
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COLUMNS CHECKLIST
Project : _ __________________________________________________________________________________________
Client : _ ____________________________________________ Insp. No. : _ ____________________________
Project Manager : _ ____________________________________________ Date : _ ____________________________
Consultant : _ ____________________________________________
Contractor : _ ____________________________________________ Location : _ ____________________________
Sub-Contractor : _ ____________________________________________
Remarks:
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Checked by:
Civil Works
Name: _____________________ Position: ___________________ Signature: _________________ Date: ______________
MEP Works
Name: _____________________ Position: ___________________ Signature: _________________ Date: ______________
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SLABS CHECKLIST
Project : _ __________________________________________________________________________________________
Client : _ ____________________________________________ Insp. No. : _ ____________________________
Project Manager : _ ____________________________________________ Date : _ ____________________________
Consultant : _ ____________________________________________
Contractor : _ ____________________________________________ Location : _ ____________________________
Sub-Contractor : _ ____________________________________________ Element : _ ____________________________
Remarks:
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Checked by:
Civil Works
Name: _____________________ Position: ___________________ Signature: _________________ Date: ______________
MEP Works
Name: _____________________ Position: ___________________ Signature: _________________ Date: ______________
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Remarks:
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Checked by:
Civil Works
Name: _____________________ Position: ___________________ Signature: _________________ Date: ______________
MEP Works
Name: _____________________ Position: ___________________ Signature: _________________ Date: ______________
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Remarks:
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Checked by:
Civil Works
Name: _____________________ Position: ___________________ Signature: _________________ Date: ______________
MEP Works
Name: _____________________ Position: ___________________ Signature: _________________ Date: ______________
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Remarks:
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Checked by:
Civil Works
Name: _____________________ Position: ___________________ Signature: _________________ Date: ______________
MEP Works
Name: _____________________ Position: ___________________ Signature: _________________ Date: ______________
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Activity/Item: Y/N
1 All materials are complying with the project specifications ___________________
2 All materials are approved by Consultant ___________________
3 Required tests are conducted to specified frequency ___________________
4 Cleanliness ___________________
5 Layout prepared considering all the joints and openings ___________________
6 Insulation, reinforcement, accessories are in place ___________________
7 Mortar mixed as specified ___________________
8 Blocks wet before placing ___________________
9 Each course checked for alignment and verticality ___________________
10. MEP works completed and clearance obtained ___________________
11 Number of courses as specified ___________________
12 All joints properly filled and pointed/flush as specified ___________________
13 Wall anchorages checked (where required) ___________________
14 Approval obtained from consultant to proceed with works ___________________
Remarks:
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Checked by:
Civil Works
Name: _____________________ Position: ___________________ Signature: _________________ Date: ______________
MEP Works
Name: _____________________ Position: ___________________ Signature: _________________ Date: ______________
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PLASTERING CHECKLIST
Project : _ __________________________________________________________________________________________
Client : _ ____________________________________________ Insp. No. : _ ____________________________
Project Manager : _ ____________________________________________ Date : _ ____________________________
Consultant : _ ____________________________________________
Contractor : _ ____________________________________________ Location : _ ____________________________
Sub-Contractor : _ ____________________________________________ Element : _ ____________________________
Remarks:
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Checked by:
Civil Works
Name: _____________________ Position: ___________________ Signature: _________________ Date: ______________
MEP Works
Name: _____________________ Position: ___________________ Signature: _________________ Date: ______________
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Activity/Item: Y/N
1 Materials comply with project specifications ___________________
2 Method Statement & Materials approved ___________________
3 Roof is cleaned, all loose materials removed ___________________
4 Primer laid to approval ___________________
5 Liquid Membrane / sheeting laid to manufacturer instructions ___________________
6 Laps, Fillets and flashing checked ___________________
7 Flood test complete to approval, procedure and results recorded ___________________
8. MEP works completed and clearance obtained ___________________
9 All necessary guarantees recorded ___________________
10 Necessary approvals taken prior to commencing of tile works or other protective works ___________________
Remarks:
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Checked by:
Civil Works
Name: _____________________ Position: ___________________ Signature: _________________ Date: ______________
MEP Works
Name: _____________________ Position: ___________________ Signature: _________________ Date: ______________
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Remarks:
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Checked by:
Civil Works
Name: _____________________ Position: ___________________ Signature: _________________ Date: ______________
MEP Works
Name: _____________________ Position: ___________________ Signature: _________________ Date: ______________
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Activity/Item: Y/N
1 All materials are complying with the project specifications ___________________
2 All materials and method statements are approved by Consultant ___________________
3 Layout of tiling prepared and approved ___________________
4. MEP works completed and clearance obtained ___________________
Floor
5 Water proofing checked and approved ___________________
6 Surface is free of oil ___________________
7 Datum points are established under the supervision of site engineer ___________________
8 All anchors, inserts are installed prior to tiling ___________________
9 Tiles are immersed in water prior to placing ___________________
10 Spacers are used to assure uniform spacing between tiles ___________________
11 Temperature for installations is as specified ___________________
Wall
12 Mortar consumed before initial set ___________________
13 Mortar is applied properly to avoid any hollowness beneath ___________________
14 Grout lines of wall tile match with that of floor tiles ___________________
Remarks:
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Checked by:
Civil Works
Name: _____________________ Position: ___________________ Signature: _________________ Date: ______________
MEP Works
Name: _____________________ Position: ___________________ Signature: _________________ Date: ______________
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4 CLADDING
a. Line level and verticality checked and established ___________________
b. Approved metal clamps are securely fixed in position ___________________
c. Work face and patterns as specified ___________________
d. Protective coat (if any) applied ___________________
Remarks:
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Checked by:
Civil Works
Name: _____________________ Position: ___________________ Signature: _________________ Date: ______________
MEP Works
Name: _____________________ Position: ___________________ Signature: _________________ Date: ______________
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ALUMINIUM CHECKLIST
Project : _ __________________________________________________________________________________________
Client : _ ____________________________________________ Insp. No. : _ ____________________________
Project Manager : _ ____________________________________________ Date : _ ____________________________
Consultant : _ ____________________________________________
Contractor : _ ____________________________________________ Location : _ ____________________________
Sub-Contractor : _ ____________________________________________
Activity/Item: Y/N
1 All materials comply with project specifications ___________________
2 All materials and samples are approved by the Consultant ___________________
3 All the openings for doors & windows are as per the measurement forwarded for fabrication ___________________
4 All units received from the workshop have “QC passed” tag ___________________
5 Plaster works completed and approved ___________________
6 All gaps are properly sealed ___________________
7 Drainage (if applicable) is provided for bottom members ___________________
8 All the fittings are in good conditions ___________________
9. MEP works completed and clearance obtained ___________________
10. Testing is complete and approved. ___________________
11. Necessary approval taken from consultant. ___________________
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B) MEP
1 MEP services above false ceiling have been completed in all respects ___________________
2 Pressure tests for all piping services completed. ___________________
3 Final adjustments of heights for services completed. ___________________
4 All the nuts of thread rods have been tightened ___________________
5 Cut edges of thread rods have been painted with galvanization paint. ___________________
6 All services have been cleaned and painted ___________________
7 Drawings are updated to AS Built Status ___________________
8 Identification of Services completed ( i.e. direction arrows etc.) ___________________
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* The two digits after the dash denote the year of publication; ‘a’ denotes a
revision in the year of publication; a date in brackets indicates the year in which
the standards was last reapproved without change.
A. Cement
C91-01 Spec. for Masonry Cement
C109-01 Test for compressive Strength of Hydraulic Cement Mortars
(Using 2-in. or 50-mm Cube Specimens).
C115-96a Test for Fineness of Portland Cement by the turbid meter
C150-0 Spec. for Portland cement
C151-00 Test for Autoclave Expansion of Portland cement
C186-98 Test for Heat of Hydration of Hydraulic Cement
C191-01a Test for Time of Setting of Hydraulic Cement by Vicat Needle
C204-00 Test for Fineness of Hydraulic Cement by Air Permeability
Apparatus
C230-98 Spec. for Flow Table for Use in Tests of Hydraulic Cement
C243-85 (1989) Test for Building of Cement Pastes and Mortars (discontinued)
C266-99 Test for Time of Setting of Hydraulic Cement Paste by Gillmore
Needles
C430-96 Test for Fineness of Hydraulic Cement by the 45µ (No. 325)
Sieve
C452-95 Test for Potential Expansion of Portland Cement Mortars
Exposed to Sulfate
C595-02 Spec. for Blended Hydraulic Cements
C845-96 Spec. for Expansive Hydraulic Cement
C917-98 Test for Evaluation of Cement Strength Uniformity from a
Single Source
C989-99 Spec. for Ground Granulated Blast-Furnace Slag for Use in
Concrete and Mortars
C1012-95a Test for Length Change of Hydraulic Cement Mortars Exposed
to a Sulfate Solution
C1157-00a Performance Specification for Hydraulic Cement
C1240-01 Spec. for Silica Fume for Use as a Mineral Admixture in
Hydraulic- Cement Concrete, Mortar, and Grout
C 979-99 Spec. for Pigments for Integrally Colored Concrete
C 1017-98 Spec. for Chemical Admixtures for Use in Producing Flowing
Concrete
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B. Admixtures
C 260-01 Spec. for Air-Entraining Admixtures for Concrete
C 311-00 Tests for Sampling and Testing Fly Ash or Natural Pozzolans
for Use as a Mineral Admixture in Portland-Cement Concrete
C 494-99a Spec. for Chemical Admixtures for Concrete
C 618-01 Spec. for Coal Fly Ash and Raw or Calcined Natural Pozzolan
for Use as a Mineral Admixture in Portland Cement Concrete
C. Aggregate
C 29-97 Test for Bulk Density (Unit Weight) and Voids in Aggregate
C 33-01a Spec. for Concrete Aggregate
C 40-99 Test for Organic Impurities in Fine Aggregate for Concrete
C 70-94 (2001) Test for Surface Moisture in Fine Aggregate
C 87-83 (1995) Test for Effect of Organic Impurities in Fine Aggregate on
Strength of Mortar
C 88-99a Test for Soundness of Aggregate by Use of Sodium Sulfate or
Magnesium Sulfate
C 117-95 Test for Materials Finer than 75 µ (No.200) Sieve in Mineral
Aggregate by Washing
C123-98 Test for Lightweight Particles in Aggregate
C 131-01 Test for Resistance to Degradation of Small- Size Coarse
Aggregate by Abrasion and Impact in the Los Angeles
Machine
C 227-97a Test for Potential Alkali Reactivity of Cement – Aggregate
Combinations (Mortar-Bar Method)
C289-01 Test for Potential Alkali- Silica Reactivity of Aggregate
(Chemical Method)
C 294-98 Descriptive Nomenclature for Constituents of Natural Mineral
Aggregate
C 295-98 Guide for Petrographic Examination of Aggregate for Concrete
C 330-00 Spec. for Lightweight Aggregate for Structural Concrete
C 331-01 Spec. for Lightweight Aggregate for Concrete Masonry Units
C 332-99 Spec. for Lightweight Aggregate for Insulating Concrete
C 441-97 Test for Effectiveness of Mineral Admixtures of Grounds Blast-
Furnace Slag in Preventing Excessive Expansion of Concrete
Due to the Alkali –Silica Reaction
C 566-97 Test for Total Evaporable Moisture Content of Aggregate by
Drying
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D. Concrete
C 31-00 Marking and Curing Concrete Test Specimens in the Filed
C 39-01 Test for Compressive Strength of Cylindrical Concrete
Specimens
C 42-99 Test for Obtaining and Testing Drilled Cores and Sawed
Beams of Concrete
C 78-00 Test for Flexural Strength of Concrete (Using Simple Beam
with third-Point Loading)
C 94-00 Spec. for Ready-Mixed Concrete
C 116-90 Test for Compressive Strength of Concrete Using Portions of
Beams Broken in flexure (discontinued)
C125-00a Terminology Relating to Concrete and Concrete Aggregates
C 138-01a Test for Density (Unit Weight), Yield, and Air Content
(Gravimetric) of Concrete
C 143-00 Test for Slump of Hydraulic Cement Concrete
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A. Cement
BS EN 196-1:1995 Methods of testing cement: Determination of
strength
BS EN 196-2:1995 Methods of testing cement: Chemical analysis of
cement
BS EN 196-3:1995 Methods of testing cement: Determination of setting
time and soundness
BS EN 196-5:1995 Methods of testing cement: Pozzolanicity test for
Pozzolanic cement
BS EN 196-6:1992 Methods of testing cement: Determination of
fineness
BS EN 196-7:1992 Methods of testing cement: Taking and preparing
sample
BS EN 196-21:1992 Determination of the chloride, carbon dioxide and
alkali content of cement
BS EN 197-1 2000 Cement-composition, specifications and conformity
criteria: Common cements
BS EN 197-2 2000 Cement - conformity evaluation
BS EN 450:1995 Fly ash for concrete - Definitions, requirements and
quality control
BS EN 12878:1999 Pigments for the colouring of building materials based
on cement and/or lime. Specifications and methods
of test
BS 12:1996 Spec. for Portland cement
BS 146:1996 Spec. for Portland-blast furnace cement
BS 915-2:1972(1983) Spec. for high alumina cement
BS 1370:1979 Spec. for low heat Portland cement
BS 3892:1:1997 Spec. for pulverized-fuel ash for use with Portland
cement
BS 4027:1996 Spec. for sulphate-resisting Portland cement
BS 4246:1996 Spec. for high slag blast furnace cement
BS 4248:1974 Spec. for super sulphated cement
BS 4550:3:1978 Methods of testing cement: physical tests
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B. Admixtures
BS EN 480:1997 Admixtures for concrete, mortar and grout. Test
methods
BS EN 4934-2:2001 Admixtures for concrete, mortar and grout. Concrete
admixtures
Definitions, requirements, conformity, marking and
labelling
BS EN 934-4:2001 Admixtures for concrete, mortar and grout. Admixtures
for prestressing tendons. Definitions, requirements,
conformity, marking and labelling
BS EN 934-6:2001 Admixtures for concrete, mortar and grout. Sampling,
conformity control and accelerating admixtures
BS 5075:1: 1982 Spec. for accelerating admixtures, retarding
admixtures and water reducing admixtures
BS 5075:2: 1982 Spec. for air-entraining admixtures
BS 5075:3: 1982 Spec. for super plasticizing admixtures
C. Aggregate
BS EN 932-1:1997 Tests for general properties of aggregates. Methods
for sampling
BS EN 932-2:1999 Tests for general properties of aggregates. Methods
for reducing laboratory samples
BS EN 932-3:1997 Tests for general properties of aggregates. Procedure
and terminology for simplified petrographic description
BS EN 932-5:2000 Tests for general properties of aggregates. Common
equipment and calibration
BS EN 932-6: 1999 Tests for general properties of aggregates. Definitions
of repeatability and reproducibility
BS EN 933-1: 1997 Tests for geometrical properties of aggregates.
Determination of particle size distribution. Sieving
method
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D. Concrete
BS EN 206-1:2000 Concrete. Specification, performance, production
and Conformity
BS EN 678:1994 Determination of the dry density of autoclaved
aerated Concrete
BS EN 679:1994 Determination of the compressive strength of
autoclaved aerated concrete
BS EN 680:1994 Determination of the drying shrinkage of autoclaved
aerated concrete
BS EN 12350-1:2000 Testing fresh concrete. Sampling
BS EN 12350-2:2000 Testing fresh concrete. Slump test
BS EN 12350-3:2000 Testing fresh concrete. Vebe test
BS EN 12350-4:2000 Testing fresh concrete. Degree of compactability
BS EN 12350-5:2000 Testing fresh concrete. Flow table test
BS EN 12350-6:2000 Testing fresh concrete. Density
BS EN 12350-7:2000 Testing fresh concrete. Air contents. Pressure
Methods
BS EN 12504-1:2000 Testing concrete in structures. Cored specimens.
Taking, examining and testing in compression
BS EN 12504-2:2001 Testing concrete in structures. Non-destructive testing.
Determination of rebound number
BS 1305: 1974 Spec. for batch type concrete mixers (obsolescent)
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