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All the prepared bars, stirrups and rings are stitched to form a single
reinforcement cage and cover blocks are tied to it.
Once the cage is prepared, it is tagged and detached from the jig after approval
of DMRC Engineer and then lifted by a crane stacked for use at time of casting of
segment.
Figure 6.3 shows prepared reinforcement cage for pier segment.
6.1.3 Formwork
The formwork for the casting of segments includes:
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The side shutters (2 in nos.) act as the outer shutters and are fixed along the
sides of the bottom shutter by moving with the help of roller legs arrangement as
shown in Figure 6.4 (b).
The outer shutters are placed before the placement of reinforcement cage.
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(a) (b)
(c) (d)
For the casting of end segments/ pier segments two bulk heads are required
while for other segments one bulk head is required as the side of casted segment
acts as the shutter to the segment to be casted.
For match-cast segment i.e. the segment casted in between two casted segment,
no bulk head is required.
For using sides of casted segments as shutter to the sides of segments to be
casted, a de-bonding agent is applied on the side surface of casted segments.
Bulk head is installed after the placement of reinforcement cage over the bed.
After installation of all the shutters, shutter release oil is applied to all form
surfaces and the formwork is ready for concreting.
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6.1.5 Concreting
The method of placing concrete is either through boom placer or by using
concrete bucket and gantry arrangement.
Concrete conforming to the following specifications is used for the construction of
pile:
Grade of Concrete : M45 (Normal Segments)
: M50 (Pier Segment)
Slump of concrete : 120 to 150 mm
6.1.6 De-shuttering
The outer shutters and bulk head are removed after 24 hours of casting and the
segment can be lifted from the bed after 21 days of casting.
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