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Dhirubhai Ambani International Convention and Exhibition Centre

DHIRUBHAI AMBANI INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION

AND EXHIBITION CENTRE
AT BANDRA KURLA COMPLEX- MUMBAI, INDIA.

10107-D008-STR-CO000-0003_01

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
FOR
REINFORCEMENT

PREPARED BY
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS

STERLING ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY SERVICES PVT.LTD.

Queens Mansion, Prescot Road, Fort, Mumbai - 400 001
Phones : 2073578, 2070582 Fax : 2073584

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1. Standards

2.0 Applicable Codes :

The provisions of the latest Indian Standards listed below, but not restricted to, form part of these
specifications:

IS-1785 Cold Drawn Stress relieved wire (Part I).

IS-1786 Specification for Cold Twisted Steel Bars for Concrete Reinforcement.
IS-2751 Code of Practice for Welding of M.S.Bars.
IS-5525 Recommendation for detailing of Reinforcement in Reinforced Concrete Works.
IS-13920 Ductile detailing of reinforced concrete structure subjected to seismic force

3.0 STEEL REINFORCEMENT :

All reinforcement used in this work shall be preferred primary steel and confirm to I.S.1786 with
Fe 500 provided % elongation should be more than 14.5% and will be in the form of deformed
bars. Incase if any other option of recycled steel, it shall be comply with IS 1786. Use of Fe415
grade may be specified wherever applicable.

3.1 Bending of Reinforcement:

Reinforcing steel shall conform accurately to the dimensions shown on relevant drawings and
conforming to IS:2502.

Bars shall not be bent or straightened in a manner that will injure the material.

Bars bent during transport or handling shall be straightened before being used on work, they shall
not be heated to facilitate bending.

3.2 Placing of reinforcement.

All reinforcing bars shall be accurately placed in exact position shown on the drawings, and shall
be securely held in position during placing of concrete by annealed binding wire not less than 1
mm in size and conforming to IS:280, and by using stay blocks or metal chairs, spacers, metal
hangers, supporting wires or other approved devices at sufficiently close intervals. Bars will not be
allowed to sag between supports nor displaced during concreting or any other operation over the
work. All devices used for positioning shall be of non-corrodable material. Wooden and metal
supports will not extend to the surface of concrete, except where shown on the drawings. Placing
bars on layers of freshly laid concrete as the work progresses for adjusting bar spacing will not be
allowed. Pieces of broken stone or brick and wooden blocks shall not be used. Layers of bars
shall be separated by spacer bars, precast mortar blocks or other approved devices.

Spacer bars between two closely positioned layers of bars shall be placed not more than 1 m
apart. The diameter of the spaces shall be minimum 25 mm.

Chairs used to separate the two layers of slabs, walls etc. shall be spaced not more than 2 m
clear in all four directions. The ratio of the maximum horizontal length between the legs of the
chair to the diameter of the bars used in preparing chairs shall not be more than 100.

Spacing of cover blocks shall not exceed 1 m in any direction. The concrete grade of cover blocks
shall be same as that of concrete member.

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Reinforcement after being placed in position shall be maintained in a clean condition until
completely embedded in concrete. Special care shall be exercised to prevent any displacement
of reinforcement in concrete already placed.

To protect reinforcement from corrosion, concrete cover shall be provided as indicated on the
drawings. All bars protruding from concrete and to which other bars are to be spliced and which
are likely to be exposed for an indefinite period (More than 2 months) shall be coated with
approved quality bitumen paint over and above the anti-corrosive treatment.

In the case of columns and walls, vertical bars shall be kept in normal position with timber
templates having slots accurately cut in for bar position. Such templates shall be removed after
the concreting has progressed upto a level. Bars crossing each other, where required, shall be
secured by binding wire(annealed) of size not less than 1 mm and conforming to IS:280 in such a
manner that they do not slip over each other at the time of fixing and concreting.

As far as possible, bars of full length shall be used. In case this is not possible, over lapping of
bars shall be done as directed by the Engineer. When practicable, overlapping bars shall not
touch each other, but be kept apart by 25 mm or 1.25 times the maximum size of the coarse
aggregate whichever is greater, by concrete between them, where this is not feasible, overlapping
bars shall be bound with annealed steel wire, not less than 1 mm thickness twisted tight. The
overlaps shall be staggered for different bars and located at points, along the span where neither
shear nor bending moment is maximum.

Dowels if provided for future lapping (up to 2 months ), shall be protected by a thick coat of neat
cement grout.

3.3 Welding of Bars.

Welding of HYSD reinforcement shall be carried out in accordance with IS:2571. When permitted
or specified on the drawing joints of reinforcement bars shall be butt-welded so as to transmit their
full strength. Welded joints shall preferably be located at points where steel will not be subject to
more than 75 percent of the maximum permissible stresses and welds so staggered that , at any
one section, not more than 33 percent of the rods are welded. Only electric are welding using a
process which excludes air from the molten metal and nonconforming to any or all other special
provisions for the work will be accepted. Suitable means shall be provided for holding the bars
securely in position during welding. It must be ensured that no voids are left in welding when
welding is done in 2 or 3 stages, previous surface shall be cleaned properly. Ends of the bars
shall be cleaned of all loose scale, rust, grease, paint and other foreign matter before welding.
Only competent welders shall be employed on the work. The M.S. electrodes used for welding
shall conform to IS:814. Welded pieces of reinforcement shall be treated. Specimens shall be
taken from the actual site and their number and frequency of tests shall be as directed by the
Engineer.

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3.4 MECHANICAL COUPLERS

3.4.1 Reference Standards :

IS 456, 2000, Clause 12.4

BS 8110, Part 1, 1989, Clause 3.128.16.2
BS 5400, Part 4, 1990, Clause 5.8.6.6
BS 5400, Part 4, 1990, Clause 7.3.2.3

3.4.1.1 Mechanical couplers may be used for achieving continuity of reinforcing bars in reinforced
cement concrete construction. Mechanical couplers involve threading of bars, either
parallel threads or tapered threads.

3.4.1.2 Out of these, tapered threads are preferred in the compression members such as
individual bars of columns, as they can be easily aligned and possibility of loose screwing
is less. The threaded ends of bars may be joined by a coupler having left and right hand
threads.

3.4.1.3 Parallel threaded couplers are preferred in tension members and where splicing of the
bars is required to be done in-situ such as raft, column cages, beam cages etc.

3.4.1.4 Mechanical couplers with an anchor rod embedded in the concrete mass may be used to
facilitate doweling in case columns or shear walls are climbed in advance to the floors.

3.4.2 Mechanical couplers may replace the conventional laps and joints such as lapping of
bars, butt welding and sleeving.

Locations of mechanical couplers should be identical to the conventional splice locations

if they were used, i.e. such connections should occur away from points of high stress and
should be staggered appropriately. Standard structural drawings shall be followed for the
locations of the reinforcement joints.

3.4.2.1 Beams : In beams, the couplers may be used for the bottom bars within one fourth length
of the beam from the column supports. For the top reinforcing bars, the couplers shall be
used only in the middle third of the span of the beam.

3.4.2.2 Columns : In the columns, the couplers shall not be used in the end zone. In the middle
zone, at any level, only 50% of the bars shall be joined by couplers. Remaining 50% shall
be joined at a distance of least 40 times the diameter of the bar.

3.4.2.3 Dowels : Threaded coupler may be anchored into previously cast concrete unit to receive
the threaded end of reinforcement to be continued at a later date. Such couplers are
known as position couplers. In such cases, use of templates is mandatory in order to
maintain the relative position of the couplers with respect to the top, bottom and sides of
the structural members and with respect to other couplers in the group.

3.4.3 Purpose of using Couplers

3.4.3.1 They may be used in compression as well as tension. Although butt welding is possible in
case of compression jointing of bars, the only acceptable form of full strength butt joint for
a bar in tension comprises of mechanical coupler.

3.4.3.2 Couplers should not be used to join bars less than 2 m in length to make longer usable
bars, as such joints are likely to occur in high stress zones.

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3.4.3.3 Use of couplers shall be authorized only at authorized lap locations as shown in the
structural drawings or described in the general specifications.

3.4.3.4 Attention must be given to the fact that usage of couplers helps in avoiding cranking of
bars at lap locations and also help in standardizing the cutting lengths of bars. Pre-
calculating the cutting lengths will lead to maximization of the utility of the couplers.

3.4.3.5 For all bars with diameter 20mm and above, its recommended to use mechanical coupler
to splice the bar. For bars with diameter 32mm and above, use of mechanical couplers
shall be made cumpelsory.

3.4.4 Acceptance Criteria

3.4.4.1 When a test is made on a representative gauge length assembly comprising

reinforcement of the size, grade and profile to be actually used in construction, and a
coupler of precise type to be used, the permanent elongation after loading to 0.6 Fy
should not exceed 0.1 mm.

3.4.4.2 The tensile strength of the coupled bar should exceed the following stress levels.

Design yield stress of Tensile strength of the

the reinforcement coupler assembly
(N/sq.mm) (N/sq.mm)
Fy = 250 275

Fy = 415 455

Fy = 500 550

3.4.4.3 The failure of the assembly may occur in any of the following ways :

a. Slippage of the threaded bars from the coupler

b. Necking and failure of the bars
c. Necking and failure of the coupler sleeve

3.4.4.4 In any of the cases above, the failure load shall not be less than corresponding to the
tensile strength of the coupler assembly as specified in 3.2 above.

3.4.4.5 At least 0.5% of the couplers and subject to minimum 2 Nos. in a project shall be tested
for each diameter of bar.

3.4.4.6 In case of failure of a test on a coupler, two additional tests of the same diameter shall be
tested. If both the additional tests prove to be satisfactory, the lot of the couplers may be
accepted for use in the construction. If any of the two additional tests fails to comply with
the elongation or strength criteria, the lot of couplers supplied by the vendor manufactured
in the same batch shall not be used in the construction. In such a case, couplers
manufactured in independent raw material batch shall be used after proper verification of
manufacturing records, and after testing the specimens once again for the new lot.

3.5 Measurement of Payment:

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Reinforcement shall be measured in length separately for different diameters as actually used in
the work including overlaps. From the length so measured the weight of reinforcements shall be
calculated in Metric Tons on the same basis on which steel is supplied to the Contractor by the
Department or by the Employer, or from IS: 1735 if steel is arranged by the Contractor. Lengths
shall include bends at as shown in the approved reinforcement drawings. Wastage, overlaps not
shown on the drawings, cover blocks, spacers, chairs, couplings & welded joints, space bars and
annealed steel wire for binding shall not be measured and cost of these items shall be deemed to
be included in the rates for reinforcement. In case of couplers, the attention shall be specifically
given to the item description of the reinforcement item to understand whether the couplers are
part of the reinforcement item or are paid under separate item

4.0 Inspection and Test Plan:

Format
Method Quantum Reference
Nature of Check/ Test of
of Check of Check Document
Record
Ensure Steel from Approved Source
Conduct the following Tests wherever
required and ensure that the material
is as per standard
A) For Fe500 Mild Steel Bars as per IS Review of
MTC
1786 MTC Every Lot
For Every
Third lot of 100
Chemical Analysis IS 1786 TPT
Party Test M.T., for
Every dia
For Every
Sterling
Third lot of 100
Elongation Specificatio TPT
Party Test M.T., for
n
Every dia

Tensile strength, Proof Stress For Every

Third lot of 100
IS 1786 TPT
Bend Party Test M.T., for
Rebend Every dia

*NOTE: Materials will be accepted based on Manufacturer test certificate (MTC). However
Reinforcement shall be used only after conforming lab results.

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