GENERAL

SPECIFICATION

CONCRETE
a. Portland cement shall conform to the requirements of ASTM C-50.
b. Cement shall be any standard commercial brand in 40 k per bag such as:
Lafarge, Advance or other locally available equivalent
STEEL
a. All structural steel shapes and plates shall conform to ASTM A-36.
b. Reinforcing bars shall conform to ASTM Specifications A-615. All mild steel for
columns, shear wall, footings and footing beams shall be high grade
deformed bars. Fy = 413.7 Mpa.
c. For 10 mm and smaller bars use intermediate grade deformed bars. Fy=275.8
Mpa.
d. If reinforcing bars are to be welded these specifications shall be
supplemented by requirements assuring satisfactory weld ability.
WELDING
a. The technique, appearance and quality of welds and the method of
correcting defective work shall conform to the applicable provisions of
Workmanship of the Standard Code for Welding in Building Construction
of the American Welding Society.
b. Welding of structural members in shop and on field shall be done only by
certified and experienced welder.
c. Surfaces to be welded shall be free from loose side, rust, grease, paint and
other foreign materials that will impair the soundness of the weld.
AGGREGATES
a. Sand shall be clean, hard, course rive sand or crushed sand free from
injurious amount of clay loam and vegetable matter and shall conform to
ASTM C-33 or C-330.
b. Gravel shall be river run gravel or broken stones. The maximum size shall
be 1/5 of the nearest dimension between sided of forms of the concrete,
or of the minimum clear spacing reinforcing bars or between re-bars
and forms which-ever is smaller.
MIXING WATER
c. Water used in mixing concrete shall be clean and free from injurious
amount of oils, acids, alkali, organic materials or other deleterious
substance.
REX MELCHOR T. IMPERIAL
PRC NO.
00052588
ISSUED ON
07/04/1988

CIVIL ENGINEER
PTR NO.
ISSUED ON

4051233
01/08/2014

ISSUED AT
VALID UNTIL

MANILA
01/06/2015

ISSUED AT
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