TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:

CONSTRUCTION OF CONCRETE PAVEMENT FOR PARKING AREA

I – SITE WORKS

1.1 General
a. This includes site clearing, earthwork and site drainage, in accordance with the drawing
and specifications.

1.2 Construction Requirements

a. Clearing. All areas within which the construction has to be accomplished shall be
completely cleared from objectionable matters.

b. All excavation shall be performed to the excavation lines, grades, and slopes and profiles
shown in the drawing.

c. Fill and backfill material shall consist of suitable materials from excavation.

d. The fill shall be compacted with mechanical hand tamper.

II - REINFORCEDCONCRETEWORKS

2.1 General
a. All concrete works shall be done in accordance with the Standard Specifications
for Concrete and Reinforced Concrete as adopted by the Philippine Government.

2.2 Concrete Materials

a. PORTLAND CEMENT: Cement shall meet the requirements for the Standard
Specifications for Portland cement.
b. FINE AGGREGATES: Fine Aggregates for Concrete Mortar and Binder
shall consists clean river sand, durable and free from injurious amount of clay and
other organic matters.
c. COARSE AGGREGATES: Shall consist of river gravel, grade “G-3/4” of clean,
hard and free from Alkali, organic and other deleterious matter.
d. METAL REINFORCEMENT: Shall consist of new Billet Steel (Structural
Grade) of good quality meeting the requirements of the Standard Specifications
for Concrete Reinforcing Bars.

2.3 Proportioning of Concrete

a. CLASS “A” CONCRETE (1:2:4) shall have a minimum ultimate strength of 3,000
lbs. per square inch shall be used.

2.4 Mixing Concrete

a. Concrete shall be machined - mixed to insure uniform distribution of materials
throughout the mass.
b. Concrete that has developed initial set shall not be used. Concrete that has
practically hardened shall not be re-tempered or remixed.

2.5 Depositing Concrete

a. After concrete is mixed, it shall be immediately conveyed to the desired location
and carefully deposited in a manner as to prevent separations of ingredients or
displacement of reinforcements.
b. Concrete shall not be dropped more than 1-1/2 meters in height.
 c. Concrete during pouring and immediately after, shall be thoroughly compacted. The
mixture shall be worked around the bars and into the corners of forms.

2.6 Reinforcement Bar

a. > 12 mmФ
ASTM 615 Grade 40
Deformed Bars
(fy = 275 MPa)

ASTM 615 Grade 33 ≤

12 mmФ
Deformed Bars
(fy = 230 MPa)

b. Placing of Reinforcement, Splices and Anchorages

1. Reinforcement shall be accurately placed and adequate supported by spacers or ties
and properly secured against displacement.
2. Deformed Bars, the minimum length of splices shall be 300 mm.
3. Reinforcement bars shall be adequately anchored at every joints to its
members.

2.7 Curing of Concrete:

a. Concrete should be so protected that there is no loss of moisture from a surface to a
period of seven (7) days.
b. Curing shall begin as soon as concrete has attained initial set.

2.8 Minimum Period of time in Removal of Forms:

a. Forms shall be checked for plumbness and correct alignment.
b. Forms and shoring shall be removed until the concrete is adequately set and
sufficiently strong to carry safely dead and construction live loads.
c. For Pavement/Slab On Grade (perimeter side)- - - - - One (1) day

III – MASONRY WORKS

3.1. 4” (100 mm) Concrete Hollow Block shall be used for trench side wall.
3.2 3/4” (20 mm) Thick Plastering on interior face of side wall and rough finish.

IV - MISCELLANEOUS METAL

4.1 Welding

Welding shall be in accordance with standard code of arc and gas welding of the American
Welding Society.

4.2 Angle and Round Bars

Angle and Round Bars for Steel Grating shall be assembled by welding and installed as indicated
or specified in the construction drawings.