GENERAL NOTES

3.5 c FILLING SHOULD BE DONE IN LAYERS NOT EXCEEDING 200mm EACH AND
COMPACTED UPTO 95% DRY DENSITY. THE CONTRACTOR MUST TAKE AT LEAST 2 PLATE
LOAD TESTS TO VERIFY THE SOIL BEARING CAPACITY. FULL TESTING REPORT TO BE
SUBMITED
TO STRUCTURAL ENGINEER FOR STUDY AND APPROVAL.

3.6 ALL ALLOWABLE BEARING PRESSURE OF 200i'#n 2 HAS BEEN ADOPTED FOR THE
DESIGN OF PAD OR STRIP FOOTING. FOOOTING TO BE PLACED AT 14m DEPTH
BELOW FINAL GROUND LEVEL

3.7 AS PER SOIL INVESTIGATION REPORT WATER TABLE WAS ENCOUNTERED STANDING
GROUNDWATER LEVEL OF 1.8 AND 2.0 METERS DEPTH ARE ANTICIPATED AND THEREFORE
EXCAVATIONS AS IN 3.05 a BELOW THESE DEPTHS WILL REQUIRE
DEWATERING. CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PREVENT THE REMOVAL OF FINES DURING
PUMPING SINCE THE COULD RESULT IN LARGELY UNPREDICTABLE SETILEMENT IN THE
SURROUNDING GROUND. (WELL POINT SYSTEM FOR DEWATERING TECHNIQUE)

3 08 FOOTINGS CENTRED ON COLUMNS CENTROID UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE.

3.9 ANY GROUND CONDITIONS ENCOUNTERED OR OBSERVED WHICH DIFFER FROM THOSE
EXPECTED SHALL BE REPORTED TO THE SUPERVISING OFFICER IMMEDIATELY.

3.10 ANTI TERMITE PROTECTION SHALL BE PROVIDED AS PER PARTICULAR SPECIFICATION.

4.00 CONCRETE :

4 02 ALL REINFORCED CONCRETE WORK IN SUBSTRUCTURE SHALL BE AS PER THE

STANDARD SPECIFICATION.
4.02a ALL REINFORCED CONCRETE WORK IN SUPERSTRUCTURE SHALL BE AS PER THE
STANDARD SPECIFICATION.

4.02b ALL CONCRETING WORK SHALL BE BASED ON APPROVED DESIGN MIXES

SUBSTANTIATED BY TEST RESULTS.

4.02c ONLY READYMIX CONCRETE SHALL BE USED FOR ALL CONCRETING WORK UNLESS
OTHERWISE APPROVED.

4.02d BLINDING CONCRETE SHALL BE TO STANDARD SPECIFICATION OF MINISTRY OF WORKS.

4.02e THE CONCRETE WHICH COMES INTO CONTACT WITH WATER AND CONCRETE COLUMNS
WITH PVC. PIPES ENCASED SHALL CONFORM TO STANDARD OF MINISTRY OF WORKS
SPECIFICATION AND THE FOLLOWING :
THE CONCRETE SHALL CONTAIN AN APPROVED SUPER PLASTICISER AND AN APPROVED
HYDROPHOBIC POREBLOCKING INGREDIENT AT THE RATE OF 30 LITRES PER CUBIC
METRE SUCH THAT THE CONCRETE WILL HAVE A CORRECTED 30 MINUTES WATER
ABSORPTION OF NOT GREATER THAN 1% AS MEASURED BY B.S. 1881 : PART 122 : 1983
EXCEPT THE AGE OF THE TEST SHALL BE 7 DAYS.

4.2 f JOINT GROUT AS PER THE DRAWING AND THE PARTICULAR SPECIFICATION.

4.3 TESTS AND FREQUENCY OF TESTS :

4.03a CEMENT MANUFACTURER'S TEST CERTIFICATE SHALL BE OBTAINED FOR EVERY
CONSIGNMENT OF CEMENT. IN CASE THE CUBE TESTS OF CONCRETE SHOW ERRATIC
RESULTS. CEMENT SHALL BE TESTED IN AN INDEPENDENT LABORATORY FOR TESTS
OUTLINED IN B.S. 12 AND B.S. 4027.
4.03b ALL COARSE AND FINE AGGREGATES SHALL BE TESTED AT THE BEGINING OF WORK.
AT EVERY CHANGE OF SOURCE AND AT EVERY 500 CU. M. OF CONCRETING WORK. ALL
TESTS SHALL BE AS PER B.S. 882 AND 877 IN CASE THE CUBE TESTS OF CONCRETE
SHOW ERRATIC RESULTS. THE AGGREGATES SHALL BE TESTED FOR EVERY
CONSIGNMENT OF CONCRETE. THE COLUMNS TESTS OF CONCRETE MATERIALS SHALL
BE DONE AT SMALLER INTERVALS AS AGREED WITH SUPERVISING OFFICER.
4.03c WATER USED FOR CONCRETING SHALL BE TESTED TO B.S. 3148 AT THE BEGINING OF
WORK AT EVERY CHANGE OF SOURCE AND AT EVERY 500 CU. M. OF CONCRETING
WORK.

4 04 REINFORCED CONRETE BELOW AND INCLUDING GROUND FLOOR SLAB TO BE SRC WITH
A CHARACTERISTIC STRENGTH OF 45 t-ISQ.MM. MIMIMUM CEMENT CONTENT 370 K(iCU.M
AND REINFORCED CONCRETE ABOVE GROUND FLOOR SLAB LEVEL TO HAVE A CHARAC
TERISTIC STRENGTH OF 45 f'ISQ MM AND CEMENT CONTENT 380 K(iCU.M. WITH PFA OR
EOUILVALENT TO MEET WITH ZONE 5 ENVIROMENT SERVICE ZONE MASS CONCRETE TO
HAVE A CHARACTERISTIC STRENGTH NOT LESS THAN 20 t-ISQ MM

4.5 THE CONCRETE FOR COLUMNS FROM GROUND FLOOR SLAB TO FIRST FLOOR SLAB
SHOULD HAVE A CHARACTERISTIC STRENGTH OF 45 f'ISQ.MM WITH ORDINARY PORTLAND
CEMENT. THE UPPER PARTS OF COLUMNS TO HAVE A CHARACTERISTIC STRENGTH OF
45 t-ISQ.MM.
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4.6 ALL SCREED CONCRETE GRADE TO BE MINIMUM OF 35 N-MM CHARACTERISTIC STRENGTH.
5.00 REINFORCEMENT :
5.01 ALL REINFORCEMENT SHALL BE EITHER HOT ROLLED OR COLD TWISTED DEFORMED
BARS WITH CHARACTERISTIC YIELD STRENGTH Fy = 500 f'ISQ. MM. AND CONFORM
TO B.S. 4449 OR B.S. 4461, ASTM 615