MASTER REVIEWER OF ABBREVIATIONS – CONSTRUCTION

MATERIALS
ACI – AMERICAN CONCRETE INSTITUTE
ASTM – AMERICAN SOCIETY OF THE INTERNATIONAL
ASSOCIATION FOR TESTING MATERIALS
AASHTO – AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE HIGHWAY AND
TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS
CHB – CONCRETE HOLLOW BLOCK
ACI 318 BUILDING CODE REQUIREMENTS FOR STRUCTURAL
CONCRETE (LATEST VERSION/EDITION: ACI 318-19
ASTM:
1. ASTM C150
a. Standard specification for Portland Cement.
2. ASTM C136 (lab 1)
a. Determination of Particle Size Distribution of Fine and
Coarse Aggregates by sieving.
3. ASTM C117
a. Standard Test Method for Materials Finer than 75µm
sieve in mineral aggregates by washing (No. 200 –
Fineness Modulus)
4. ASTM C566 (lab 2)
a. Standard Test Method for total evaporable moisture
content of aggregates by drying
5. ASTM C29 (lab 3)
a. Determination of Bulk Density (“Unit Weight”) of
aggregate
6. ASTM C127
a. Standard test method for relative density (specific
gravity) and absorption of coarse aggregate
7. ASTM C128
a. Standard test method for relative density (specific
gravity) and absorption of fine aggregate
8. ASTM C702
a. Standard practice for reducing samples of aggregate to
testing size
9. ASTM C109
a. This test method covers determination of the
compressive strength of hydraulic cement mortars,
using 2-in. or [50-mm] cube specimens.
10. ASTM C131 (lab 4)
a. This test method covers a procedure for testing of
coarse aggregates with a maximum size smaller than
37.5 mm ([1 ½ in.] for resistance to degradation using
the Los Angeles testing machine