This article defines the minimum requirements of International standards and codes of concrete work.
International Standards and Codes for Concrete Work
American Concrete Institute (ACI)
ACI 117 – Standard Specifications for Tolerances for Concrete Construction and Materials.
ACI 211.1 – Standard Practice for Selecting Proportions for Normal, Heavyweight, and Mass Concrete.
ACI 301 – Specifications for Structural Concrete.
ACI 304R – Guide for Measuring, Mixing, Transporting, and Placing Concrete.
ACI 305R – Guide to Hot Weather Concreting.
ACI 306R – Guide to Cold Weather Concreting.
ACI 308.1 – Specification for Curing Concrete.
ACI 309R – Guide for Consolidation of Concrete.
ACI 318 – Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete and Commentary.
ACI 347 – Guide to Formwork for Concrete.
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
ANSI A10.9 – Concrete and Masonry Work Safety Requirements
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
ASCE 37-02 – Design Loads on Structures During Construction
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
ASTM C 31 – Practice for Making and Curing Concrete Test Specimens in the Field
ASTM C 33 – Specification for Concrete Aggregates
ASTM C 39 – Test Method for Compressive Strength of Cylindrical Concrete Specimens
ASTM C 94 – Specification for Ready-Mixed Concrete
ASTM C 143 – Test Method for Slump of Hydraulic Cement Concrete
ASTM C 150 – Specification for Portland Cement
ASTM C 172 – Practice for Sampling Freshly Mixed Concrete
ASTM C 173 – Test Method for Air Content of Freshly Mixed Concrete by the Volumetric Method
ASTM C 231 – Test Method for Air Content of Freshly Mixed Concrete by the Pressure Method
ASTM C 260 – Specification for Air-Entrainment Admixtures for Concrete
ASTM C 309 – Specification for Liquid Membrane-Forming Compounds for Curing Concrete
ASTM C 311 – Test Methods for Sampling and Testing Fly Ash or Natural Pozzolans for Use as a Mineral Admixture in Portland Cement Concrete.
ASTM ACI C 494 – Specification for Chemical Admixtures for Concrete.
ASTM ACI C 618 – Specification for Coal Fly Ash and Raw or Calcined Natural Pozzolan for Use as a Mineral Admixture in Concrete.
ASTM ACI D1667 – Standard Specification for Flexible Cellular Materials—Poly (Vinyl Chloride) Foam (Closed-Cell)
National Ready-Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA)
Plant Certification Checklist – Section 3 Certification of Ready-Mixed Concrete Production Facilities
All specifications or codes referenced shall be the latest editions.