Reinforcing Steel
Reinforcing Steel
Reinforcing Steel
SECTION 03200
PART 1 - GENERAL
A. Codes and Standards: Comply with the following codes and standards unless
otherwise specified:
2. BS British Standards.
1.03 SUBMITTALS
B. Store concrete reinforcement materials at the site off the ground and in
covered storage sheds to prevent damage, rust and accumulation of dirt or
deleterious material and take extra precautions to prevent contamination of
reinforcement by chlorides in the atmosphere, by condensation and humidity.
PART 2 - PRODUCTS
2.01 MATERIALS
B. Steel Wire: Hard drawn steel wire shall comply with the requirements of BS
4482.
D. Supports for Reinforcement: Bolsters, chairs, spacers and other devices for
spacing, supporting and fastening reinforcement in place:
1. Use wire bar type or precast concrete type supports, unless otherwise
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2.02 FABRICATION
4. Bars with surfaces having rust, rust scale or loose mill scale or
contaminated with dirt, earth, paints, oils or other deleterious cause.
C. The Contractor shall prepare and submit in duplicate to the Engineer at least
two weeks in advance of placement bar schedules showing cutting and
bending details of the reinforcement shown on the drawings. Submission to
and approval of the bending schedule by the Engineer shall not relieve the
Contractor of his responsibility for dimensional accuracy.
PART 3 - EXECUTION
3.01 INSPECTION
The Contractor shall examine the substrate and the conditions under which
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3.02 INSTALLATION
B. Clean reinforcement to remove rust, rust scale and loose mill scale, dirt, earth,
paints, oils or other deleterious material.
C. Reinforcing bars in storage and at all times and prior to concreting shall be
protected by polyethylene sheets or other satisfactory protection methods.
I. Protect reinforcement when not being worked and until placement of concrete
by covering with polythene or similar impermeable sheeting.
J. Do not bend reinforcing bars and fabric which are embedded into hardened
concrete at construction joints, without the approval of the Engineer.
For computing the weight of reinforcing steel bars for payment, the theoretical
weights shall be used.
No allowance will be made for clips, wire, separators, wire-chairs and other
material used in fastening the reinforcing steel in place. If bars are substituted
upon the Contractor's request and as a result more steel is used than specified,
only the amount specified shall be included.
For long bars the measurement will allow one lap at 10 metre centres unless the
position of the lap is shown differently on the Drawings. When laps are made for
splices, other than those shown on the Drawings the extra steel shall not be
included.
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