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General Notes For Post-Installed Reinforcing Bars Specification

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General Notes for Post-Installed Rebar

POST-INSTALLED REINFORCING BAR CONNECTIONS SHALL BE DESIGNED PER THE CSA A23.3-14
CODE REQUIREMENTS FOR STRUCTURAL CONCRETE. POST-INSTALLED REINFORCING BAR
CONNECTIONS SHALL CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING ADHESIVE SYSTEMS AS PROVIDED BY HILTI
(CANADA) CORPORATION.
CONTACT HILTI AT (800) 363-4458 FOR PRODUCT RELATED QUESTIONS.
1. POST-INSTALLED REINFORCING BAR CONNECTIONS IN CONCRETE
a. ADHESIVE SYSTEMS WITH SafeSet TECHNOLOGY:
i.
HILTI HIT-RE 500 V3 SAFESET SYSTEM WITH HILTI HOLLOW DRILL BIT (TE-CD
OR TE-YD), AND HILTI VC 20/40 VACUUM (VC 20-U OR VC 40-U) OR OTHER
APPROVED DRILLING METHOD WITH POST-INSTALLED STEEL REINFORCING
BARS
ii.
HILTI HIT-HY 200 SAFESET SYSTEM WITH HILTI HOLLOW DRILL BIT (TE-CD OR
TE-YD), AND HILTI VC 20/40 VACUUM (VC 20-U OR VC 40-U) OR OTHER
APPROVED DRILLING METHOD WITH POST-INSTALLED STEEL REINFORCING
BARS

2. THE DESIGN OF STRAIGHT POST-INSTALLED REINFORCING BARS SHALL BE PERFORMED PER


THE DEVELOPMENT AND SPLICE REQUIREMENTS OF CSA A23.3-14 CODE REQUIREMENTS
FOR STRUCTURAL CONCRETE. THE POST-INSTALLED REINFORCING BAR SYSTEM IS AN
ALTERNATIVE TO CAST-IN-PLACE REINFORCING BARS GOVERNED BY CSA A23.3-14.

3. THE ADHESIVE SYSTEM SHALL BE TESTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ICC-ES ACCEPTANCE
CRITERIA FOR POST-INSTALLED ADHESIVE ANCHORS IN CONCRETE ELEMENTS (AC308),
TABLE 3.8. TECHNICAL DATA SHALL BE PUBLISHED IN AN ICC-ES EVALUATION SERVICE
REPORT SHOWING COMPLIANCE WITH ACI 318-11 WHICH IS FUNCTIONALLY EQUIVALENT TO
CSA A23.3-14
.
a. ICC-ES ESR-3814 FOR HILTI HIT-RE 500 V3 EPOXY ANCHORS AND POST-INSTALLED
REINFORCING BAR CONNECTIONS IN CRACKED AND UNCRACKED CONCRETE
b. ICC-ES ESR-3187 FOR HILTI HIT HY-200 ADHESIVE ANCHORS AND POST-INSTALLED
REINFORCING BAR CONNECTIONS IN CRACKED AND UNCRACKED CONCRETE.
4. POST-INSTALLED REINFORCING BAR INSTALLATION SHALL BE PERFORMED BY PERSONNEL
TRAINED TO INSTALL THE SYSTEM PER THE MANUFACTURER'S PRINTED INSTALLATION
INSTRUCTIONS (MPII), AS INCLUDED IN THE ANCHOR PACKAGING. THE CONCTRACTOR SHALL
ARRANGE FOR A MANUFACTURERS REPRESENTATIVE TO PROVIDE ONSITE INSTALLATION
TRAINING FOR POST-INSTALLED REINFORCING BARS. THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER OF
RECORD MUST RECEIVE DOCUMENTED CONFIRMATION PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF
INSTALLING THE BARS THAT ALL OF THE CONTRACTOR'S PERSONNEL WHO WILL INSTALL
POST-INSTALLED REINFORCING BARS HAVE BEEN TRAINED TO INSTALL THE SYSTEM PER
THE MANUFACTURER'S PRINTED INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS (MPII).

5. THE POSITION OF EXISTING REINFORCING BARS IN THE CONCRETE STRUCTURE SHALL BE


LOCATED PRIOR TO POST-INSTALLING BARS. EXISTING BARS SHALL BE LOCATED USING HILTI
FERROSCAN, GPR, X-RAY, CHIPPING OR OTHER MEANS.

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