Rebar Guide

IDENTIFICATION GUIDE FOR
REINFORCEMENT STEEL & DOWEL

BAR PRODUCERS
August 22, 2014
Revision Information Log

Guide for Certified Reinforcement Rebar/Dowel Producers
August 22, 2014
The Guide for Certified Reinforcement Rebar/Dowel Producers is continually reviewed by the Testing &
Field Coordinator for adequacy and updated as necessary to reflect the current policies and technology
changes. Updates are made to the electronic file as needed and hard copies are uncontrolled. Archive
versions are available to examine in the Bureau of Materials and Physical Research.
Revision
Date
03/21/08
Authorized By
Description of Change
Date added to guide cover
Ray Rowden
Revision Information Log added
05/16/08
P/S# 1060-01 A-706 drawing correction

Rocky Mountain Steel P/S# 5652-01 new A-706 bar marking
Ray Rowden
05/23/08
02/13/09
Chaparral Steel P/S# 2338-01 bought by Gerdau AmeriSteel.

Plant now called Gerdau AmeriSteel Midlothian P/S# 6024-24
Nucor Steel Marion P/S 2394-15 new bar markings
New Instructions for Identification of Reinforcement Bars
Ray Rowden
Ray Rowden
Removed all ASTM A-615 bar markings from the guide

Alton Steel P/S# New ASTM A-706 markings
Gerdau AmeriSteel Baldwin, FL P/S# 6024-01 new ASTM A706 markings
Gerdau AmeriSteel Charlotte, NC P/S# 6024-02 new ASTM A706 markings
Gerdau AmeriSteel Jackson, TN P/S# 6024-03 new ASTM A706 markings
Gerdau AmeriSteel Knoxville, TN P/S# 6024-04 new ASTM A706 markings
Gerdau AmeriSteel Sayreville, NJ P/S# 6024-05 new ASTM A706 markings
Gerdau AmeriSteel Perth Amboy, NJ P/S# 6024-06 new
ASTM A-706 markings
Gerdau AmeriSteel St. Paul, MN P/S# 6024-13 new ASTM A706 markings
Gerdau AmeriSteel Wilton, IA P/S# 6024-14 note on ASTM A706 bar production
Gerdau AmeriSteel Vidor, TX P/S# 6024-15 new ASTM A-706
markings

August 22, 2014
02/13/09
Gerdau AmeriSteel Midlothian, TX P/S# 6024-24 new

ASTM A-706 markings
Ray Rowden
Gerdau AmeriSteel Sand Springs, OK P/S# 6024-22 new

ASTM A-706 markings
Nucor Steel Jewett, TX P/S# 2394-02 new ASTM A-706
markings
06/05/09
07/09/10
Nucor Steel Auburn, NY P/S# 2394-09 new ASTM A-706

markings
Updated manual to meet ISO 9.2
Keystone-Calumet Chicago Heights, IL P/S# 1060-02 new
Dowel Bar Producer
Gerdau AmeriSteel Perth Amboy, NJ P/S# 6024-06
Removed producer drawings
Ray Rowden
Ray Rowden
Gerdau AmeriSteel Wilton, IA P/S# 6024-14 Removed

producer drawings
Gerdau AmeriSteel Sand Springs, OK P/S# 6024-22
Removed producer drawings
Rocky Mountain Steel Mills P/S# 5652-01 Plant now called
Evraz Rocky Mountain Steel North America
Nucor Steel Bourbonnais, IL P/S# 2394-10 edited drawing
remarks
Nucor Steel Birmingham, AL P/S# 2394-12 edited drawing
remarks
01/14/11
01/13/12
Nucor Steel Flowood, MS P/S# 2394-13 edited drawing

remarks
Nucor Steel Marion, OH P/S# 2394-15 new ASTM A-706
markings
Nucor Steel Jackson, MS P/S# 2394-13 additional ASTM A706 markings were added.
Ray Rowden
Ray Rowden
Nucor Steel Seattle, WA P/S# 2394-14 new Rebar/Dowel

Bar Producer
01/27/12
07/18/12
10/25/13
Steel Dynamics Pittsboro, IN P/S# 5888-04 Removed

producer drawings (Non-Certified)
Keystone-Calumet Chicago Heights, IL P/S# 1060-02
Removed Dowel Bar drawing (Non-Certified)
Steel Dynamics Pittsboro, IN P/S# 5888-04 added producer
drawings (Certified)
ArcelorMittal USA East Chicago, IN P/S# 6351-05 added
producer drawings (Certified)
Ray Rowden
Ray Rowden
Ray Rowden

August 22, 2014
08/22/14
Mid-America Steel & Wire Madill, OK P/S# 6911-01 added

producer drawings (Certified)
Ray Rowden
INSTRUCTIONS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF REINFORCEMENT BAR MARKINGS

The specifications for billet steel, axle steel, and rail steel reinforcement bars (AASHTO M 31,
M 322 / ASTM A 615, A 996, as well as A 706) require identification marks to be rolled into the
surface of one side of the bar to denote the producers mill designation, bar size, type of steel,
and, for Grade 420 (Grade 60), a grade mark indicating yield strength, and for Grade 520
(Grade 75), a double grade mark indicating yield strength. Grade 300 (Grade 40) bars show
only three marks (no grade mark) usually in the following order:
1st Producing Mill (usually an initial)
2nd Bar Size Number (10 mm - 36 mm [#3 - #11], 43 mm [#14], and 57 mm [#18])
3rd Type Steel:
S
W
for Billet (M 31 / ASTM A-615)

for weldable steel (ASTM A-706)
Grade 420 (Grade 60) bars

must also show a minimum
yield designation grade mark
of either the number 4
(60) or one grade mark line
continued for at least five
deformation spaces.
A grade mark line is smaller
than and between the two
main ribs, which are sometimes on the opposite side of
the bar. When a numerical
grade is used, it is the 4th in
order.
A
or R
for Axle (M 322 / ASTM A-966)

for Rail (M 322 / ASTM A-966)
Line System Grade Marks

Main Ribs
Two Lines
One Line
Producing Mill
Bar Size
13mm (#4)
Type Steel
( Billet )
S
Grade Mark
Grade 300 (Grade 40)
Number System Grade Marks

Main Ribs
X
X
Producing Mill
Bar Size
29mm (#9)
Type Steel
( Billet )
75
Grade 420
Grade 75
60
Grade Mark
Grade 60
Grade Mark
Grade 520
Certified Reinforcement Bar Producers
P/S#
P/S Name
City, State
Eff Date
Status
1060-01
1060-01
Keystone Steel & Wire
Bar, Deform Billet
Peoria, IL
11/16/07
Soft Metric
13
ASTM A-706 Grade 420 (Grade 60) Coiled Steel
CERT
P/S#
P/S Name
City, State
Eff Date
Status
2394-02
2394-02
Nucor Steel
Bar, Deform Billet
Jewett, Texas
Soft Metric
25
W
N
J
ASTM A-706 Grade 420 (Grade 60).
02/13/09
CERT
P/S#
P/S Name
City, State
Eff Date
Status
2394-09
2394-09
Nucor Steel
Bar, Deform Billet
Auburn, NY
Soft Metric
16
02/13/09
CERT
P/S#
P/S Name
City, State
Eff Date
Status
2394-10
2394-10
Nucor Steel
Bar, Deform Billet
Bourbonnais, IL
Soft Metric
16
Grade ASTM A-706 ( Grade 420 ) weldable reinforcing steel, with a continuous line.
07/09/10
CERT
P/S#
P/S Name
City, State
Eff Date
Status
2394-12
2394-12
Nucor Steel Birmingham
Bar, Deform Billet
Birmingham, AL
Soft Metric
16
07/09/10
CERT
P/S#
P/S Name
City, State
Eff Date
Status
2394-13
2394-13
Nucor Steel Jackson
Bar, Deform Billet
Jackson, MS
Soft Metric
16
16
M
M
01/13/12
CERT
P/S#
P/S Name
City, State
Eff Date
Status
2394-14
Nucor Steel Seattle
Soft Metric
Bar, Deform Billet
Seattle, WA
22
2394-14
01/13/12
CERT
P/S#
P/S Name
City, State
Eff Date
Status
2394-15
2394-15
Nucor Steel Marion
Bar, Deform Billet
Marion, OH
Soft Metric
Nucor Steel Marion, Ohio nerwer markings are an "O" for Ohio. ASTM A-706
01/14/11
CERT
P/S#
P/S Name
City, State
Eff Date
Status
2394-16
2394-16
Nucor Steel Connecticut
Bar, Deform Billet
Wallingford, CT
Soft Metric
1 0
04/28/06
CERT
P/S#
P/S Name
City, State
Eff Date
Status
3453-01
3453-01
CMC Steel -Texas
Bar, Deform Billet
Seguin, TX
Soft Metric
Grade ASTM A-706 (Grade 420) weldable reinforcing steel.
03/16/06
CERT
P/S#
P/S Name
City, State
Eff Date
Status
3453-02
3453-02
CMC Steel - South Carolina
Bar, Deform Billet
West Columbia, SC
05/09/06
CERT
Soft Metric
W
W
3
6
W
W
43
16
Upper 13mm through 36mm Gr. A 706. Lower 43mm through 57mm Gr. A 706 line through five spaces.
P/S#
P/S Name
City, State
Eff Date
Status
5652-01
5652-01
Evraz Rocky Mountain Steel North America
Bar, Deform Billet
Soft Metric
13
13
1
X
1
ASTM A-706 Weldable Steel.
Pueblo, Co
07/09/10
CERT
P/S#
P/S Name
City, State
Eff Date
Status
5888-04
5888-04
Steel Dynamics
Bar, Deform Billet
Pittsboro, Indiana
Soft Metric
07/18/12
CERT
P/S#
P/S Name
City, State
Eff Date
Status
6024-01
6024-01
Gerdau AmeriSteel
Baldwin, FL
Bar, Deform Billet
Soft Metric
J
1
6
W
02/13/09
CERT
P/S#
P/S Name
City, State
Eff Date
Status
6024-02
6024-02
Gerdau AmeriSteel
Bar, Deform Billet
Charlotte, NC
Soft Metric
13
13
13
W 4
C
C
Grade ASTM A-706 weldable reinforcing steel, upper bar old design.
02/13/09
CERT
P/S#
P/S Name
City, State
Eff Date
Status
6024-03
6024-03
Gerdau AmeriSteel
Jackson, TN
Bar, Deform Billet
02/13/09
CERT
Soft Metric
25
25
The upper bar is a 10mm through 36mm, and the lower is a 43mm & 57mm ASTM A 706 weldable bar.
P/S#
P/S Name
City, State
Eff Date
Status
6024-04
6024-04
Gerdau AmeriSteel
Knoxville, TN
Bar, Deform Billet
Soft Metric
A-706 Grade 420 ( Grade 60 ) bar.
T 19 W
02/13/09
CERT
P/S#
P/S Name
City, State
Eff Date
Status
6024-05
6024-05
Gerdau AmeriSteel
Sayreville, NJ
Bar, Deform Billet
Hard Metric
S 1 9 W
02/13/09
CERT
P/S#
P/S Name
City, State
Eff Date
Status
6024-13
6024-13
Gerdau AmeriSteel
St. Paul, MN
Bar, Deform Billet
English
W
W
32
43
ASTM A-706 Gr. 420 (Grade 60)
U 32 W
02/13/09
CERT
P/S#
P/S Name
City, State
Eff Date
Status
6024-15
6024-15
Gerdau AmeriSteel
Bar, Deform Billet
Vidor, TX
02/13/09
Soft Metric
B
1
3
S
ASTM A-706 Weldable Steel
CERT
P/S#
P/S Name
City, State
Eff Date
Status
6024-24
6024-24
Gerdau AmeriSteel Midlothian
Bar, Deform Billet
Midlothian, TX
Soft Metric
19
02/13/09
CERT
P/S#
P/S Name
City, State
Eff Date
Status
6093-01
6093-01
Alton Steel Co
Bar, Deform Billet
Alton, IL
Soft Metric
L
2
9
W
4
02/13/09
CERT
P/S#
P/S Name
City, State
Eff Date
Status
6351-05
6351-05
ArcelorMittal USA
Bar, Deform Billet
East Chicago, Indiana 10/25/13

English
Coiled Bar: ASTM A-706 Grade 420 (Grade 60).
CERT
P/S#
P/S Name
City, State
Eff Date
Status
6911-01
6911-01
Mid-America Steel & Wire
Bar, Deform Billet
Madill, OK
English
M
A
S
Coiled Rebar
08/22/14
CERT
P/S#
P/S Name
City, State
Eff Date
Status

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IDENTIFICATION GUIDE FOR

REINFORCEMENT STEEL & DOWEL

Revision Information Log

Revision Information Log added

P/S# 1060-01 A-706 drawing correction

Chaparral Steel P/S# 2338-01 bought by Gerdau AmeriSteel.

Removed all ASTM A-615 bar markings from the guide

Revision Information Log

Gerdau AmeriSteel Midlothian, TX P/S# 6024-24 new

Gerdau AmeriSteel Sand Springs, OK P/S# 6024-22 new

Nucor Steel Auburn, NY P/S# 2394-09 new ASTM A-706

Gerdau AmeriSteel Wilton, IA P/S# 6024-14 Removed

Nucor Steel Flowood, MS P/S# 2394-13 edited drawing

Nucor Steel Seattle, WA P/S# 2394-14 new Rebar/Dowel

Steel Dynamics Pittsboro, IN P/S# 5888-04 Removed

Revision Information Log

Mid-America Steel & Wire Madill, OK P/S# 6911-01 added

INSTRUCTIONS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF REINFORCEMENT BAR MARKINGS

for Billet (M 31 / ASTM A-615)

Grade 420 (Grade 60) bars

for Axle (M 322 / ASTM A-966)

Line System Grade Marks

Grade 300 (Grade 40)

Grade 420 (Grade 60)

Grade 520 (Grade 75)

Number System Grade Marks

Grade 300 (Grade 40)

Certified Reinforcement Bar Producers

Keystone Steel & Wire

Bar, Deform Billet

ASTM A-706 Grade 420 (Grade 60) Coiled Steel

Bar, Deform Billet

ASTM A-706 Grade 420 (Grade 60).

Bar, Deform Billet

ASTM A-706 Grade 420 (Grade 60).

Bar, Deform Billet

Nucor Steel Birmingham

Bar, Deform Billet

Nucor Steel Jackson

Bar, Deform Billet

Bar, Deform Billet

Nucor Steel Marion

Bar, Deform Billet

Nucor Steel Connecticut

Bar, Deform Billet

ASTM A-706 Grade 420 (Grade 60).

CMC Steel -Texas

Bar, Deform Billet

Grade ASTM A-706 (Grade 420) weldable reinforcing steel.

CMC Steel - South Carolina

Bar, Deform Billet

Evraz Rocky Mountain Steel North America

Bar, Deform Billet

ASTM A-706 Weldable Steel.

Bar, Deform Billet

ASTM A-706 Grade 420 (Grade 60).

Bar, Deform Billet

ASTM A-706 Grade 420 (Grade 60).

Bar, Deform Billet