AMENDMENT NO. 4 To 1S 456:2000 PLAIN AND REINFORCED CONCRETE - CODE OF PRACTICE (Fourth Revision) (Page 14. clause 5.3, second sentence} - Delete. (Page 14. clause §.3.4, second sentence) ~ Delete (Page 14, clause .4, first sentence, line 1) ~ Substitute * Water, natural or treated, ‘for Water (Page 14, clause 5.4.3, first sentence) ~ Substitute the following for the existing ‘Sea water shall not be used for mixing or curing of concrete because of presence of harmful salts. (Page 15, clause 5.8.8) ~ Add the following new clause. 8.5.7 The amount of admixture added to a mix shall be recorded in the production record Redosing of admixtures 's not normally permitted. In special circumstances, if necessary. additional dose of admixture May be added at project site and mixed adequately in mixer itself to regain the workability of concrate with the mutual agreement between the producer/supplier and the purchaser/user of concrete. However. the producer/supplier shall assure the ultimate quality of concrete supplied by him and maintain record of quantity and time of addition * (Page 16, Table 2) - Replace with the following table. Table 2 Grades of Concrete (Clauses 6.1, 9.2.2, 15.1.1 and 36.1) Group Grade Specified Characteristic Compressive Designation ‘Strength of 150 mm Cube at 28 days in Nim oy @ ° M10 10 Oxdinary Concrete M5 18 M20 2 M25, 2 M30 20 M35 35 Standara Concrete Man ry Mas 5 M50 0 M55 55 M50. 50 Mas 85 wo 7 Mrs 75 High Strength Concrete M0 80 Mas 8 M30 90 M95 95 M100 100 NoTES 4 Inthe designation of concrete mix M refers tothe mx and the number fo the specied characteristic compressive strength of 150 mim size cube at 28 days. expressed in Nin” 2 For concrete of grades above M 60, design parameters givan inthe standard may nat be applicable and {he values may be obtained tram specaleed Iteratures and expermental resute (Page 17. clause 8.1, line 3)~ Add the word ‘life’ after the word ‘service! (Page 20, Table 5, Note 1] ~ Substitute the following for the existing note:Cement content prescribed in this table is irrespective of grades and types of cement and is inclusive of mineral admixtures mentioned in 8.2. The mineral admixtures such as fly ash or ground granulated bast furnace slag shall be taken into account in the concrete composition with respect to the cement content ‘and water-cement ratio not exceeding the limit of fy ash and slag specified in |S 1489 (Part 1) and iS 455 respectively, beyond which these additions, though: permitted, shall not be considered for these purposes (Page 20, Table 5, Note 2] — Add the following new note: 3 The mnimum cement content, maximum free water-cement ratio and minimum grade of concrete are indvdualy related to exposure [Page 21. clause 8.2.5.4 (b), para 2] - Substitute fy ash conforming to 1S 3812 (Part 1) or ground granulated’ for fly ash (Grade 1) conforming to IS 3812 or granulated’ and ‘25 percent for'20 percent (Page 21, clause 8. 2, para 2) ~ Substitute the following for the existing ‘Additional protection may be obtained by the use of suitable impermeable barriers (Page 22, clause 9.2.1) ~ Add the following at the end If So desired, the empioyer shall be provided with supporting data including graphs showing strength versus water-cement rato for range of proportions, complete trial mix proportioning details to substantiate the choice of cement content. fine and coarse aggregate content, water, mineral admixtures, chemical admoctures, etc. (Page 22, clause 9.2.2) — Insert the following after first sentence Proportionigrading of aggregates shall be made by trial in such a way as to make densest possible concrete (Page 23. Table 8) ~ Substitute the following for the existing table Table 8 Assumed Standard Deviation (Clouse 92 2 and Table 11) Grade of Concrete ‘Assumed Standard Deviation Nine M109 mis. Be wae 40 M30 35 mao Mas 50 M50 Mss Meo 4. The above values corespond to the ste contol having proper storage of cement, weigh aching of all materials: controled addition of water: veguler creching 0! al raters 2agtegate grading and moisture content, and periodical checking at workablity, are ‘tength. Where there is deviation from the above, the values given in the above table shall be increased by 1 Nimm 2. For grades above M 60, the standard deviation shall be established by actual tris based on assumed proportion, before fnalzing the mie Bese eee ae eee (Page 24, clause 10.2, para 2) ~ Substitute the following for the existing For large and medium project sites, the concrete shall be sourced from ready.mixed concrete plants or from captive omsite or offsite automatic batching and mixing plants. The concrete. produced wwesupplied by ready-mixed concrete plants shall be in accordance with IS 4926. In case of concrete from captive on-site or off-site automatic batching and mixing plants, similar quality control shall be followed (Page 24, clause 10.2.1, first sentence) ~ Substitute the following for the existing The grading of aggregate shall be controlled by obtaining the coarse aggregate in different sizes and blending them in right proportions, the different sizes being stocked in separate stock-piles. (Page 24, clause 10.2.2) ~ Substitute the following for the existing ‘The accuracy of the measuring equipment shall be within +2 percent of the quantity of cement and mineral admxtures being measured and within +3 percent of the quantity of aggregate, chemical ladmoetures and water being measured. In a batching plant, the concrete production equipment shall be calibrated initaly at the time of installation or reconditioning of the equipment and subsequently at the following intervals 1a) Mechanical’ knife edge systems : At least once every two months, ») Electrical’ load cell systems: At least once every three months’ (Page 24, clause 10.2.3, second sentence) ~ Substitute the following for the existing 10.2.3 All ingredients of concrete shall be used by mass except water and chemical admixtures, which may be by volume (Page 24. clause 10.2.5) ~ Add the following after fourth sentence ‘Where batching plants are used, it is recommended to determine moisture content by moisture probes fitted to the batching plants. (Page 24, clause 10.3, first and second sentence) - Substitute the following for the existing ‘Concrete shall be mixed in a mechanical mixer (see also IS 1791 and IS 12119). It shall be ensured that stationary or central mixers and truck mixers shall comply with the performance criteria of mixing efficiency as per IS 4634. Mixing efficiency test shall be performed at least once in a year (Page 25. clause 10.3.1) ~ Substitute the following for the existing clause 10.3.1 As a guidance, the mixing time shall be at least 2 min for conventional free fall (drum) batch type concrete mixers For other types of more efficient mixers, manufacturers’ recommendations shall be followed (Page 25, clause 10.3.3) ~ Substitute the following for the existing spefon bewe> 10.3.3 Dosages of retarders, plasticizers and superplasticizers shall be restricted to(0.5. 10 and 20 percent respectively by mass of cementitious materials; however, the dosages of polycaroxylate based admixtures shall not exceed 1.0 percent A higher value of above admixtures may be used agreed ‘upon between the manufacturer and the constructor based on performance tests relating to workabilty setting time and early age strength (Page 25, clause 11.1, informal table) - Substitute the following for the existing table: 'a) Deviation from specified = 10am ‘dimensions of cross-section of 5 ‘columns and beams ) Deviation from dimensions of footings. 1) Dimensions in +50 mm pian 10 2) Eccentricity 0.02 times the width of the footing in the direction of deviation but not more than 50 mm 3) Thickness +50 mm 210 or+0.05 times the specified thickness, whichever is less. (Page 27, clause 13.4, para 1. last sentence) ~ Delete [Page 30, Table 11 (see also Amendment No 1 and 3)| - Substitute the following for the existing Table 11 Characteristic Compressive Strength Compliance Requirement (Clauses 16.1 and 16.3) "Specified Mean of the Group of 4 Non-Overlapping Consecutive Individual Test Grade Test Results in Nim? Min Results in Nimm? Min @ ° M15 and > fa + 0.825 x established standard deviation beuaies (rounded off to nearest 0.5 Nim?) 2 fox 3 Nim? or re f+ 3NImm? whichever is greater NOTES 41 Inne absence of estabished value of standard deviation the values given n Table 8 may be assumed, and ater! should be mad to clan resus of 30 samples a5 early as possible to establish the vale of standard deviation frequenéy of sampling given in 18.2.2). the mean of test results of al such samples shall be fa +4 Nien” minimum 8nd the requirement of minimum indivi! test results shal be fa ~ 2 Nim’, minwmum However, when The rumber of sample s only one ss per 18.2.2, the requirement shal be fa 2. For eonsrete of quanity up to 30 m’ (where the number of samples to be taken is less than four as pet the ] [Page 41, clause 24.4.1 (a)}— Substitute the following for the existing) @) Calculate the sum of the midspan moment and the average of the support moments (neglecting signs) for each panel (Page 42. clause 26.2.1, Note 2) ~ Add the following Note: 3__ For plain cement concrete of M15 grade with nominal reinforcement, the design bond stress may be taken as 1.0 Nimm? (Page 43, clause 26.2.1.1, para 2) — Add the following at the end ‘For fusion bonded epoxy coated deformed bars, design bond stress values shall be taken as 80 percent of the values given in the above table (Page 67, clause 35.3.2, last para, last sentence) ~ Substitute the following for the existing sentence: ‘For particularly aggressive environment, such as ‘very severe’ and ‘extreme’ categories given in Table 3, the assessed surface width of cracks should not in general, exceed 0.1 mm. (Page 74, clause 40.5.2) ~ Substitute, 'ZA,,’ for ‘A,’ in the formula (Page 80, clause B-2.1.1, informal table (see also Amendment No 2)] - Substitute the following for the last two entries M50& above ode52 (Page 81, Tabie 21 (see also Amendment No.2) new row for M60, as follows, | - Substitute the entries agains! M55 and insert (ay (2) 3) (4) M55 18.0 135 15 M60 200 15.0 16 (Page 92, clause E-1, line 5) ~ Substitute Fig. 27° for Fig. 26 (CED 2)