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PROJECT TITLE WBS / BI / JO NUMBER CONTRACTOR / SUBCONTRACTOR

EQUIPMENT ID NUMBER(S) EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION EQPT CODE SYSTEM ID. PLANT NO.

LAYOUT DRAWING NUMBER REV. NO. PURCHASE ORDER NUMBER EC / PMCC / MCC NO.

SCHEDULED INSPECTION DATE & TIME ACTUAL INSPECTION DATE & TIME QUANTITY INSP. MH's SPENT TRAVEL TIME
SAUDI ARAMCO USE ONLY
SAUDI ARAMCO TIP NUMBER SAUDI ARAMCO ACTIVITY NUMBER WORK PERMIT REQUIRED?

SAUDI ARAMCO INSPECTION LEVEL CONTRACTOR INSPECTION LEVEL

ITEM
ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA REFERENCE PASS FAIL N/A RE-INSP DATE
No.

A Receiving/Sampling/Testing Inspection

All ready-mix concrete shall be delivered to the site with a batch ticket
listing the following:

Name of the ready-mix company

Serial number of the ticket, date, truck number
Name of purchaser
Name of the job and location
Saudi Aramco mix design number
09-SAMSS-097
A1 Amount of concrete in cubic meters (or yards)
Sec. 13.1
Time of loading if wet mix
Reading of the revolution counter at the first addition of water
Type, brand and amount of cement, silica fume, aggregates and
admixtures.
Total Mixing Water
Maximum Size of Aggregate
Mass of fine and course aggregate
Signature or initials of producer's representative

Ready mix concrete delivered in trucks not having operable revolution 09-SAMSS-097
A2
counters shall be rejected. Sec. 10.1.2

Concrete shall be discharged from the mixer within 90 minutes or before

the drum has revolved 300 revolutions, whichever comes first after the 09-SAMSS-097
A3
introduction of mixing water to the cement & aggregates or introduction Sec. 11.7
of cement to the aggregates.

Concrete delivered at a temperature in excess of 32°C or that fails to 09-SAMSS-097

A4
maintain a temperature of 32°C until used, shall be rejected. Sec. 11.5

No aluminum parts shall be placed in contact with concrete during mixing 09-SAMSS-097
A5
or delivery. Sec. 11

Slump and cylinder test samples shall be taken from the end of the
SAES-Q-001
A6 mixture truck chute or at the discharge point of the concrete placement
Sec. 12.2
hose when concrete pumps are used.

Strength tests as well as slump, temperature, density and air content

tests (when required by the specifications) shall be made with a
09-SAMSS-097
A7 frequency of not less than one test for each 115 m³. Each test shall be
Sec. 16.5
made from a separate batch. On each day concrete is delivered, at least
one strength test shall be made for each class of concrete.

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Slump, air content, density and temperature tests shall be made at the
time of placement at the option of the inspector as often as necessary for
control checks.
09-SAMSS-097
A8 Note: It is not the intention to give the inspector to right to require testing
Sec. 16.4
for every truckload. Rather, additional testing shall be requested only if
there are indications that a concrete load was tempered (water was
added while concrete was in transit, or when there are indications that
the mix is exhibiting rapid drying).

The minimum required number of concrete test cylinders for strength

tests shall be:
Age (Days) No. of Cylinders 09-SAMSS-097
A9
3 1 Sec. 17.2
7 1
28 2

B Concrete Placement Inspection

Equipment made of aluminum alloys shall not be used for pump lines, SAES-Q-001
B1
tremies or chutes used to discharge concrete from a truck mixer. Sec. 7.2

Concrete shall not be placed prior to a recorded pre-placement SAES-Q-001

B2
inspection and authorization to proceed by Saudi Aramco. Sec. 7.3

Experienced form watchers shall be provided during concrete placement

SAES-Q-001
B3 to detect form displacement or the beginning of failure.
Sec. 8.0
(ACI 347-04, Sec. 3.1)

SAES-Q-001
B4 Raking shall not be used for movement of concrete after placement.
Sec. 7.4

SAES-Q-001
B5 Vibrators shall not be used to move concrete inside forms.
Sec. 7.5

SAES-Q-001
B6 Retempering of concrete after placement is prohibited.
Sec. 7.6

Concrete that has partially hardened or been contaminated by foreign

SAES-Q-001
B7 materials shall not be deposited in the structure. (ACI 301-05 para.
Sec. 3.2
5.3.2.4)

Concrete shall not be dropped freely where reinforcing will cause SAES-Q-001
B8
segregation nor where it would fall freely for more than 1 meter. Sec. 7.7

Concrete shall be deposited as near as possible to its final position to SAES-Q-001

B9
avoid segregation due to re-handling or flowing. Sec. 7.8

Placed concrete shall be consolidated by mechanical vibration SAES-Q-001

B10
equipment supplemented by hand spading, rodding or tamping. Sec. 7.9

When Immersion type vibrators are used to consolidate concrete around

epoxy coated reinforcing bars, the vibrators should be equipped with 09-SAMSS-106
B11
rubber or non-metalic vibrator heads. Sec. V
(ASTM A775/A775M-06, Sec. XI.3.15)

Place concrete in layers not to exceed 450mm thick and consolidate. SAES-Q-001
B12
(ACI 301M-05, Sec. 8.3.1.3) Sec. 3.2

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SAES-Q-001
B13 Concrete shall be placed on a clean surface free of standing water.
Sec. 7.10

SAES-Q-001
B14 Precast concrete or mortar spacing blocks or bar supports are prohibited.
Sec. 7.11

After completing placing and finishing operations, efforts must continue

SAES-Q-001
B15 to protect concrete from high temperatures, direct sunlight, low humidity,
Sec. 13
and drying winds. (ACI 305R-99, Sec. 4.4.1)

Concrete paving shall have control joints or construction joints located at SAES-Q-001
B16
a maximum spacing of 6 meters on center in both directions. Sec. 4.17.e

Expansion joints shall be used in paving adjacent to all poured in place SAES-Q-001
B17
concrete members. Sec. 4.17.f

Paving or slab construction joints not specified on the IFC Drawings,

SAES-Q-001
B18 shall be located at column centerlines and at intermediate intervals so
Sec. 14.2
that each panel shall not be more than 55m2 in area.

Contraction or isolation joints shall be provided to divide structurally plain

SAES-Q-001
B19 concrete members into flexurally discontinuous elements.
Sec. 4.10
(ACI 318M-08, Sec. 2.2.3.1)

Paving or slab construction joints not specified on the IFC Drawings,

SAES-Q-001
B20 shall meet all requirements for architectural concrete matching the grade
Sec. 14.1
and type of finish present in the adjacent concrete.

REMARKS:

REFERENCE DOCUMENTS:
1- SAES-Q-001 -- Criteria for Design and Construction of Concrete Structures, 05 March 2008
2- 09-SAMSS-106 -- Epoxy Coating of Steel Reinforcing Bars, 31 October 2004
3- 09-SAMSS-097 -- Ready Mixed Portland Cement Concrete, 08 July 2006
Contractor / Third-Party Saudi Aramco
Construction Representative* PMT Representative
Work is Complete and Ready for Inspection: T&I Witnessed QC Record Reviewed Work Verified
Name, Initials and Date: Name, Initials and Date:

QC Inspector PID Representative

Performed Inspection Work / Rework May Proceed T&I Witnessed QC Record Reviewed Work Verified
Name, Initials and Date: Name, Initials and Date:

QC Supervisor Proponent and Others

Quality Record Approved: T&I Witnessed QC Record Reviewed Work Verified
Name, Organization,
Name, Sign and Date:
Initials and Date:

*Person Responsible for Completion of Quality Work / Test Y = YES N = NO F = FAILED

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