COVER TO REINFORCEMENT

This article reviews CIRIA's new guide aimed at reducing cover non-conformities on site, thus reducing premature deterioration of concrete structures. The guide is now available to project funders, and will become an open publication in 2001. Providing adequate concrete cover is essential to ensuring a concrete structure's durability, and needs to be emphasised throughout design and construction by. For example, measures should be taken to reduce expected life-cycle costs, more reference should be made to good practice guidance, and there should be improved feedback between designers, detailers, and constructors. It protects reinforcement from fire and chemical and physical attack, facilitates composite structural action of the reinforcement and surrounding concrete, and acts as an architectural finish or applied finish base. The article outlines the guide and its principal recommendations. It considers in turn the following aspects of design and specification: design codes, specification, structural and serviceability design, detailing, scheduling, durability plan, and contract documentation. It then covers the following aspects of construction: procurement, bending, setting out, steel fixing, formwork, spacers and chairs, supervision and checking, concreting and curing, and covermeter measurements.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Palladian Publications Limited

  15 South Street
  Farnham Surrey GU97QU,   United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • King, E
  • DAKIN, J
• Publication Date: 2000-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 37-40
• Serial:
  • CONCRETE ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: THE CONCRETE SOCIETY
  • ISSN: 1460-5856

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete; Construction; Corrosion; Costs; Design; Deterioration; Durability; Fires; Information management; Information, data, and knowledge; Life cycle analysis; Material reinforcement; Prevention; Reinforcing materials; Structures; Thickness
• Uncontrolled Terms: Effective depth; Guidance
• ITRD Terms: 4755: Concrete; 3655: Construction; 5252: Corrosion; 224: Cost; 9011: Design (overall design); 5255: Deterioration; 5910: Durability; 4795: Effective depth (reinforcement); 3355: Engineering structure; 1624: Fire; 9104: Guidance; 8555: Information documentation; 5950: Life cycle; 9149: Prevention; 3471: Reinforcement (in mater)
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Data and Information Technology; Design; Finance; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00799628
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Oct 6 2000 12:00AM