Saudi Aramco Materials System Specification
1. 09-SAMSS-097 Ready-mixed Concrete
2. 09-SAMSS-106 Epoxy Coating of Steel Reinforcing Bars
3. 12-SAMSS-007 Fabrication of Structural and Miscellanies Steel
4. 09-SAMSS-088 Aggregates for Concrete
5. SAER-5803 Concrete Repair Manual.
6. ACI 301-16 Specifications for Structural Concrete
7. ACI 304R Guide for Measuring, Mixing, Transporting, and Placing Concrete
8. ACI 305R Hot Weather Concreting
American Society for Testing and Materials
1. ASTM A767/767M Specification for Zinc-coated (Galvanized) Steel Bars for Concrete Reinforcement
2. ASTM A775/A775M Specification for Epoxy-coated Reinforcing Bars
3. ASTM A884/A884M Specification for Epoxy-coated Steel Wire and Welded Wire Fabric for Reinforcement
4. Compression Test Specimens, ASTM C 31/ C31M 2.
5. Compression Tests, ASTM C39/ C 39M
6. Yield, ASTM C138/ C 138M 4
7. Slump, ASTM C143/ 143M 5
8. Sampling Fresh Concrete, ASTM C172
9. Temperature, ASTM C1064/ C1064M
10. ASTM C90 Specification for Load Bearing Concrete Masonry Units
11. ASTM C129 Specification for Non-load Bearing Concrete Masonry Units
12. ASTM C140 Standard Test Methods of Sampling and Testing Concrete Masonry Units
13. ASTM C94/C94M-17a Standard Specification for Ready-Mixed Concrete
14. ASTM C150/C150M Specification for Portland Cement
15. ASTM C685/C685 Standard Specification for Concrete Made by Volumetric Batching and Continuous Mixing
16. ASTM C1602/C1602M Standard specification for Mixing Water Used in the Production of Hydraulic Cement
Concrete
17. ASTM C1611/C1611M Standard Test Method for Slump Flow of Self-consolidating Concrete
18. ASTM C494/C494M Specification for Chemical Admixtures for Concrete
19. ASTM C685/C685 Standard Specification for Concrete Made by Volumetric Batching and Continuous Mixing
20. ASTM C989/C989 Standard Specification for Slag Cement for Use in Concrete and Mortars
21. Portland cement shall be in accordance with ASTM C150/C150M, Type I or Type V.
22. Fly ash shall be in accordance with ASTM C618, Class F ((The amount of fly ash shall not be less than 25% by
weight of cementitious material).
23. Ground Granular Blast Furnace Slag (GGBFS) shall be in accordance with ASTM C989/C989M. (Shall not be less
than 50% and shall not exceed 70% by weight of cementitious).
24. Natural Pozzolan shall be in accordance with ASTM C618. (Up to 50% of cement).
25. Silica fume shall be in accordance with ASTM C1240. (7% and shall not exceed 10% by weight of cement)
26. ASTM D1883 Test Method for CBR (California Bearing Ratio) of Laboratory-Compacted Soils
American Association of State Highway and
Transportation Organization
1. AASHTO T180: Moisture-Density Relations of Soils Using a 10-lb (4.54-kg) Rammer and an 18-in. (457 mm) Drop
2. AASHTO T193: The California Bearing Ratio
American Concrete Institute
1. ACI 304R Guide for Measuring, Mixing, Transporting, and Placing Concrete
2. ACI 305R Hot Weather Concreting