UFC 3-300-10N
May 2005
Including Change 2, August 2006
2-2
SYSTEMS REQUIREMENTS.
2-2.1
General.
2-2.1.1
Requirements listed below are minimum. Design loads and conditions
may demand designs that exceed these minimum requirements. Design calculations
must include a source for all design forces/stresses used that are not governed by
industry standards defined in this document.
2-2.1.2
Accomplish work in accordance with publications listed except as modified
herein. Consider the advisory or recommended provisions to be mandatory, as though
the word "must" had been substituted for the words "should", or "could", or "may",
wherever they appear. Interpret reference to the "Building Official", the "Structural
Engineer", and the "Architect/Engineer" to mean the Contracting Officer.
2-2.2
Concrete.
2-2.2.1
Unless otherwise noted herein, all concrete design and construction must
be in accordance with UFC 1-200-01.
2-2.2.2
Concrete construction must be in accordance with ACI 301.
2-2.2.3
Concrete floors and slabs must be in accordance with ACI 302.1R.
2-2.2.4
Concrete construction tolerances must be in accordance with ACI 117.
2-2.2.5
Vapor retarders, when required, must not be less than 0.25mm (10 mils)
thick.
2-2.2.6
For concrete floor slabs on ground, the location of construction joints and
control joints must be coordinated with joints in any hard-surface finish flooring.
2-2.2.7
All prestressed, precast structural concrete members must be
manufactured in a plant certified by the Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) in the
appropriate category.
2-2.2.8
Epoxy-coated reinforcing steel must be produced in accordance with
ASTM A934 in plants certified by the Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute (CRSI) for
fusion-bonded epoxy coatings applied after fabrication.
2-2.3
Masonry.
2-2.3.1
Unless otherwise noted herein, all masonry design and construction must
be in accordance with UFC 1-200-01.
2-2.3.2
All concrete masonry must have a specified compressive strength (f'm) of
not less than 10.3 MPa (1,500 psi).
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