ACI 311.6-18 Specifcation for Testing Ready Mixed Concret

ACI 311.6-18 Specifcation for Testing Ready Mixed Concret. G4. Each technical Section of ACI Specifcation 311.6-18 is written in the three-part section format of the Construction Specifcations Institute, as adapted for ACI requirements. The language is imperative and terse. G5. ACI Specifcation 311.6-18 is written to the Testing Agency and is to be used by the Owner or the Owner’s representative to specify the concrete testing on a project. When a provision of this Specifcation requires action on the Testing Agency’s part, the verb “shall” is used. If the Testing Agency is allowed to exercise an option when limited alter- natives are available, the phrasing “either… or…” is used. Statements provided in the Specifcation as information to the Testing Agency use the verbs “may” or “will.” Informa- tional statements typically identify activities or options that “will be taken” or “may be taken” by the Owner or Owner’s representative. FOREWORD TO CHECKLISTS 11. This foreword is included for explanatory purposes only: it does not form a part of ACI Specification 311.6-18. 12. ACI Specification 311.6-18 may be referenced by the specifier in the Contract for any building proiect. together with supplementary requirements for the specific project. Responsibilities for project participants must be defined in the Contract. ACt Specification 311.6-18 cannot and does not address responsibilities for any project participant other than the Testing Agency. 13. Checklists do not form a part of ACI Specification 311.6-18. Checklists assist the specifier in selecting and specifying project requirements in the Contract. 14. The Mandatory Requirements (‘hecklist indicates work requirements regarding specific qualities, procedures. materials, and performance criteria that are not defined in ACI Specification 311.6-18. The specifier must include these requirements in the Contract, FfL The Optional Requirements Checklist identifies specifier choices and alternatives, The checklist identifies the sections, parts, and articles of the ACI Reference Specification 3 11.6-18 and the action required or available to the specifier. The specifier should review each of the items in the checklist and make adjustments to the needs of a particular project by including those selected alternatives as mandatory requirements in the Contract. 16. The Submittals Checklist identifies information or data to be provided by the Testing Agency before, during, or after construction. 17. Recommended ,rf’,nces—Documents and publ ications that are referenced in the checklists of ACt Specification 311,6-18 are listed below. i’hese references provide guidance to the specifier and are not considered to be part of...