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    This document provides specifications for concrete finishes at Cooktown Hospital helipad upgrade. It outlines responsibilities and references other relevant sections. It defines terms like "green concrete" and requires notice for inspection of formwork and submission of formwork shop drawings. It specifies tolerances for formed and unformed surfaces using tables. It requires sample panels be provided for different applications and finishes. It lists materials for surface treatments and specifies how formed and unformed surfaces should be finished, including methods like bush hammered, exposed aggregate, floated, rubbed, and broom finishes. A schedule is also provided to select the location, flatness class, primary and supplementary finishes, slip resistance, treatment, and surface modifier.

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    This document provides specifications for concrete finishes at Cooktown Hospital helipad upgrade. It outlines responsibilities and references other relevant sections. It defines terms like "green concrete" and requires notice for inspection of formwork and submission of formwork shop drawings. It specifies tolerances for formed and unformed surfaces using tables. It requires sample panels be provided for different applications and finishes. It lists materials for surface treatments and specifies how formed and unformed surfaces should be finished, including methods like bush hammered, exposed aggregate, floated, rubbed, and broom finishes. A schedule is also provided to select the location, flatness class, primary and supplementary finishes, slip resistance, treatment, and surface modifier.

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    This document provides specifications for concrete finishes at Cooktown Hospital helipad upgrade. It outlines responsibilities and references other relevant sections. It defines terms like "green concrete" and requires notice for inspection of formwork and submission of formwork shop drawings. It specifies tolerances for formed and unformed surfaces using tables. It requires sample panels be provided for different applications and finishes. It lists materials for surface treatments and specifies how formed and unformed surfaces should be finished, including methods like bush hammered, exposed aggregate, floated, rubbed, and broom finishes. A schedule is also provided to select the location, flatness class, primary and supplementary finishes, slip resistance, treatment, and surface modifier.

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    08 Concrete Finishes

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    This document provides specifications for concrete finishes at Cooktown Hospital helipad upgrade. It outlines responsibilities and references other relevant sections. It defines terms like "green concrete" and requires notice for inspection of formwork and submission of formwork shop drawings. It specifies tolerances for formed and unformed surfaces using tables. It requires sample panels be provided for different applications and finishes. It lists materials for surface treatments and specifies how formed and unformed surfaces should be finished, including methods like bush hammered, exposed aggregate, floated, rubbed, and broom finishes. A schedule is also provided to select the location, flatness class, primary and supplementary finishes, slip resistance, treatment, and surface modifier.

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    The document discusses specifications for different concrete finishes that may be required for a hospital helipad upgrade project. It outlines finishes for both formed and unformed concrete surfaces.

    Formed surface finishes discussed include bush hammered, exposed aggregate, floated finishes (sand floated and grout floated), smooth rubbed. Unformed surface finishes mentioned are machine float, steel trowel, wood float, broom, scored/scratch, and sponge.

    Factors that need to be considered for concrete finishes include the importance of the concrete element, compatibility with following trades, conformance to standards and tolerances, curing requirements, surface treatments if required, and slip resistance classification and testing.

    COOKTOWN HOSPITAL

    HELIPAD UPGRADE

    8 CONCRETE FINISHES

    SECTION 8 CONCRETE FINISHES


    1

    GENERAL

    1.1

    AIMS
    Responsibilities
    General: Provide finishes to formed and unformed concrete surfaces which are as follows:

    1.2

    Appropriate to the importance (visual or physical) of the concrete elements.

    Compatible with following trades and finishes.

    CROSS REFERENCES
    General
    General: Conform to the General Requirements worksection.
    Associated worksections
    Associated worksections: Conform to the following:
    -

    Concrete Formwork; and

    Concrete In Situ.

    1.3

    STANDARDS
    General
    Formed surfaces: To AS 3610.

    1.4

    INTERPRETATIONS
    Definitions
    General: For the purposes of this worksection, the following definition applies:
    -

    1.5

    Green concrete: Concrete which has set but not appreciably hardened.

    INSPECTION
    Notice
    Inspection: Give notice so that inspection may be made of the following:
    -

    Evaluation of the finishes to formwork.

    1.6

    SUBMISSIONS
    Execution documentation
    Shop drawings: Submit formwork shop drawings including details of proposed form linings, form bolt
    positions, form facings, release agents and, where applicable, reuse of formwork.

    1.7

    TOLERANCES
    Surface quality
    Formed surfaces: Confirm conformance with the surface finish requirements of AS 3610 for the surface class
    nominated in the Formed surface finishes schedule.
    Flatness
    Unformed surfaces: Confirm conformance with the Flatness tolerance classes table for the class of finish
    nominated using a straight edge placed anywhere on the surface in any direction.
    Flatness tolerance class table
    Class
    A
    B

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    Measurement
    3 m straight edge

    Maximum deviation (mm)


    3

    3 m straight edge

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    PROJECT SERVICES

    COOKTOWN HOSPITAL
    HELIPAD UPGRADE

    Class
    C

    1.8

    8 CONCRETE FINISHES

    Measurement
    600 mm straight edge

    Maximum deviation (mm)


    6

    SAMPLE PANELS
    General
    Conformance: Supply sample panels to AS 3610 and in conformance with the Sample panels schedule for
    the application specified.
    Manufacture
    General: Cast the panels using the formwork, concrete, compaction equipment, form release agents, curing
    and formwork removal methods which are to be used in the final work.
    Storage
    General: Once accepted, maintain the panels on site undamaged and protected from the weather, as reference
    prototypes for future evaluation of completed work.

    1.9

    SURFACE TREATMENT
    General
    Range: Do not proceed with the related work until the acceptable range of surface treatments has been
    determined.

    PRODUCTS

    2.1

    MATERIALS
    Surface hardeners, sealants and protectors
    Supply: If required by the project documentation, provide proprietary products.

    EXECUTION

    3.1

    SURFACE MODIFIERS
    General
    Application: Apply to clean surfaces in accordance with the manufacturers requirements.

    3.2

    FORMED SURFACES
    General
    General: Provide formed concrete finishes in conformance with the Formed surface finishes schedule.
    Damage: Do not damage concrete works through premature removal of formwork.
    Curing
    General: If forms are stripped when concrete is at an age less than the minimum curing period, commence
    curing exposed faces as soon as the stripping is completed.
    Evaluation of formed surfaces
    General: If evaluation of formed surface tolerance or colour is required, complete the evaluation before
    surface treatment.
    Finishing methods
    General: If soffits of concrete elements or faces of concrete columns are to have a finish other than off the
    form, provide details of proposed procedures.
    Bush hammered finish: Remove the minimum matrix using bush hammering to expose the coarse aggregate,
    recessing the matrix no deeper than half the aggregate size, to give a uniform texture.
    Exposed aggregate finish: Remove the vertical face forms while the concrete is green. Wet the surface and
    scrub using stiff fibre or wire brushes, using clean water freely, until the surface film of mortar is
    mechanically removed, and the aggregate uniformly exposed. Do not use acid etching. Rinse the surface with
    clean water.

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    HELIPAD UPGRADE

    8 CONCRETE FINISHES

    Floated finishes:
    -

    Sand floated finish: Remove the vertical face forms while the concrete is green. Wet the surface and rub
    using a wood float. Rub fine sand into the surface until a uniform colour and texture are produced.

    Grout floated finish: Remove the forms while the concrete is green. Dampen the surface and spread a
    slurry, using hessian pads or sponge rubber floats. Remove surplus slurry and work until a uniform colour
    and texture are produced.

    Smooth rubbed finish: Remove the vertical face forms while the concrete is green. Wet the surface and rub
    using a carborundum or similar abrasive brick until a uniform colour and texture are produced.
    Surface repairs
    Surface repair method: If surface repairs are required, submit proposals.
    3.3

    UNFORMED SURFACES
    General
    General: Strike off, screed and level slab surfaces to finished levels, to the tolerance class noted in the
    Unformed surface finishes schedule.
    Surface finishes
    General: Provide surface finishes in conformance with the Unformed surface finishes schedule.
    Surface repairs
    Surface repair method: If surface repairs are required, submit proposals.
    Finishing methods primary finish
    Machine float finish:
    -

    After levelling, consolidate the surface using a machine float.

    Cut and fill and refloat immediately to a uniform, smooth, granular texture.

    Hand float in locations inaccessible to the machine float.

    Steel trowel finish: After machine floating finish as follows:


    -

    Use power or handsteel trowels to produce a smooth surface relatively free from defects.

    When the surface has hardened sufficiently, retrowel to produce the final consolidated finish free of
    trowel marks and uniform in texture and appearance.

    Burnished finish: Continue steel trowelling until the concrete surface attains a polished or glossy appearance,
    uniform in texture, appearance and free of trowel marks and defects.
    Wood float finish: After machine floating use wood or plastic hand floats to produce the final consolidated
    finish free of float marks and uniform in texture and appearance.
    Broom finish: After machine floating and steel trowelling draw a broom or hessian belt across the surface to
    produce a coarse even-textured transverse-scored surface.
    Scored or scratch finish: After screeding, give the surface a coarse scored texture using a stiff brush or rake
    drawn across the surface before final set.
    Sponge finish: After machine floating and steel trowelling, produce an even textured sand finish by wiping
    the surface using a damp sponge.
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    SELECTIONS
    Unformed surface finishes schedule
    Property

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    HELIPAD UPGRADE

    8 CONCRETE FINISHES

    Location
    Flatness tolerance class
    Primary finish
    Supplementary finish
    Slip resistance classification to AS/NZS 4586
    Slip resistance treatment
    Slip resistance tests to AS/NZS 4663
    Surface modifier

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