GENERAL NOTES 5.

THE REQUIRED STRENGTH OF CONCRETE AT THE TIME OF

B. REINFORCED CONCRETE
1. CONCRETE MIX AND PLACING
F. FORMWORK
FORMWORKS SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED SUCH THAT IT
SPECIFICATIONS: TENSIONING SHALL BE 28 MPA (4,000 PSI). A GRID CONSISTING OF 1.a. DESIGN OF CONCRETE MIX SHALL MEET THE WILL NOT YIELD UNDER THE LOAD AND SHALL BE SUCH AS TO
Ø 12 BARS AT 100 ON CENTERS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS SHALL BE DESIGN CONCRETE STRENGTH GIVEN UNDER ITEM 1 OF AVOID THE FORMATION OF FINS. ALL CORNERS OF CONCRETE
REFERENCE: PLACED NEAR EACH ANCHORAGE OF THE POST-ENSIONING MEMBERS FORMS AND SHORES SHALL BE AS DESIGNATED BY
1. DPWH Standard Specifications, 2004 for Highway Bridges and Airports MATERIALS.
SYSTEM. POST-TENSIONING FORCES SHOWN BELOW COMPUTED 1.b. CONCRETE SHALL BE DEPOSITED, VIBRATED THE ENGINEER. THE FOLLOWING MAY BE USED AS A
2. Standard Specifications for Highway Bridges (AASHTO 17th Edition 2004) FOR TENDONS JACKED SIMULTANEOUSLY AT BOTH ENDS. GUIDE:
3. National Structural Code of the Philippines (Volume II-Bridges 2nd Edition, 2007) AND CURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
FRICTIONS COEFFICIENTS ARE K = 0.000658/M AND U = 0.23 WITH SPECIFICATIONS. MIN. DAYS
4. ASTM Standard Specification Latest Edition AN ANCHORAGE DEFORMATION OF 3 MM. ........ 14 DAYS
1.c. FOR CONCRETE DEPOSITED AGAINST THE . . . . FRAMES
SHORING UNDER GIRDERS, BEAMS,

LOADINGS: GROUND, LEAN CONCRETE WITH A MINIMUM ..........................

DECK SLABS 14 DAYS
6. CONTRACTOR SHALL SUBMIT FOR APPROVAL BY THE THICKNESS OF 50mm SHALL BE LAID FIRST WALLS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 DAYS
ENGINEER THE CALCULATED ELONGATION OF THE BEFORE INSTALLING THE REINFORCEMENT. .............................
COLUMNS 7 DAYS
1. DEAD LOAD : PRE-STRESSING TENDONS CORRESPONDING TO THE REQUIRED
WEIGHT OF THE STRUCTURE AND THIS LEAN CONCRETE SHALL NOT BE SIDES OF BEAMS AND ALL OTHER
VERTICAL SURFACES 7 DAYS
JACKING FORCE. .........................
1.054 kN/m² ALLOWANCE FOR FUTURE WEARING COURSE. CONSIDERED IN MEASURING THE
UNIT WEIGHT OF CONCRETE = 23.5kN/m³ STRUCTURAL DEPTH OF CONCRETE
G. PROTECTION AND CURING OF CONCRETE
SECTION.
GENERAL CONCRETE SURFACES SHALL BE PROTECTED FROM
2. BAR BENDING, SPILICING AND PLACING
2. LIVELOAD: A. IN THE INTERPRETATION OF DRAWINGS, INDICATED HARMFUL EFFECTS OF SUN, WIND AND RUNNING
SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH AASHTO REQUIREMENTS AND 2.a. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL SUBMIT TO THE
S,
DIMENSIONS SHALL GOVERN ALL DIMENSIONDISTANCES WATERS AND SHALL BE KEPT DAMP FOR AT LEAST 7 DAYS.
SPECIFICATIONS (MS-18 LOADING) ENGINEER FOR APPROVAL OF SHOP
AND SIZES SHALL NOT BE SCALED FOR CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS INDICATING THE BENDING,
PURPOSES. H. BORED PILE CONSTRUCTION MYTHODOLOGY
SERVICE LIVELOAD (MS-18 TRUCK LOADING) CUTTING, SPLICING AND INSTALLATION OF
B. UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, ALL DIMENSION AND MEMBER 1. STAKE OUT & LOCATE PILE POSITION IN
ALL REINFORCING BARS.
. 80 KN FOR MOMENT SIZES ARE IN MILLIMETERS. ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLANS.
2.b. BARS SHALL BE BENT COLD, BARS
33 Metric Tons . 116 KN FOR SHEAR 2. PERFORM PRE-BORING FOR SOIL VERIFICATION,
CONCENTRATED LOAD PARTIALLY EMBEDDED IN CONCRETE AND
DESIGN CRITERIA HARD STRATA DEFINED AS;
SHALL NOT BE FIELD BENT UNLESS
a. DESIGN SPECIFICATION 2.1. HARD COHESIVE SOIL, N > 30 OR
PERMITTED BY THE ENGINEER.
UNIFORM LOAD = 9.4 KN/M OF LANE LOAD - DPWH Standard Specifications, 2004 for Highway Bridges and 2.2. VERY DENSE SAND, N > 50 OR
2.c. BAR SPICING NOT INDICATED ON DRAWINGS 2.3. APPROVED BY THE ENGINEER
Airports SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF
SERVICE LIVELOAD (MS-18 TRUCK LOADING)
- Standard Specifications for Highway Bridges (AASHTO 17th Edition 3. INSTALL TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT STEEL
4,267 mm 4,267 mm to 9,144mm THE ENGINEER.
2004) CASING.
2.d. WELDED SPICES, IF APPROVED BY THE
- National Structural Code of the Philippines (Volume II-Bridges 2nd 4. PERFORM DRILLING OPERATION UNDER
36 KN 144 KN 144 KN ENGINEER, SHALL DEVELOP IN TENSION AT
Edition, 2007) SLURRY/BENTONITE DRILLING FLUID.
LEAST 125% OF THE SPECIFIED YIELD
- ASTM Standard Specification Latest Edition 5. CLEAN THOROUGHLY THE BOREHOLE.
3. MATERIALS AND DESIGN STRESSES STRENGTH OF THE BARS.
b. SEISMIC DESIGN 6. INSTALL REBAR CAGES AS PER APPROVED SHOP
CONCRETE (shall be minimum compressive strength at 28 days) 2.e. NOT MORE THAN 50% OF THE BARS AT ANY
- IN ACCORDANCE TO AASHTO DIVISION I AND IA, NATIONAL DRAWINGS.
Prestressed / Post Tensioned Concrete ONE SECTION SHALL BE SPLICED.
STRUCTURAL CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES (NSCP). 7. PLACE CONCRETE USING TREMIE METHOD
2.f. UNLESS OTHERWISE SHOWN ON DRAWINGS,
c. LOADING 8. IF TEMPORARY CASING IS USED, EXTRACT
AT LIFTING fci = 24.15MPa THE CLEAR DISTANCE BETWEEN PARALLEL BARS
- HIGHWAY TRAFFIC LOADING: MS-18 GRADUALLY TEMPORARY CASING.
AT TRANSFER fci = 24.15MPa IN A LAYER SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN 1.5 TIMES
9. CLEAN/REMOVE DIRTY CONCRETE UP TO PILE HEAD
AT SERVICE CONDITION fc' = 34.50MPa THE NOMINAL DIAMETER OF THE BAR NOR LESS
MATERIALS ELEVATION.
THAN 1.5 TIMES THE MAXIMUM SIZE OF COARSE
Conventional Reinforced Concrete fC' = 20.70MPa UNLESS INDICATED OTHERWISE ON PLANS: AGGREGATE. THE CLEAR DISTANCE BETWEEN
LAYERS SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN 25mm NOR
Reinforcing Steel Bars shall have a minimum yield Strength a. CONCRETE CLASS AND STRENGTH SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS: ONE BAR DIAMETER. THE BARS IN THE UPPER
Ø > 16mm (fy = 414MPa) (G60) LAYER SHALL BE PLACED DIRECTLY ABOVE
Ø ≤ 12mm (fy = 276MPa) (G40) 28-DAY CYLINDER MAX. SIZE OF THOSE IN THE BOTTOM LAYER.
STRUCTURAL MEMBER CLASS STRENGTH COURSE AGGREGATE
MPa psi mm 2.g. CRANKED SPLICES
TENSILE STRENGTH A (MOD) 34.5
PRE CAST IN PLACE GIRDERS 4000 20 MIN : d
LAP VERTICAL OFFSET
MAX: d + 3 mm
fpu = 1862MPa SLABS, DIAPHRAGMS,
WINGWALLS, BLACKWALLS,
JACKING FORCE = Fj = 0.80fpu = 1490MPa COPINGS, COLUMNS C 20.70 3000 12
BORED PILES
AREA OF PRESTRESSING HTS, Aps = 98.71mm² THIN REINFORCED SECTIONS
18 d MIN
DIAMETER =
30 d MAX
RAILINGS AND RAILPOST MIN = 12 d
MAX = 15d
LEAN CONCRETE - 10 1450 50
4. Assumed value for friction Loss
K = 0.000656/m 2.h. HOOKS AND BENDS
b. REINFORCING STEEL BARS
u = 0.23
1. REINFORCING STEEL BARS SHALL BE NEW BILLET, HOT DIMENSIONS OF 90 - DEGREE AND 180 - DEGREE
ROLLED, WELDABLE DEFORMED BARS CONFORMING TO THE HOOKS BE REMOVED.
5. MODULUS ELASTICITY SPECIFICATIONS OF AASHTO M31, PNS 49: LATEST EDITION (ASTM
EC = 27606.25MPa
615) WHOSE GRADE IS SHOWN ON TABLE-1:
ECI = 23097.O5MPa DIMENSIONS FOR STIRRUPS AND TIE HOOKS
MODULUS OF ELASTICITY OF PRESTRESSING STEEL =195000MPa

d
TABLE-1 6d OR
D 63mm MIN
180° HOOK
GRADE REBAR 4d OR
63mm MIN.
GRADE 414 ( fy = 60 ksi ) 12, 16, 20, 25, 28, 32 & 36 mm D
GRADE 276 ( fy = 40 ksi )

d
12 mm & LOWER 90° HOOK d
GIRDER DESIGN GUIDE:

12d
D
90° HOOK D
2. THE SUPPLEMENTARY REQUIREMENTS OF WELDABLE SUIT EXISTING FIELD CONDITION
1. POST TENSIONING STEEL DEFORMED REINFORCING BARS SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS:
THE PROPOSED TYPE OF TENDONS WHICH WILL BE USED IN THE POST TENSIONED DESIGN 2.a. THE MAXIMUM YIELD STRENGTH OF WELDABLE
PIN DIAMETERD: = 6d FOR Ø10 THRU Ø25
D = 8d FOR Ø28, Ø32 AND Ø36

R
O
SHALL HAVE ALL THE NECESSARY DETAILS INCLUDING THOSE FOR END ANCHORAGES.

d
10
BARS = 540 MPa. 100mm MIN
METHODS TO BE EMPLOYED AND PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED SHALL BE AS APPROVED 2.b. THE TENSILE STRENGTH SHALL NOT BE LESS d 135° HOOK
BY THE ENGINEER. THAN 1.25 TIMES THE ACTUAL YIELD STRENGTH.
A PORTION OF THE TENDONS SHALL BE DRAPED LONGITUDINAL IN PARABOLIC POSITION. 3. ALL REINFORCING BARS SHALL BE CLEANED
ALL TENDONS SHALL BE PLACED SO THAT THEIR CENTER OF GRAVITY WILL BE AT THE THOROUGHLY OF ALL LOOSE RUST, SOIL OR OTHER MATERIAL
D

POSITION SHOWN ON PLANS. IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO PLACING CONCRETE.

THE TOTAL POST TENSION BEFORE AND AFTER LOSSES REQUIRED AT MIDSPAN SHALL BE
PIN DIAMETERD: = 6d FOR Ø10 THRU Ø25
D = 8d FOR Ø28, Ø32 AND Ø36
PROVIDED AS CONSTRUCTION
CALLED FOR IN THE VARIOUS DESIGN. C. CONCRETE COVER TO REINFORCEMENT
THE REQUIRED FORCES AFTER LOSSES SHALL BE OBTAINED BY APPLYING INITIAL TENSILE MINIMUM CONCRETE COVER TO REINFORCEMENT
1. ALL CONSTRUCTION SHALL CONFORM TO: SHALL BE 50mm FOR EXPOSED TO WEATHER & 75mm
FORCES OF SUFFICIENT MAGNITUDE TO ALLOW SUBSEQUENT LOSSES, INCLUDING THOSE FOR 1.a. CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT
PLASTIC SHORTENING, SHRINKAGE, CREEP, RELAXATION, FRICTION AND EFFICIENCY OF END FOR EXPOSED TO EARTH UNLESS OTHERWISE
1.b. THE SPECIAL PROVISIONS SHOWN ON DRAWING.
ANCHORAGE. 1.c. THE DPWH STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR HIGHWAYS,
ALL TENDONS SHALL BE PRESSURE GROUTED IN THEIR CONDUITS IN ACCORDANCE WITH BRIDGES AND AIRPORTS VOL. II 2004 EDITION AS MODIFIED ON
SPECIFICATIONS. D. CONSTRUCTION JOINT
THE DRAWINGS. a. THE POSITION AND FORM OF ANY CONSTRUCTION
2. CONCRETE FOR GIRDERS SHALL BE OF A MINIMUM STRENGTH OF 34.50 N/MM2 (5000 PSI) AT THE A. SETTING OUT JOINT SHALL BE AS SHOWN ON DRAWINGS OR AS
AGE OF 28 DAYS. AGREED WITH THE ENGINEER.
THE SETTING OUT AND THE ELEVATIONS OF THE b. THE INTERFACE BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND
DIFERRENT COMPONENTS OF THE STRUCTURE SHALL BE POUR CONCRETES SHALL BE ROUGHENED WITH AN
3. CONCRETE FOR CAST IN PLACE SLAB SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM STRENGTH OF 20.70 N/MM2(3000 APPROVED BY THE ENGINEER PRIOR TO THE START OF ANY
PSI) AT THE AGE OF 28 DAYS. AMPLITUDE OF 6mm MINIMUM.
CONSTRUCTION WORK.
4. THE CONTRACTOR MAY PROPOSE ANY ALTERNATIVE TENDON SIZE AND LAYOUT AND SUBJECT E. FALSEWORK
SHALL MEET THE APPROVAL OF THE ENGINEER. ALL FALSEWORK SHALL BE DESIGNED BY THE
CONTRACTOR SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL BY THE
ENGINEER.

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PROJECT TITLE: DESIGNED BY:
SUBJECT:

VEMBERLI S. MALIJAN
PRESTRESSED CONCRETE JULIUS I. MASIGON
KRIS C. NEPOMUCENO ENGR. FLOR DEXTER M. PADABOC 9
DESIGN
CE TE-1 MAKATI - MANDALUYONG BRIDGE PATRICK RUSELLE V. REY
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING ( INSTRUCTOR )
GARCIA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY 10
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