GENERAL CONSTRUCTION NOTES

GENERAL NOTES REINFORCING STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS CODES AND STANDARDS
1. IN THE INTERPRETATION OF THESE DRAWINGS, INDICATED DIMENSIONS SHALL GOVERN AND 1. GOVERNING CODES:
1. GRADE: 1. UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED IN PLANS OR SPECIFICATIONS, CAMBER ALL BEAMS AND GIRDERS
DISTANCES OR SIZES SHALL NOT BE SCALED FOR CONSTRUCTION PURPOSES.
ASTM A615 GRADE 40 MAIN REINFORCEMENT Ø16 AND LARGER DEFORMED BARS AT LEAST 6mm FOR EVERY 4500mm OF SPAN EXCEPT FOR CANTILEVERS FOR WHICH THE ACI 318-11 BUILDING CODE REQUIREMENTS FOR REINFORCED CONCRETE
2. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL COORDINATE WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL, MECHANICAL, SANITARY, (fy = 275 Mpa) CAMBER SHALL BE AS NOTED IN THE PLANS OR AS ORDERED BY THE DESIGNERS BUT IN NO UBC 1997 UNIFORM BUILDING CODE
ELECTRICAL AND OTHER UTILITY AND EQUIPMENT PLANS FOR THE EXACT SIZE, NUMBER AND CASE LESS THAN 19mm FOR EVERY 3000mm OF FREE SPAN. NSCP 2015 NATIONAL STRUCTURAL CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VOL. I
LOCATIONS OF ALL SLEEVES OR OPENINGS THROUGH FLOOR SLABS AND WALLS. ASTM A615 GRADE 40 MAIN REINFORCEMENT Ø12 AND SMALLER DEFORMED BARS
(fy = 275 Mpa) NBSP 1988 NATIONAL BUILDING CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES
STIRRUPS, COLUMN TIES AND SPIRALS 2. IF THERE ARE TWO OR MORE LAYERS OF LONGITUDINAL REINFORCING BARS IN A BEAM OR
3. UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE, ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN MILLIMETERS. GIRDER. USE SEPARATORS OF A SIZE NOT LESS THAN Ø25mm BARS SPACED ABOUT 900MM ON 2. GOVERNING STANDARDS:
ASTM A185 OR BS4483 SLAB ON GRADE WELDED WIRE FABRIC CENTER IN NO CASE SHALL THERE BE LESS THAN TWO (2) SEPARATORS BETWEEN LAYERS OF
(fy = 500 Mpa) ASTM A36 BUILDING CODE REQUIREMENTS FOR STRUCTURAL STEEL
4. ALL REINFORCED CONCRETE WORKS SHALL BE DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 4 OF THE BARS.
ASTM A611 STEEL, SHEET, CARBON, COLD-ROLLED, STRUCTURAL QUALITY
NATIONAL STRUCTURAL CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, VOL. I, 7TH EDITION, IN SO FAR AS THEY DO
2. ALL BARS SHALL BE BENT COLD UNLESS PERMITTED BY THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER. 3. LONGITUDINAL REINFORCING BARS SHALL BE PLACED SYMMETRICAL ABOUT THE VERTICAL ASTM A615/PN 49 SPECIFICATION FOR STEEL BARS FOR CONCRETE REINFORCEMENT
NOT CONFLICT WITH THE ACI 318-11 BUILDING CODE REQUIREMENTS.
CENTER LINE OF THE BEAM OR GIRDER SECTION WHERE POSSIBLE WITH UPPER LAYER BARS ASTM C33 STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR CONCRETE AGGREGATES
3. THE MINIMUM LAP LENGTH SHALL BE AS SHOWN ON THE TABULATION BELOW. PLACED DIRECTLY ABOVE THOSE IN THE BOTTOM LAYER. ASTM C39 STANDARD TEST METHOD FOR COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH
FOUNDATION OF CYLINDRICAL CONCRETE SPECIMENS
4. ALL REINFORCING BARS SHALL BE SUPPORTED IN CONFORMANCE WITH "THE MANUAL OF 4. BEAM REINFORCING BARS BOTH TOP AND BOTTOM, TERMINATING IN A WALL, SHALL EXTEND AT
1. FOUNDATION DESIGN IS BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS CONTAINED IN GEOTECHNICAL STANDARD PRACTICE" - DETAILING REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURE (ACI 315 LATEST THE MOST 50mm FROM THE FAR FACE OF THE WALL AND SHALL TERMINATE IN A STANDARD 90° ASTM C150 STANDARD SPECIFICATION FOR PORTLAND CEMENT
INVESTIGATION REPORT FOR THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE. EDITION). HOOK. PNS 16 PHILIPPINE NATIONAL STANDARD FOR CONCRETE HOLLOW BLOCKS
SG 671 SPECIFICATION FOR THE DESIGN OF COLD-FORMED STEEL
2. FOOTINGS ARE DESIGNED FOR A PRESUMED SOIL BEARING PRESSURE OF 150 kPa. 5. ALL REINFORCING BARS SHALL BE CLEANED THOROUGHLY OF ALL LOOSE RUST, SOIL OR OTHER 5. LONGITUDINAL REINFORCEMENT OF GIRDERS, BOTH TOP AND BOTTOM, TERMINATED IN A STRUCTURAL MEMBERS BY AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTION
CONTRACTOR SHALL REPORT IN WRITING TO THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER ON THE ACTUAL MATERIAL IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO PLACING CONCRETE. COLUMN SHALL BE EXTENDED TO THE FAR FACE OF THE CONFINED CONCRETE CORE OF THE
SOIL CONDITIONS UNCOVERED AND CONFIRM ACTUAL SOIL BEARING CAPACITY BEFORE
DEPOSITING CONCRETE. 6. A FULL WELDED SPLICE SHALL HAVE BARS BUTTED AND WELDED TO DEVELOP IN TENSION AT
COLUMN AND TERMINATED BY A STANDARD 90° HOOK. DESIGN LOADS
LEAST 125% OF THE SPECIFIED YIELD STRENGTH (fy) OF THE BAR. 6. GENERALLY, NO LAP SPLICE SHALL BE PERMITTED ON BEAMS AND GIRDERS AT POINTS WHERE 1. ROOF LOAD:
3. NO FOOTING SHALL REST ON FILL. FOOTINGS FOR CHB WALLS AND OTHER MINOR STRUCTURE CRITICAL BENDING STRESSES OCCUR. IN ADDITION, FOR GIRDERS, NO LAP SPLICE SHALL BE ROOFING SHEET ____________________0.1 kN/m^2
SHALL BE EMBEDDED AT LEAST 750mm BELOW THE NATURAL GRADE LEVEL. 7. ALL WELDING OF REINFORCEMENT SHALL CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE STRUCTURAL LOCATED WITHIN THE JOINTS OR WITHIN A DISTANCE EQUAL TO TWICE THE MEMBER DEPTH
WELDING CODE FOR REINFORCING STEEL, AWS D1.4. CEILING ____________________0.1 kN/m^2
FROM THE FACE OF THE JOINT.
4. PROVIDE TEMPORARY REMOVAL OF WATER FROM ANY SOURCE DURING CONSTRUCTION. MEP FIXTURES ____________________0.1 kN/m^2
DEWATERING SHALL BE CAREFULLY AND PROPERLY PERFORMED TO AVOID DISTURBING THE 8. A FULL MECHANICAL CONNECTION (REBAR SPLICER) SHALL DEVELOP IN TENSION OR 7. PROVIDE LAP SPLICES IN GIRDERS WITH HOOP REINFORCEMENT OVER THE LENGTH OF THE LIVE LOAD ____________________0.6 kN/m^2
FOUNDATIONS AND SLAB BEARING SURFACES. COMPRESSION. AS REQUIRED, AT LEAST 125% OF THE SPECIFIED YIELD STRENGTH (fy) OF THE LAPPED BARS SPACED NO FARTHER THAN ONE-FOURTH THE NOMINAL DEPTH OR 100mm.
BAR. IF USED, SUBMIT SAMPLE FOR APPROVAL OF THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER. 2. FLOOR LOAD:
5. CONTRACTOR SHALL DESIGN, INSTALL AND MONITOR ALL EXCAVATION RETENTION SYSTEMS 8. WELDED SPLICES AND MECHANICAL CONNECTIONS MAY BE USED FOR SPLICING BEAMS AND 150mm CHB __________3.11 kN/m per meter ht.
AS REQUIRED FOR THE PROTECTION OF ADJACENT PROPERTIES AND PROVIDE ALL MEASURES
AND PRECAUTIONS NECESSARY TO MINIMIZE SETTLEMENT AND PREVENT DAMAGE TO STRUCTURAL STEEL GIRDERS PROVIDED THAT NO MORE THAN ALTERNATE BARS IN EACH LAYER OF LONGITUDINAL
REINFORCEMENT ARE SPLICED AT A SECTION AND THE CENTER TO CENTER DISTANCE BETWEEN
100mm CHB __________2.98 kN/m per meter ht.
ADJACENT EXISTING STRUCTURE OR NEW CONSTRUCTION. CEILING ____________________0.1 kN/m^2
SPLICES OF ADJACENT BARS IS AT LEAST 600mm MEASURED ALONG THE AXIS OF THE MEMBER.
1. ALL MATERIALS AND WORKMANSHIP SHALL CONFORM WITH THE 15TH EDITION OF THE AMERICAN MEP FIXTURES ____________________0.1 kN/m^2
6. CONTRACTOR SHALL UNDERGO PROBING OPERATIONS TO LOCATE PRESENCE OF SOIL INSTITUTE OF STEEL CONSTRUCTION (AISC) MANUAL UNLESS OTHERWISE SHOWN OR INDICATED. INTERIOR PARTITION ____________________1.0 kN/m^2
CAVITIES UNDER HEAVILY LOADED COLUMNS AND SHALL EXECUTE THE NECESSARY REMEDIAL
2. THE STRUCTURAL STEEL MINIMUM YIELD STRENGTH (Fy) SHALL BE 248 MPa.
CONCRETE SLABS LIVE LOAD ____________________1.9 kN/m^2
MEASURE BEFORE PLACING STEEL REINFORCEMENT AND CONCRETE.
1. ALL SLAB REINFORCEMENT SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM CLEAR DISTANCE OF 20mm FROM THE 3. SEISMIC PARAMETERS:
7. ALL STRUCTURAL FILL MATERIALS SHALL BE COMPACTED TO 95% RELATIVE COMPACTION IN 3. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL FURNISH ALL PLATES, CLIP ANGLES, CONNECTORS, ETC. REQUIRED BOTTOM AND FROM THE TOP OF SLABS. Zone = 4
ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM D698. FILL SHOULD BE PLACED IN LIFTS NOT TO EXCEED 300 mm. FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE STRUCTURE EVEN IF EVERY SUCH ITEM IS NOT SHOWN ON THE
CONTRACT DRAWINGS. Seismic Source Type = A
2. IF SLABS ARE REINFORCED BOTH WAYS, BARS ALONG THE SHORTER SPAN SHALL BE PLACED
8. REFER TO ARCHITECTURAL, MECHANICAL, PLUMBING AND OTHER TRADES FOR SUBSOIL Importance Factor (I) = 1.0 (Standard Occupancy)
BELOW THOSE ALONG THE LONG SPAN AT THE CENTER AND OVER THE LONGER SPAN BARS
DRAINAGE SYSTEM, MACHINERY ANCHORS AND OTHER EMBEDDED ITEMS, DEPRESSIONS, 4. WELDING SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AMERICAN WELDING SOCIETY CODE AWS D1.1 NEAR THE SUPPORTS. THE SPACING OF THE BARS AT THE COLUMN STRIPS SHALL BE R = 8.5 (Special Moment Frame)
FINISHES, DOWELS FOR MASONRY WALLS, CURBS, ETC. UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. WELDING ELECTRODES SHALL BE E70xx. APPROXIMATELY ONE AND ONE-HALF (1-1/2) THAT IN MIDDLE STRIPS BUT IN NO CASE GREATER Ct = 0.0731
THAN TWO AND ONE-HALF (2-1/2) SLAB THICKNESS OR 450mm. Na = 1.2
5. ALL BOLTS AND THREADED FASTENERS SHALL BE ASTM A325 UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
CONCRETE 3. TEMPERATURE BARS FOR SLABS SHALL BE GENERALLY PLACED NEAR THE FACE IN TENSION
Nv = 1.6

1. CONCRETE MINIMUM CYLINDER 28-DAY COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH SHALL BE: AND SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN 0.0018 TIMES THE CROSS AREA OF CONCRETE SECTION. 4. WIND PARAMETERS:
MASONRY Vwind = 250 kph
fc' = 27.0 MPa (4000 psi) FOOTINGS, COLUMNS, SUSPENDED SLABS,BEAMS AND GIRDERS
4. PROVIDE 5-10mmØ @ 200mm 0.C. EXTRA REINFORCEMENT FOR CORNER SLABS (TWO ADJACENT
fc' = 21.0 MPa (3000 psi) SLAB ON GRADE 1. ALL MATERIALS AND WORKMANSHIP SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE I = 1.0
DISCONTINUOUS EDGES) AND AT ENDS AND CORNERS OF SHEAR WALLS.
STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS OF THE NATIONAL CONCRETE MASONRY ASSOCIATION AND Exposure = B
fc' = 17.5 MPa (2500 psi) LEAN CONCRETE AND OTHER NON-STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS UNIFORM BUILDING CODE AND CHAPTER 7 OF THE NATIONAL STRUCTURAL CODE OF THE
5. SEE MECHANICAL, PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL AND FIRE PROTECTION DRAWINGS FOR ALL
PHILIPPINES, VOL. I.
2. AGGREGATE SIZE SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS: SUSPENDED AND EMBEDDED, CONDUITS, DUCTWORK, EQUIPMENT ETC.
20 mm MAXIMUM SUSPENDED SLABS, BEAMS, GIRDERS, WALLS AND COLUMNS 2. CONCRETE MASONRY UNITS SHALL CONFORM TO ASTM C90 GRADE 'N'.
6. UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED EMBEDDED CONDUITS SHALL BE RUN GENERALLY AT MID-BAY AND
40 mm MAXIMUM FOOTINGS, THICKENED SLABS AND SLABS ON GRADE PARALLEL CONDUITS SHALL BE AT THREE DIAMETERS ON CENTER. CONDUIT SIZE SHALL NOT
3. MORTAR AND GROUT FOR ALL REINFORCED MASONRY SHALL CONFORM TO ASTM 270 - TYPE 'M'
EXCEED 1/4TH OF THE SLAB THICKNESS AND SHALL BE LOCATED AT MID THICKNESS OF THE
AND SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM 28-DAY STANDARD CYLINDER COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF 21 MPa
3. MINIMUM CONCRETE COVER FOR REINFORCING BARS SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN: SLAB.
(3000 psi)
75 mm UNFORMED CONCRETE DEPOSITED AGAINST GROUND
50 mm SLAB-ON-GRADE
FORMED CONCRETE AGAINST GROUND OR EXPOSED TO
WEATHER FOR BARS LARGER THAN Ø16
COLUMNS
1. THE SOIL SUBGRADE AND FILL LAYERS BELOW ALL SLABS ON GRADE, PAVING AND PIT
40 mm FORMED CONCRETE AGAINST GROUND OR EXPOSED TO 1. BEAM-COLUMN JOINTS SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH TRANSVERSE REINFORCEMENT SPACED AT SLABS SHALL BE MECHANICALLY COMPACTED IN LAYERS TO A MINIMUM OF 95% OF
WEATHER FOR BARS OF Ø16 AND SMALLER TWICE THAT REQUIRED BY ITEM 4 WHEN THERE ARE BEAMS HAVING WIDTHS AT LEAST ONE-HALF THE MODIFIED PROCTOR DENSITY.
THE COLUMN WIDTH AND DEPTHS NOT LESS THAN THREE-QUARTERS OF THE DEEPEST BEAM 2. UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, ALL BEDDED SLABS SHALL BE REINFORCED WITH Ø10
40 mm BEAMS AND COLUMNS NOT EXPOSED TO GROUND OR THAT FRAME INTO FOUR SIDES OF THE FOR ALL OTHER CONDITIONS PROVIDE SAME SPACING AS BARS AT 250 mm O.C. EACH WAY AT THE CENTER OF SLAB.
TO WEATHER REQUIRED IN ITEM 4.
20 mm SLABS AND WALLS NOT EXPOSED TO GROUND OR TO
WEATHER 2. LAP SPLICES, WHEN REQUIRED, ARE PERMITTED ONLY WITHIN THE CENTER HALF OF THE
COLUMN LENGTH AND SHALL BE PROPORTIONED AS TENSION SPLICES IN NO CASE SHALL THE
70 mm CONCRETE EXPOSED TO SEWAGE LAP SPLICE BE LOCATED CLOSER THAN A DISTANCE EQUAL TO THE MAXIMUM COLUMN
DIMENSION FROM THE FACE OF THE BEAM COLUMN JOINT. PROVIDE EXTRA TRANSVERSE
4. ALL REINFORCING STEEL DOWELS, ANCHOR BOLTS AND OTHER INSERTS SHALL BE SECURED IN
REINFORCEMENT OF THE SAME SIZE AND ARRANGEMENT INDICATED IN THE COLUMN SCHEDULE
POSITION PRIOR TO POURING OF CONCRETE.
SPACED AT MOST ONE-FOURTH THE MINIMUM COLUMN SECTION DIMENSION THROUGHOUT THE
LENGTH OF THE SPLICE.
5. CONCRETE CYLINDERS SHALL BE TAKEN FOR EACH DAY'S POUR AND EACH 50 m^3 OR FRACTION
THEREOF CAST IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM C31 AND TESTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM C39.
3. WELDED SPLICES AND MECHANICAL CONNECTIONS MAY BE USED AT ANY SECTION PROVIDED
NOT MORE THAN ALTERNATE LONGITUDINAL BARS ARE SPICED AT ANY SECTION AND THE
DISTANCE BETWEEN SPLICES MUST BE 600 mm OR MORE ALONG THE AXIS OF THE COLUMN.

4. COLUMN TIE SPACING SHALL NOT BE GREATER THAN 1/4 OF THE COLUMN SECTION NOR 100 mm
OVER A DISTANCE OF MAXIMUM COLUMN SECTION BUT NOT LESS THAN 61 OF CLEAR STOREY
HEIGHT OR 450 mm FROM EACH JOINT FACE.

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