PROJECT MANUAL Specifications Seafood Removal Walmart Store No 1186 Liberty TX

B. Design, construct, erect, support, and remove formwork and related items in accordance with most stringent
requirements of ACI 117 and 347.
C. Form Preparation
1. Clean formwork.
2. Remove rust from steel formwork.
D. Erecting Forms:
1. Solidly butt joints and provide backup at joints as required to prevent faulting at form.
2. Do not tape formwork joints.
3. Just before placing concrete, clean forms and adjacent surfaces again as necessary. Remove wood, sawdust,
chips dirt and other debris.
4. If necessary to grease tie threads, do not allow grease to contact remainder of tie when wall will be exposed
to hydrostatic pressure.
E. Form Release Agent
1. Before placing reinforcing steel, thoroughly coat contact surfaces of forms with form release agent.
2. Apply form release agent evenly without excess drip.
3. Do not allow form release agent to come into contact with concrete surfaces against which fresh concrete
will be placed.
4. Moisten wood forms immediately before placing concrete where form release agents are not used.
F. Provide slab side forms, of form materials specified, full depth, with beveled, level, and smooth top surface for all
slabs where SOV is greater than FF 35 / FL 25.
G. Provide slab side forms such that by placing a 10-foot straightedge, form does not exceed 1/8 inch variation.
H. Prefabricated Access Pit Form: Install in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions.
3.5 VAPOR RETARDER INSTALLATION
A. Install vapor retarder under slabs where shown on drawings.
B. Lap vapor retarder not less than 6 inches with top lap placed in direction of placing concrete.
C. Seal laps continuously with specified tape.
D. Seal punctures and tears in membrane caused by bar chair feet, screed anchors, or utility penetrations with
specified tape.
E. Sequence installation of vapor retarder no more than 40 ft. in advance of laser screed strike-off.
3.6 PLACING REINFORCEMENT
A. Place reinforcing in accordance with most stringent requirements of ACI 117, 301 and 318 and CRSI Manual of
Standard Practice and Placing Reinforcing Bars.
B. Accurately place and secure reinforcement against displacement by firmly wiring at intersections and splices with
not less than No. 18 U.S. Standard Gauge annealed wire.
C. Turn wire ends away from concrete exterior.
D. Ensure reinforcing is clean, free from defects and kinks, loose mill or rust scale or coatings that will reduce bond.
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Walmart #1186 – Liberty, TX 04/20/11
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