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    Consistence of The Concrete. Generally Speaking, This Time Shall Be Taken As 2 HR in Cold

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    The document discusses guidelines for forming cold joints in concrete. It states that the time required to form a cold joint depends on factors like temperature and mix design. Generally, this time is 2 hours in cold weather and 1-1.5 hours in hot weather. To avoid cold joints, placing new concrete should resume before the surface hardens. If there are delays, the concrete can be kept workable by periodic re-vibrating at 15-minute intervals. If a cold joint does form, the surface should be prepared depending on the hardness of the concrete, ranging from direct placement of new concrete on soft surfaces to treating fully hardened joints as construction joints.

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    The document discusses guidelines for forming cold joints in concrete. It states that the time required to form a cold joint depends on factors like temperature and mix design. Generally, this time is 2 hours in cold weather and 1-1.5 hours in hot weather. To avoid cold joints, placing new concrete should resume before the surface hardens. If there are delays, the concrete can be kept workable by periodic re-vibrating at 15-minute intervals. If a cold joint does form, the surface should be prepared depending on the hardness of the concrete, ranging from direct placement of new concrete on soft surfaces to treating fully hardened joints as construction joints.

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    The document discusses guidelines for forming cold joints in concrete. It states that the time required to form a cold joint depends on factors like temperature and mix design. Generally, this time is 2 hours in cold weather and 1-1.5 hours in hot weather. To avoid cold joints, placing new concrete should resume before the surface hardens. If there are delays, the concrete can be kept workable by periodic re-vibrating at 15-minute intervals. If a cold joint does form, the surface should be prepared depending on the hardness of the concrete, ranging from direct placement of new concrete on soft surfaces to treating fully hardened joints as construction joints.

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    Consistence of The Concrete. Generally Speaking, This Time Shall Be Taken As 2 HR in Cold

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    The document discusses guidelines for forming cold joints in concrete. It states that the time required to form a cold joint depends on factors like temperature and mix design. Generally, this time is 2 hours in cold weather and 1-1.5 hours in hot weather. To avoid cold joints, placing new concrete should resume before the surface hardens. If there are delays, the concrete can be kept workable by periodic re-vibrating at 15-minute intervals. If a cold joint does form, the surface should be prepared depending on the hardness of the concrete, ranging from direct placement of new concrete on soft surfaces to treating fully hardened joints as construction joints.

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    NOTE: THE TIME FOR FORMING A COLD JOINT IN CONCRETE DEPENDS ON THE CONCRETE

    TEMPERATURE, THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE, WIND SPEED, CEMENT TYPE, MIX PROPORTIONS, THE
    USE OF ADMIXTURES WITH SET RETARDING PROPERTIES, THE TIME IT TAKES TO BE COMPACTED AND
    CONSISTENCE OF THE CONCRETE. GENERALLY SPEAKING, THIS TIME SHALL BE TAKEN AS 2 Hr IN COLD
    WEATHER AND 1 TO 1.5 Hr IN HOT WEATHER. TO AVOID COLD JOINTS, PLACING SHOULD BE RESUMED
    BEFORE THE SURFACE HARDENS. FOR UNUSUALLY LONG DELAYS DURING CONCRETING, THE CONCRETE
    SHOULD BE KEPT LIVE BY PERIODICALLY RE-VIBRATING IT. CONCRETE SHOULD BE VIBRATED AT
    APPROXIMATELY 15-MINUTE INTERVALS OR LESS DEPENDING UPON JOB CONDITIONS. HOWEVER,
    CONCRETE SHOULD NOT BE OVERVIBRATED TO THE POINT OF CAUSING SEGREGATION. FURTHERMORE,
    SHOULD THE CONCRETE APPROACH TIME OF INITIAL SETTING, VIBRATION SHOULD BE DISCONTINUED
    AND THE CONCRETE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO HARDEN WHERE A COLD JOINT WILL RESULT. COLD JOINT
    SHALL BE AVOIDED TO THE POSSIBLE EXTENTE. IF, HOWEVER, A COLD JOINT IS FORMED DUE TO
    UNAVOIDABLE REASONS, THE BELOW PROCEDURE SHALL BE ADOPTED IN TREATING COLD JOINTS

    1. IF CONCRETE IS SO FRES THAT CAN BE REMOVED MANUALLY AND IF VIBRATORS CAN


    PENETRATE THE SURFACE WITHOUT MUCH EFFORT, FRESH CONCRETE CAN BE PLACED
    DIRECTLY AGAINST THE OLD SURFACE. THE OLD CONCRETE SHOULD BE COVERED BY FRESH
    CONCRETE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND THE JOINT THOROUGHLY AND SYSTEMATICALLY
    VIBRATED.
    2. IF CONCRETE HAS HARDENED A BIT MORE THAN (1) BUT CAN STILL BE EASILY REMOVED BY A
    LIGHT HAND PICK, THE SURFACE WILL BE RAKED AND WASHED THOROUGHLY SO THEAT THE
    LOOSE CONCRETE, MORTAR COATINGS, OR OTHER CONTAMINANTS, IS REOVED
    COMPLETELY WITHOUT DISTURBING THE REST OF THE CONCRETE IN DEPTH. A RICH MORTAR
    LAYER 15 MM IN THICKNESS, IS PLACED ON THE DUMP SURFACE OF COLD JOINT, FRESH
    CONCRETE IS THEN PLACED ON THE MORTAR LAYER AND THE JOINT IS THOROUGHLY AND
    VIBRATED PENETRATING THE VIBRATOR DEEP INTO THE OLD LAYER OF CONCRETE.
    3. IN CASE THE CONCRETE AT THE JOINT HAS BECOME SO STIFF THAT IT CANNOT BE REMOULDED
    AND MORTAR OR SLURRY DOES NOT RISE INSPITE OF EXTENSIVE VIBRATION, THE JOINT SHALL
    BE LEFT TO HARDEN FOR AT LEAST 12 24 HRS. IT IS THEN TREATED AS A REGULAR
    CONSTRUCTION JOINT, AFTER CUTTING THE CONCRETE TO REQUIRED SHAPE AND PREPARING
    THE SURFACE.

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