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    Base Concrete Placement: 1. Subgrade

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    The document provides guidelines for proper base concrete placement to achieve a satisfactory concrete slab. It discusses 7 key areas: 1) ensuring proper subgrade compaction and drainage, 2) using vapor barriers to minimize moisture transmission, 3) properly locating contraction joints, 4) using dowels at construction joints to allow for movement, 5) installing isolation joints at walls and columns, 6) following guidelines for using admixtures, and 7) following air entrainment requirements based on interior or exterior use. Attention to these details during concrete placement is critical for the slab to perform as designed.

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    The document provides guidelines for proper base concrete placement to achieve a satisfactory concrete slab. It discusses 7 key areas: 1) ensuring proper subgrade compaction and drainage, 2) using vapor barriers to minimize moisture transmission, 3) properly locating contraction joints, 4) using dowels at construction joints to allow for movement, 5) installing isolation joints at walls and columns, 6) following guidelines for using admixtures, and 7) following air entrainment requirements based on interior or exterior use. Attention to these details during concrete placement is critical for the slab to perform as designed.

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    The document provides guidelines for proper base concrete placement to achieve a satisfactory concrete slab. It discusses 7 key areas: 1) ensuring proper subgrade compaction and drainage, 2) using vapor barriers to minimize moisture transmission, 3) properly locating contraction joints, 4) using dowels at construction joints to allow for movement, 5) installing isolation joints at walls and columns, 6) following guidelines for using admixtures, and 7) following air entrainment requirements based on interior or exterior use. Attention to these details during concrete placement is critical for the slab to perform as designed.

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    The document provides guidelines for proper base concrete placement to achieve a satisfactory concrete slab. It discusses 7 key areas: 1) ensuring proper subgrade compaction and drainage, 2) using vapor barriers to minimize moisture transmission, 3) properly locating contraction joints, 4) using dowels at construction joints to allow for movement, 5) installing isolation joints at walls and columns, 6) following guidelines for using admixtures, and 7) following air entrainment requirements based on interior or exterior use. Attention to these details during concrete placement is critical for the slab to perform as designed.

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    Base Concrete Placement

    Production of a quality concrete slab requires proper


    techniques and adequate planning. The following key
    areas have been identified as the most critical to achieving
    a satisfactory result. References to ACI Guide for Concrete
    Floor and Slab Construction are given where appropriate.

    1. Subgrade
    The subgrade must be properly compacted and drained in
    order to give the bearing support assumed in design. Without
    support, the slab has little chance of supporting design loads
    (Section 3.1). Maximum deflection under a fully loaded ready rectangular, or diamond-shaped. Diamond dowels are
    mix truck should be 1/2 (13 mm). recommended for construction joints as they have movement
    in four directions. Round dowels are not as effective in
    2. Vapor Barrier/Vapor Retarders restricting curling because of the installation procedure,
    Any slab-on-ground that will be covered by materials such as which results in a sleeve, or larger than desirable cavity, and
    linoleum, wood, carpet, and non-breathable coatings should be there is no movement allowed in the direction perpendicular
    protected from the transmission of moisture and vapor upward to the dowels. Dowels should be properly aligned and smooth
    through the slab from sources in the base and sub-base. so that the joint can open as the concrete shrinks. Support
    should be provided to dowels during the concrete placement
    Vapor barriers and vapor retarders are used to minimize and finishing operations so that they remain parallel in both
    moisture and vapor transmission. ASTM E 1745 lists planes (horizontal and vertical).
    performance requirements for plastic vapor retarders. The
    type of vapor barrier/retarder selected is based on the amount Keyed joints do not provide effective load transfer, and
    of protection required and the moisture sensitivity of the floor should not be used in areas of heavy traffic loads.
    covering to be installed. Vapor barriers/retarders can be placed
    directly beneath and in contact with the concrete slab, or a 5. Isolation Joints
    layer of granular fill may be installed between the concrete Preformed joint materials are used to create isolation joints
    and the barrier/retarder. Direct placement of concrete on between the floor and walls, columns, equipment foundations,
    top of a vapor barrier can contribute to problems such as footings, drains and other separate building members. Isolation
    plastic and drying shrinkage cracking and curling. joints allow for freedom of movement of the floor independent
    of these building elements. Figures 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6 in ACI 302
    Each vapor barrier/retarder installation should be evaluated illustrate the different types of isolation joints used.
    on an individual project basis. Figure 3.2 in ACI 302 should
    be used to assist in making decisions regarding vapor barrier/ 6. Admixtures
    retarder placement. Low w/cm mixes are often used to reduce Admixtures are used to effect a specific improvement in the
    the time required for the concrete to reach a moisture level properties of freshly mixed or hardened concrete. Admixtures
    suitable for an adhesive application. should be used in accordance with the instruction and principles
    provided in ACI 212.1R and 212.2R with attention to the
    3. Contraction (Control) Joint Location guidelines for chloride limits given in ACI 302.1R-04, Section 5.7.3
    Contraction joints are normally located on column lines with (also check recommendations on chloride limitations in ACI 201
    additional intermediate joints located equally spaced between and ACI 318). Testing should be performed to determine how
    column lines. See Figure 3.3 of ACI 302 for details. There are the admixture(s) will affect the properties of the concrete given
    several factors to consider when designing the spacing of the specified job materials, as well as the anticipated conditions
    contraction joints including the thickness of the slab, location and construction procedures. Often, admixtures are used in
    and type of reinforcement, potential for slab shrinkage, combination with one another. A second admixture can
    and many others. In unreinforced slabs, contraction joints significantly affect the dosage requirement of both admixtures.
    should be spaced in feet, 2 - 3 times the slab thickness up to a Preliminary tests are recommended to ensure the optimum
    maximum of 18 ft. Spacing in reinforced slabs can be slightly dosage of each admixture. Successful placements onsite will
    increased beyond the recommendation for unreinforced slabs verify proper workability, finishability and setting time.
    when a low shrinkage mix design is used. Dowel baskets can be
    used to give support to joint dowels and maintain alignment. It is important to consult the manufacturer and
    Often, structural fibers are used in these slabs to hold cracks applicable MSDS for specific material handling, dosage
    tight. Consult ACI 360R for specific details regarding design and application instructions.
    and spacing of contraction joints.
    Admixture(s) that are used in concrete should meet the
    4. Construction Joints appropriate specifications (see page 7 of this guide).
    Construction joints are used where individual concrete
    placements meet. Each joint should be located at least 5 ft. 7. Air Entrainment
    (1.5 m) or more from any other joint to which it is parallel. Proper air entrainment is required for exterior slabs subject to
    freeze/thaw cycles and de-icing salts (Section 6.2.3). However,
    If hard-wheeled traffic or heavy loads are expected to travel for interior industrial slabs, air entrainment is not desirable
    over construction joints, dowels are recommended to tie the because of adverse effects on finishability and difficulty in
    slabs together so that both sides of the joint are displaced applying surface hardeners. Air content should not exceed
    equally when under load. Dowels can be round, square, 3% for these types of slabs.

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