RMC Releases Concrete Spec Guide

Guide addresses properties or requirements for ready mixed concrete based on performance.

 

The RMC Research & Education Foundation has announced the availability of the Model Performance Specification Phase II: Guide to Specifying Concrete Performance.

 

The report is a follow up to Model Performance Specification Phase I: Preparation of a Performance-Based Specification for Cast-in-Place Concrete that was published in 2006.

 

The report was developed by Kenneth C. Hover, John Brickley and R. Doug Hooton. It was unveiled last month at the NRMCA’s Annual Convention at ConExpo in Las Vegas.

 

The guide was specifically written for the provisions of ACI 318-08, Building Code for Structural Concrete, and is intended to address properties or requirements for ready mixed concrete based on performance. It covers requirements for concrete that are not addressed in ACI 318.

 

The guide can be downloaded from the foundation’s Web site www.rmc-foundation.org.