SPECIFICATION OF MATERIALS
M-1 WATER :
The water to be used shall be potable water, clean & free from objectionable quantities
of silt, organic matters, alkali, salts and other injurious materials and shall be as per
I.S.456 ,-2000 Water sample shall be tested in Government. or Government approved
laboratories, and charges for the same shall be born by the contractor.
Permissible limit for some of the important test is as under
TEST PERMISSIBLE LIMIT AS PER IS-456-2000
1 Organic solids 200 mg per liters (max.)
2 Inorganic solids 3000 mg per liters (max.)
3 Sulphates (as So2) 400 mg per liters (max.)
4 Chlorides (as Cl) 2000 mg/lit. for PCC. and 500 mg/lit. for RCC.
5 Suspended Matter 2000 mg per liters (max.)
6 Ph value Not less than 6
M-2 CEMENT :
Cement shall be ORDINARY PORTLAND CEMENT (OPC) of grade 53 only confirming toIS-
12269 or PORTLAND POZZOLANA CEMENT (PPC) of grade 53 only confirming to IS- 1489
(part-1) and (part-2).The cement used shall be any of the above and the type selected
should be appropriate for the intended use. Portland Pozzolana Cement(PPC) shall be
used only under separate authorization by engineer in charge and wherever so
permitted.
The contractor shall have to make his own arrangement to procure the cement bearing
I.S.I. mark directly from the major cement manufacturing plants having installed capacity
of one LACS tons per annum or its authorized dealers only. The contractor shall arrange
to cart, load, and unload the same to the site of work at his own cost. The cement
brought to site shall be tested in government or government approved laboratory as per
provision in IS-269 Testing charges shall be recovered from the RA/FINAL BILL of the
work from the contractor.
The cement bags shall be neatly stacked in a orderly manner so as to afford easy access
and count in a damp proof condition. If the consumption of cement exceed 25.0
M.T.,than the cement shall be stored in tin shed go down or in a pucca go down ,one
feet above the ground, so as cement can be prevented from atmospheric effect.
Deteriorated cement shall not be allowed to use.
The testing of the cement shall be done for each lot/consignment received on site.
The frequency of the test shall be as under ;-
Quantity Of Consignment No Of Test Specimen
50 M.T. 1
100 M.T. 2
200 M.T. 3
300 M.T. 4
500 M.T. 5
800 M.T. 6
1300 M.T. 7
Each consignment shall be stacked separately and shall be used on the basis of first cum
first used. The cement shall be used after testing only. The cement older than 90 days
shall not be allowed to use.
The cement lot failed in testing, shall be removed immediately from the site. A day to
day account of cement received & used on the work together with the particulars of the
work and quantity of the work in which it was used, shall be maintained separately by
the representative of the department. And shall be signed at the end of the days work,
both by the department's representative and the contractor.
M-3 SAND :
Sand shall be of natural river sand having F.M. from 2.1 to 3.2 .for concrete work. Sand
shall be clean, well graded, hard durable and strong. It shall be free from any deleterious
materials and shall be got approved from E.I.C. before stacking at site. Silt content shall
not be more than 3 percentage and shall conform to IS -383. Sand for masonry mortar
and plastering work shall only be used after screening through proper number screen.
and shall confirm to I.S.- 2116 for masonry mortar and to IS-1526 for plaster work.
TABLE - A
PERCENTAGE PASSING FOR
IS Sieve Grading Zone- Grading Grading Zone- Grading
designation I Zone-II III Zone-IV
10 mm 100 100 100 100
4.75 mm 90-100 90-100 90-100 90-100
2.36 mm 60-95 75-100 85-100 95-100
1.18 mm 30-70 55-90 75-100 90-100
600 micron 15-34 35-59 60-79 80-100
300 micron 5-20 8-30 12-40 15-50
150 micron 0-10 0-10 0-10 0-15
The grading of the fine aggregate(sand) shall be as per Table-A given below.(IS-383 page
no-11 table-4)\ Sand of grading zone-iv shall not be used for concrete work.
The material shall be tested in field laboratory for silt content & grading. The material
shall be sent to government or government approved laboratory for tests required as
per IS-383 if found necessary by engineer in charge. The charge of the same shall be
recovered from the RA /FINAL BILL of the contractor.
M-4 COARSE AGGREGATE :
The coarse aggregate for the use of making concrete shall be of black stone crushed
metal. It shall be clean, hard, durable & free from alkalis and other deleterious
substance. The coarse aggregate shall be well graded. The gradation shall give a dense &
water tight concrete of specified strength and consistency’s actual gradation shall be as
indicated by the laboratory study The aggregate shall generally be cubical in shape.
The grading of the coarse aggregate shall be as per Table-B given below.(IS-383 page no-
9 table-2)
TABLE - B
% Passing for graded aggregate of nominal size
IS Sieve designation 40mm 20mm 16mm 12.5mm
80mm 100 - - -
63mm - - - -
40mm 95 to 100 100 - -
20mm 30 to 70 95 to 100 100 100
16mm - - 90 to 100 -
12.5mm - - - 90 to 100
10mm 10 to 35 25 to 55 30 to 70 40 to 85
4.75mm 0 to 5 0 to 10 0 to10 0 to 10
2.36mm - - - -
The size of coarse aggregate for mass concrete shall be as Table -C given below.( IS-383
page-10 table-3 )
CLASS SIZE IS Sieve Designation % Passing
150mm 90 to 100
Very large 150 to 80mm
80mm 0 to 10
80mm 90 to 100
Large 80 to 40mm
40mm 0 to 10
40mm 90 to 100
Medium 40 to 20mm
20mm 0 to 10
20mm 90 to 100
Small 20 to 4.75mm 4.75mm 0 to 10
2.36mm 0 to 2
The size of coarse aggregate for mass concrete shall be as Table -C given below.( IS-383
page-10 table-3 ) The material shall be tested in field laboratory for its gradation. The
material shall also subjected to tests for flakiness and elongation, abrasion value,
soundness, crushing/impact value, and deleterious materials etc as per IS-383.Following
is the acceptance limit.
i) Flakiness and elongation.:- 30% maximum
ii) Abrasion value. :- 40% maximum
iii) Soundness. :- 12% loss with Na2So4 and 18% loss with MgSo4.
v) Crushing value. :- 45% for concrete and 30% for wearing surface.
vi) % of deleterious material.:- 5%
The material shall be sent to government or government approved laboratory for above
tests at the cost of contractor at once at the begging and at the change of source of
materials or in case of dispute.Initialy, it will paid by the department and same shall be
recovered from the RA/FINAL BILL of the contractor.
M10 TMT STEEL:
The Thermo Mechanically Treated, popularly known as TMT steel shall confirm to I.S.-1786.
The steel shall be procured by the contractor. The contactor shall make suitable
arrangement for storage of the steel at site. In any circumstances steel produced by re-
rolling mills shall not be allowed to use.
Testing of steel shall be done for each size of bars and frequency mentioned above in
specification M-9 (Table-E),of steel in government or government approved
laboratory, to known the physical properties of steel bars, like Nominal mass, 0.2 percentage
proof stress /yield stress, Elongation percentage, Tensile strength, Bend and Rebend The
charges for the same shall be recovered from RA / FINAL BILL of the contractor.
The steel shall be free from loose mill scale, rust oil, grease, or any other harmful matter.
For the purpose of payment, the bar shall be measured correct up to 10mm in length. And
unit weight of bars shall be computed as per weight given in IS specification for Indian steel.
or at the rate specified in Table-E above given in specification M-9
M-11 BINDING WIRE:
The binding wire for tying reinforcement shall be of soft & annealed mild steel confirming to
IS- 280. The diameter of wire shall be of 1.63mm or 1.22mm (16 or 18 gauge).The use of
black wire shall be permitted for binding reinforcement bars. It shall be free from rust, oil
paint, grease loose mill scale or any other undesirable coating which may prevent
adhesion of cement mortar.
M-27 P.V.C.PIPE:
P.V.C.Pipe shall confirm to I.S.-4985.PVC Pipe shall be of ISI mark with minimum 4.0kg/cm2
pressure quality.
Signature of Contractor Deputy Executive Engineer Executive Engineer
Irrigation Panchayat Sub Division Irrigation Panchayat Division
Upleta Rajkot
