ASCC Position Statements

The American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC) Technical Committee has produced position statements covering topics of major interest to concrete contractors. Many of these topics were suggested by ASCC members as a result of actual jobsite issues. ASCC continues to add and update content on a regular basis to provide continuing education for the industry.

ASCC Position Statements

PS-01 - Hard Trowel Finish on Air-entrained Concrete

PS-02 - Location of Welded-Wire Reinforcement in Concrete Slabs

PS-03 - Coatings that Affect Bond to Reinforcement

PS-04 - Trowel Marks on Concrete Floors

PS-05 - Specifications for Crack Repair

PS-06 - Division 3 versus Division 9 Floor Flatness Tolerances

PS-07 - Birdbaths on Concrete Slab

PS-08 - Bugholes in Formed Concrete

PS-09 - Slab Thickness Tolerances

PS-10 - Moisture-Sensitive Floor Coverings on Concrete Slabs

PS-11 - Appearance Requirements for Concrete Slabs

PS-12 - Responsibility for Buying Concrete

PS-13 - Use of ACI Committee Reports and Guides in Project Specifications

PS-14 - Anchor Bolt Tolerances

PS-15 - Setting Time Expectations for Hard-Trowel Finishing

PS-16 - Referee Test for Flexural Strength Acceptance

PS-17 - Free Fall of Concrete

PS-18 - Concrete Tolerance Coordination

PS-19 - Balcony Drainage

PS-20 - Testing Fresh Concrete at Point of Delivery

PS-21 - Contractor Value Engineering

PS-22 - Reverse Auction Bidding

PS-23 - Contraction Joints in Elevated Slabs

PS-24 - Tolerances for Suspended Concrete Slabs

PS-25 - Floor Finishing Specifications

PS-26 - Misuses of the Moisture-Vapor Emission Test

PS-27 - Formed Surface Requirements for Waterproofed Walls

PS-28 - Retarded Setting

PS-29 - Crack in Slabs on Ground

PS-30 - Responsibility for Slab Curling

PS-31 - Acceptable Use of Calcium Chloride in Concrete

PS-32 - Concrete Discharge Time Requirements

PS-33 - Cracks In Structural Concrete

PS-34 - Who Pays For Additional Testing

PS-35 - The Effect of Curling on Floor Flatness

PS-36 - The Effect of Deflection on Floor Flatness

PS-37 - Open-Graded Base Courses for Slabs-on-Ground

PS-38 - Topping Slabs over Prestressed Members

PS-39 - Concrete Floor Slabs on Cambered Structural Steel

PS-40 - Protection of Concrete Work

PS-41 - Limit on Requirements for Correcting Nonconforming Work

PS-42 - Proper Use of ACI Reference Specifications

PS-43 - Concrete Industry Tolerances for ADA/ABA Work

PS-44 - Measuring Air Content in Non-Air-Entrained Concrete

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