PRESTRESSED CONCRETE STRUCTURES

5.04.1 DESCRIPTION. This Work shall consist of furnishing and placing precast,
pretensioned, Portland cement concrete members or post-tensioning cast-in-
place
concrete structures in accordance with details shown on the plans and as
specified in
these General Specifications and the Special Specifications.
This Work shall include the furnishing and installation of all items necessary for
the
particular prestressing system to be used, including but not limited to
prestressing and
reinforcing steel, ducts, anchorage assemblies and grout used for pressure
grouting ducts.
The Work also includes curing, storing, transporting and erection of precast
pretensioned
members complete and in-place. For cast-in-place post-tensioned concrete the
term
"member" as used in this Section shall be considered to mean the concrete
which is to be
post-tensioned.
ITEMS IN BILL OF QUANTITIES:
Prestressing Steel
Precast, Prestressed Concrete Structural Members
Cast-in-Place Prestressed Concrete Structural Members
5.04.2 PRESTRESSING SYSTEM APPROVAL. The Contractor shall submit to the
Engineer for review and approval working drawings of the prestressing system
proposed
for use. For initial review, six (6) sets of such drawings shall be submitted. The
Engineer
shall return one (1) approved set or one (1) set with corrections and
modifications. After
modification, six (6) sets showing any required corrections shall be submitted for
final
approval. Working drawings shall be submitted sufficiently in advance of the start
of the
affected work to allow time for review by the Engineer and correction by the
Contractor of
the drawings without delaying the approved programmed commencement of the
Work.
Such time shall be proportional to the complexity of the work but, in no case,
shall such
time be less than two months.
The working drawings of the prestressing system shall show complete details
and
substantiating calculations of the method and materials the Contractor proposes
to use in
the prestressing operations, including any additions or rearrangement of
reinforcing steel
and any revision in concrete dimensions from that shown on the plans. Such
details shall
outline the method and sequence of stressing and shall include complete
specifications
and details of the prestressing steel and anchoring devices, working stresses,
anchoring
stresses, stress-strain curves of the prestressing steel, anticipated gauge
pressures, cable
profiles, elongation of prestressing cables, type of ducts and all other data
pertaining to
the prestressing operation, including the proposed arrangement of the
prestressing steel
in the members.
The designs shall be prepared and signed by a qualified contractor's Structural
Engineer
who has been approved in advance by the Engineer.
Approval of working drawings and other submittals does not absolve the
Contractor of
the responsibility for any of his Contractual obligations. No additional payment
will be
made to the Contractor for any changes required as a result of reviews or
approvals.