DRAFT OF SPECIFICATIONS Item : Providing Anti-corrosive Treatment to HYSD Reinforcement Bars with Fusion Bonded Epoxy Coating (FBEC)

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Reinforcing Bars The reinforcing bars to be provided with Fusion Bonded Epoxy Coating shall conform to the tender specifications and relevant I.S. Specifications. Inspite of producing test certificates by contractor for the proper quality of reinforcing bars, the quality of steel could also be tested by the FBE coating firm at plant site for bend test before doing coating and that if the reinforcing bar fails in bend test, then it shall not be provided with FBEC and in that case, cost of conveyance of such steel to plant and removing form plant shall be of the contractor. The rechecking quality of steel, for bend test will be done by the coating agency in the presence of contractor provided the contractor choose to remain present. Reinforcing bars to be coated shall be fresh from rolling mills as far as possible. If the bars are very much rusted in quality before providing FBEC, such bars shall have a loss of weight at contractors risk. To ascertain the loss in weight of reinforcing bars on account of removal of rust during coating, random weighment before and after coating shall be done and that loss in weight shall be borne by the contractor.

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Coating Bars with FBEC The FBEC coating shall be done confirming to I.S. Code 13620:1993 with additional stipulations as under.

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The Fusion Bonded Epoxy Coating shall be carried out by an authorised FBE coating agency approved by Department. Patch-up materials shall be procured in sealed containers with certificates from coating agency for supply of such patch-up materials. The tender rate for FBE coating shall include using PVC coated G.I. Binding Wires of 18G.

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Tests for FBE Coating on Reinforcing Bars The contractor shall produce certificate from the FBE coating agency that the quality of powder epoxy material and other components of FBEC conform to I.S. 13620:1993. Such certificates shall accompany each delivery challan of coated bars while leaving the plant. The contractor may also carry out such tests at plant jointly or separately of the coating agency to confirm use of proper quality of coating material. The coated reinforcement bars shall be tested at plant by the contractor. Test reports shall be jointly signed by authorised representatives of contractor and the coating agency. The tests on coated bars shall be as per I.S. for the following tests: (a) (b) (c) Thickness Continuity Adhesion

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The frequency of tests shall be for the thickness of coating minimum two bars of each size from each production shifts. Random tests shall be made for continuity of coating. 3.3 Inspite of above tests and test certificates produced by the contractor and coating agency, the Department/Owner reserves the rights to carry out independent tests at coating plant for cross checking. The contractors agreement with coating agency shall include the provisions for Departments/Owners cross checking and that if the coating quality is not approved by the Department/Owner the decision of the Department/Owner to reject or repair the coating shall be final and binding on all parties. Thickness of Fusion Bonded Epoxy Coating shall be 200 to 250 microns. Holidays in coating shall not be more than two holidays per linear foot (six holidays per meter) of coated bar. Handling The coated bars shall be carefully handled in order not to drop them, not to rub them on hard surface or against another coated bar while conveying, stacking, placing or stacking of fabricated bars and that for this purpose, wooden packing batons shall be used at spacing of not more than 60 cms.

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The coated bars shall be tied to make bundles with PVC binding material to avoid damages to coating. 4.2 The coated bars shall be stacked with separation gap between ground and bars with wooden batons between rows of bars or bundles of such tied bars. Such wooden or padded contact shall be at spacing of not more than 60 cms. The cut ends of bars shall be touched up with special touch up materials of specifications as provided by coating agency. There shall be minimum time gap to repair the cut ends and damaged portions with touch up materials and that failure to do so may cause complete rejection of the coated bars. The cut ends and damaged portions shall be touched up with repair patch-up material within four hours time gap. All damages to coating in handling etc. shall be repaired irrespective of their size. This stipulation supersedes provision of I.S. Code. No payment will be made for coated bars which are not used in the work and that if they were paid either on account of coating of the rejectable part of bars or doing extra fabrication etc., the amount paid will be recovered from contractor. The contractor will be paid for the same quantity of steel bars used in the work and paid under relevant item. While bending the bars, the pins of workbenches shall be provided with PVC or plastic sleeves. It is preferable that contractor install bar bending machines suitable for FBE coated bars and that each bending operation is done in a time of not less than 90 secs. The coated steel shall not be directly exposed to sun rays and rains and shall be protected with opaque polythene sheets or such other approved materials. While doing concreting, the workmen or trolleys shall not directly move on coated bars but can move on wooden planks placed on the bars by contractor. Inspite of all test certificates, if the coated bars are roughly handled by contractor either during transport, fabrication, stacking, placing and concreting etc. or handled in such a manner as to damage the coating for area or portion more than reasonable, the Engineer-in-charge or Department/Owner reserve the right to reject the FBE coated bars and that if rejected then such rejected bars shall be removed by contractor from work site within three days. The decision of Engineer-in-charge will be final as to reject the bars with damage coating or to allow repairing the coating, or to get it recoated entirely at contractors cost.

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