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SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL STANDARD

Construction works

Part CC1: Concrete works (structural)

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Table of changes
Change No. Date Scope
Amdt 1 2012 Amended to move reference to a national authority to the foreword,
and to update referenced standards.

Acknowledgement
The SABS Standards Division wishes to acknowledge the input of the Joint Structural Division of
the South African Institution of Civil Engineering and the Institution of Structural Engineers and the
Cement and Concrete Institute in the development of this document.

Foreword
This South African standard was approved by National Committee SABS TC 59, Construction
standards, in accordance with procedures of the SABS Standards Division, in compliance with
annex 3 of the WTO/TBT agreement.

This document was published in May 2012.

This document supersedes SANS 2001-CC1:2007 (edition 1).

A vertical line in the margin shows where the text has been technically modified by amendment
No. 1

This document is referenced in the Regulations of the Construction Industry Development

Board Act, 2000 (Act No. 38 of 2000).

Reference is made in 3.1.1 to the “relevant national authority”. In South Africa, this means the South
African National Accreditation System (SANAS). Amdt 1

SANS 2001 consists of a number of parts in various stages of preparation, under the general title
Construction works.

Annex A forms an integral part of this document. Annex B is for information only.

Introduction
The different parts of SANS 2001 each address a specific component of construction works. The
prime purpose in the production of these standards is to create a set of standards that are generally
applicable to construction works, and which can be readily modified to make them applicable to
particular works.

The SANS 2001 family of standards provides technical descriptions of the standard of materials and
workmanship that will be used in the works that are executed or in the performance of the works
when completed (or both). These standards do not make reference to the actions of those
responsible for executing the works or the parties to a contract, i.e. to the constraints relating to the
manner in which contract work is to be performed. Neither do they deal with the commercial
arrangements of such contracts. These standards are suitable for use in any “in-house” construction
work or in all types of engineering and construction works contracts, for example, design by
employer, design and build, develop and construct, construction management or management
contracts.

Standard requirements pertaining to the manner in which works are constructed can be found in the
SANS 1921 family of standards.
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Contents
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Acknowledgement

Foreword

Introduction

1 Scope ..................................................................................................................................... 3

2 Normative references ............................................................................................................. 3

3 Definitions .............................................................................................................................. 5

4 Requirements ......................................................................................................................... 9

4.1 General ........................................................................................................................ 9

4.2 Materials ....................................................................................................................... 10
4.3 Formwork ..................................................................................................................... 14
4.4 Reinforcement .............................................................................................................. 21
4.5 Holes, chases and fixing blocks ................................................................................... 22
4.6 Embedded items .......................................................................................................... 23
4.7 Quality of concrete ....................................................................................................... 24
4.8 Precast concrete .......................................................................................................... 39
4.9 Prestressed concrete ................................................................................................... 40
4.10 Handling and erection of precast concrete units .......................................................... 46

5 Compliance with the requirements ......................................................................................... 48

Annex A (normative) Preparation of specification data associated with this part

of SANS 2001 for inclusion in the scope of work ................................ 57

Annex B (informative) Items that might need to be considered when preparing the
scope of work for a particular project .................................................. 64

Bibliography .............................................................................................................................. 65

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Construction works

Part CC1:
Concrete works (structural)

1 Scope
This part of SANS 2001 covers concrete works related to the structural use of concrete in buildings
and structures where the design and supervision of plain, reinforced, prestressed (by means of pre-
tensioning or post-tensioning) and precast concrete are under the direct control of appropriately
qualified engineers and technologists.

It does not cover the structural use of concrete in piles, harbour and marine works, and
underground works in mines.

NOTE 1 This part of SANS 2001 is suitable for the construction of concrete work designed in accordance with
the requirements of SANS 10100-1. SANS 10100-2 provides guidance on how to specify aspects of concrete
works and how to comply with particular requirements.

NOTE 2 This part of SANS 2001 may be used as an alternative to SANS 2001-CC2 to construct concrete
works designed in accordance with the standard designs contained in national standards, for example,
SANS 10400 and parts of SANS 2001.

NOTE 3 Appropriate modifications to this part of SANS 2001 are required to extend the applicability to
structures excluded from the scope of this part of SANS 2001.

2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. All
normative documents are subject to revision and, since any reference to a normative document is
deemed to be a reference to the latest edition of that document, parties to agreements based on
this document are encouraged to take steps to ensure the use of the most recent editions of the
normative documents indicated below. Information on currently valid national and international
standards can be obtained from the SABS Standards Division.

ASTM C 156, Standard test method for water loss (from a mortar specimen) through liquid
membrane-forming curing compounds for concrete.

ASTM C 260, Standard specification for air-entraining admixtures for concrete.

ASTM C 309, Standard specification for liquid membrane-forming compounds for curing concrete.

ASTM C 494/C 494M, Standard specification for chemical admixtures for concrete.