BUILDING CODE REQUIREMENTS FOR STRUCTURAL CONCRETE AND COMMENTARY (ACI 318M-05) ACI Committee 318 Structural Building Code James K. Wight Basile G. Rabat Chair ‘Secretary Sergio M. Alcocer Luis €. Garcia Dominic J. Kelly Myles A. Murray Florian G. Barth S.K. Ghosh Gary J. Kiein ullo A. Ramirez Roger J. Becker Lawrence G. Grits Ronald Kiemenele ‘Thomas C. Schastter Kenneth B. Bondy David P. Gustatson Cary S. Kopezynski Stephen J. Seguirant John E. Breen D Kirk Harman H.S.Lew Roberto Stark James R. Cagley James R. Harris Colin L. Lobo Erle M. Tolles| Michael P. Collins Noll M. Hawkins Leslie D. Martint ‘Thomas D. Vert! W. Geno Corley Terence C. Holland Robert F. Mast ‘Sharon L. Wood Charles W. Dolan Kenneth ©. Hover Stoven L. McCabe Loring A. Wyo ‘Anthony E. Fiorato Philip J. iverson W. Calvin McCall Femando V. Yanez Catherine E. French James ©. Jirsa Jack P. Moshle ‘Subcommittee Members. Neal S. Anderson Juan P. Covarrubias Michael E. Kreger Vilas S. Mujumdar Guillermo Santana Mark A. Aschheim Robert J. Frosch Daniel A. Kuchma Suzanne D. Nakaki Andrew Scanlon John F. Bonace! Harry A. Gleich LeRoy A. Lutz ‘Theodore L. Nett John F. Stanton JoAnn P. Browning Javier F.Horvilleurt- James G. MacGregor Andrzej S. Nowak Fernando R. Stucchi Nicholas J. Carino. ‘FR. Doug Hooton Joe Matfoi Randall W. Poston ‘Raj Valluvan Ned M. Cleland LS. Paul Johal Denis Mitchell Bruce W. Russell John W. Wallace Ronald A. Cook Consulting Members ©. Raymond Hays Richard C. Meininger Charles G. Salmon TDeceased ACI 318M-085 is a complate metric companion to ACI 318-05. ACI 318-05 is deemed to satisfy ISO 19898, “Performance and Assessment Requirements tor Design Standards on Structural Concrete," Reference Number ISO 19338.2003(E). Also Technical Corrigendum 1: 2004.5.1.1 — Concrete shall be proportioned to provide an average compressive strength, f¢,, as prescribed in 5.3.2 and shall satisfy the durability criteria of Chapter 4. Concrete shall be produced to minimize the frequency of strength tests below f,’, as prescribed in 5.6.3.3. For concrete designed and constructed in accordance with the code, |ii/shall not be less than5.6.5.4 — Concrete in an area represented by core tests shall be considered structurally adequate if the average of three cores is equal to AMISASHSSISSISehy of [fj and if no single core is less than 75 percent of f,’. Additional testing of cores extracted from locations represented by erratic core strength results shall be permitted. 5.6.5.5 — If criteria of 5.6.5.4 are not met and if the structural adequacy remains in doubt, the responsible authority shall be permitted to order a strength evalua- tion in accordance with Chapter 20 for the question- able portion of the structure, or take other appropriate action.Core tests having an average of (85)PSMENl of the specified strength are realistic. To expect core tests to be equal tc is not realistic, since differences in the size of specimens, con- ditions of obtaining samples, and procedures for curing, do not permit equal values to be obtained. The code, as stated, concerns itself with assuring structural safety, and the instructions in 5.6 are aimed at that objective. It is not the function of the code to assign responsibility for strength deficiencies, whether or not they are such as to require corrective measures, Under the requirements of this section, cores taken to con- firm structural adequacy will usually be taken at ages later than those specified for determination of f,'.