Sr. Min. Qty.

of Material required for

Name of Test
No. testing

CEMENT :
District Lab. -
1 Fineness Test samples of cement shall be made
2 Specific gravity up of a 15 kg cement approximately
3 Standard consistency taken from each of number of bags on
4 Setting time (initial & final) the site.
5 Compressive strength
6 Soundness

COARSE AGGREGATE :
District Lab. -
1 Sieve analysis Size of metal Quantity
2 Water absorption 60 mm 100 kg
3 Specific gravity 40 mm 50 kg
4 Impact value 25 mm 50 kg
5 Abrasion value 20 mm 25 kg
6 Crushing value 12.5 mm 12 kg
7 Flakiness index 10 mm 6 kg
6.3 mm 3 kg
Regional Lab. -
8 Soundness 20 kg.
9 Bulk density 25 kg.

FINE AGGREGATE :
District Lab. -
1 Fineness modulus (Sieve analysis) One bag of 25 kg.
2 Silt & Clay content (Weight seiving)
Regional Lab. -
3 Cl2 & Sulphate content 2 kg.
4 Moisture content 2 kg.
5 Bulkage of sand 5 kg.

Bricks :
District Lab. -
1 Water absorption 5 bricks.
2 Compressive strength 5 bricks.
3 Efflorence 5 bricks.

FLOORING TILES :
District Lab. -
1 Flexural test 6 tiles.
2 Water absorption 6 tiles.
3 Resistance to wear 6 specimens of size 70 × 70 mm.

MANGLORE TILES :
District Lab. -
1 Water absorption 6 tiles.
2 Flexural test 6 tiles.
3 Permeability test 6 tiles.
 GLAZED TILES :
District Lab. -
1 Water absorption 5 tiles.

CONCRETE :
District Lab. -
1 Compressive strength of c.c. cube 3 Nos. of c.c. cubes size 15 × 15 × 15
cm per set.
2 Concrete mix design with all tests on 1 full bag of each aggregate, sand and
basic materials. cement.
Regional Lab. -
3 Flexural strength of beam 1 set of 3 beams.

MORTOR :
District Lab. -
1 Compressive strength 3 Nos. of mortor cubes size 7.07×7.07
×7.07 cm per set.

STONE :
District Lab. -
1 Crushing value 50 kg.
2 Water absorption & Specific gravity 50 kg.
3 Compressive strength 6 dressed samples of 10×10×10 cm.

SOIL / MURUM :
District Lab. -
1 Field moisture content 1 bag of 50 kg.
2 Liquid limit & Plastic limit
3 Compaction test (Proctor density)
4 C.B.R. test (lab.)
5 Field density by sand replacement
Regional Lab. -
6 Sulphate & Chloride content 2 kg.
7 Mechanical analysis 60 kg.

BITUMEN :
District Lab. -
1 Extraction test 2 kg bituminous mix.
2 Marshall stability & Flow measurement, 1 set of 3 standard Marshall moulds of
moulds testing. size dia. 10 cm, ht. 6.5 cm.
3 Preparation of Marshall moulds. 4 kg mix.
4 Penetration 2 kg bitumen.
5 Asphaltic concrete job mix design with 1 full bag of each aggregate, filler- 5 kg,
all tests on basic materials for DBM / bitumen - 5 kg for each mix design..
SDBC / AC.
6 Bituminous Macadam job mix design.
Regional Lab. -
7 Softening point 5 kg of bitumen.
8 Viscosity
9 Flash & Fire point
10 Specific gravity
11 Ductility
12 Mastic Hardness No. 5 moulds.
 HOLLOW BLOCKS :
District Lab. -
1 Density test 3 bolcks.
2 Compressive strength 8 blocks.
3 Water absorption test 3 blocks.

SOLID BLOCKS :
District Lab. -
1 Density test 3 bolcks.
2 Compressive strength 8 blocks.
3 Water absorption test 3 blocks.

WATER :
Regional Lab. -
1 PH value 1 litre of water.
2 Sulphate & Chloride content.

WOOD :
Regional Lab. -
1 Density 3 samples of 450 × 300 mm.
2 Moisture content

STEEL ANTICORROSIVE TEST :

Regional Lab. -
1 Resistance to applied voltage (1hr.test) 2 bars of 90 cm length of required dia.
2 Resistance to applied voltage (30days)
3 Thickness of coating
4 Chemical resistance test 8 bars of 30 cm length of required dia.
5 Hardness of coating test 2 bars of 30 cm length of required dia.
Sr.
Material & Tests Specified Limit Frequency
No.
CEMENT (OPC) :

1 Initial setting time. Not less than 30 min. For each consign-
2 Final setting time. Not more than 600 min. ment of 50 MT or
3 Fineness by dry sieving. Residue not more than 10 % part thereof.
on 90 micron sieve.
4 Specific gravity. 3.10 to 3.15.
5 Comp. strength, kg/cm2. 33 Gr. 43 Gr. 53 Gr.
a) 3 days (+ / - 1 hr.) 160 230 270
b) 7 days (+ / - 2 hr.) 220 330 370
6 Soundness by Lechatelier ap. Expan. not more than 10 mm.

SAND :

1 Particle size. 100 % passing through 4.75 Tests should be

2 Silt content.
3 Fineness modulus.
4 Bulkage.
5 Moisture content.
mm IS sieve. carried out in the
Not more than 4 %. beginning & if there
i) For concrete 2.6 to 3.6. is a change in
ii) For masonary & 1st coat source.
of plaster not exceed 3.
iii) For pointing & 2nd coat of
plaster shall not exceed 1.6.
Bulkage will have to be deter-
mined for applying correction
to the qty. of sand as & when
necessary.
Will have to be determined to
find qty. of free water in sand.

COARSE AGGREGATE :
District Lab. -
1 Gradation. 1 test per 100 cum.

100%
passing 100 % retained on
Size of metal.
through sieve size.
sieve size.

80 mm. 100 mm. 50 mm.

60 mm. 80 mm. 50 mm.
50 mm. 60 mm. 40 mm.
40 mm. 63 mm. 63 mm (0 %).

40 mm 35
40 mm ( 30 to 65 % ).
to 70 %.

12.5 mm 0 12.5 mm ( 95 to 100

to 5 %. % ).
40 mm to 50 mm. 63 mm. 25 mm.
 For Bituminous works ;

40 mm crushed metal. 50 mm. 25 mm.

25 mm crushed metal. 40 mm. 20 mm.
20 mm crushed metal. 25 mm. 12.5 mm.
12.5 mm crushed metal. 20 mm. 10 mm.
10 mm crushed metal. 12.5mm. 6.3 mm.
6.3 mm crushed metal. 10 mm. 4.75 mm.

For For road work (heavy

concrete. traffic).

not exceed Shall not exceed 30 At the beginning & if

2 Impact value. there is change in
45 %. %.
source.

not exceed Shall not exceed 17

3 Crushing value.
45 %. %.

Shall not exceed 50 %

not exceed
4 Los Angles Abrasion value. (for WBM) & 17 % (for
16 %.
BT works).

not exceed Shall not exceed 15

5 Flakiness index.
35 %. %.

Shall not exceed 5 %

not exceed
6 Water absorption. (for WBM) & 1 % (for
5 %.
BT works).
Not
7 Specific gravity. Not specified.
specified.
Regional Lab. -
8 Soundness. Loss with sodium - 12 % max., Before approving the
magnesium sulphate-18% max. agg. & every month
subsequently.
9 Bulk density. -- --

BRICKS :

1 Water absorption. Not exceed I class - 20 %. A set of 15 bricks

2 Comp. strength (wet).
3 Efflorescence.
II class - 22 %. for 50000 consign-
32.8 to 29.52 kg/cm2 min. ment or part thereof.
Nil - when there is no perce-
ptible deposit of efflorescence
Slight - when not more than
10 % area is deposit covered.
Serious - when there is heavy
deposit of salt accompanied
by powdering.

CEMENT MORTER CUBE :

1 Comp. strength for 28 days. Proportion 28 days strength.

1:3, 127 to 211 kg/cm2.
 1:4, 84 to 126 kg/cm2.
1:5, 56 to 84 kg/cm2.
1:6, 35 to 56 kg/cm2.

CEMENT CONCRETE CUBE :

District Lab. -
1 Compressive strength Grade. 7 days. 28 days. Qty cum Min. samp.
(min. kg/cm2). M100 70 100 1 to 5 1
M150 105 150 6 to 15 2
M200 135 200 16 to 30 3
M250 170 250 31 to 50 4
M300 200 300 50&above 4 plus
M350 235 350 additional samples
M400 270 400 for each addition of
50 cum or part there-
of. 1 sample=6cubes
Regional Lab. -
Modulus of rupture of
2 Flexural strength of beam.
Grade beam test min.
3 days. 7 days. 2 beams / 150 cum or
M10 1.2 1.7 part thereof (1 for 7
M15 1.5 2.1 days & other for 28
M20 1.7 2.4 days or min. 6 beams
M25 1.9 2.7 per day's work which
M30 2.1 3.0 ever is more.
M35 2.3 3.2
M40 2.5 3.4

MANGALORE TILES :

1 Water absorp.(not exceed). classAA classA 1 set of 18 tiles for

2 Breaking load (min.), kg.
The tile shall be considered as satisfying the test, if not water has coazed from the
bottom at the tile after the test.
for average, every 2000 tiles or
100 (410 × 235), 80 (410 × 235) part thereof.
110 (420 × 250), 90 (420 × 250)
110 (425 × 260), 90 (425 × 260)
individual,
90 (410 × 235), 68 (410 × 235)
100 (420 × 250), 78 (420 × 250)
100 (425 × 260), 78 (425 × 260)

CEMENT FLOORING TILES :

1 Water absorption. Shall not exceed 10 %. 6 tiles be tested for

2 Transverse strength. Avg. wt. shall not be less than every 2000 tiles or
3 N/mm2 (30 kg/cm2). part thereof.

SOIL / MURUM :
District Lab. -
1 Proctor density shall not be 1.44 gm/cc - embankment upto 1 test per 1000 cum.
less than. 3 m height. or 1 test for compac-
1.5 gm/cc - embankment tion of 1 layer in 1 KM
 exceeding 3 m height. & every change in
1.65 gm/cc for top 0.5 m height source or type of
of embankment. murum.
The embankment shall be designed on ascertaining the CBR value.
Regional Lab. -
2 Sulphate & Chloride content. Sulphate content - 500 mg/lit.
Chloride content, 2000 mg/lit.
for PCC & 1000 mg/lit. for RCC.
3 Mechanical analysis.

HARD MURUM :

1 Gradation. 95 % passing through 80 mm 1 test per 1000 cum.

2 Plasicity index.
sieve size. 2 % passing through or 1 test for compac-
25 mm sieve size. tion of 1 layer in 1 KM
Below 4. & every change in
source or type of
murum.

SOFT MURUM :

1 Plasicity index. Below 8. 1 test per 1000 cum.

or 1 test for compac-
tion of 1 layer in 1 KM
& every change in
source or type of
murum.

STONE :

1 Water absorption. Maximum 5 %.

2 Compressive strength. 1530 kg/cm2 minimum.
3 Specific gravity. Not less than 3.

GLAZED TILES :

1 Water absorption. Not more than 10 %. 1 set of 5 tiles for

every 5000 tiles or
part thereof.

BITUMEN :
District Lab. -
1 Penetration. To ascertain the correct grade 2 samples per lot.
of bitumen.
Regional Lab. -
2 Softening point. 40 to 55 oC. 2 samples/lot.
3 Viscosity. --
4 Flash & Fire point. 175 oC.
5 Specific gravity. 0.99 minimum.
6 Ductility. 75 cm minimum.
7 Mastic Hardness No. 60 to 80 at 25 oC without coarse
agg. & 10 to 20 at 25 oC after
adding coarse agg.
 BITUMINOUS MIX :
1 Extraction.
2 Marshall stability & Flow
measurements.
FINE AGGREGATE :
Regional Lab. -
1 Cl2 & Sulphate content.
2 Moisture content.
3 Bulkage of sand.
WATER :
Regional Lab. -
1 PH Value.
2 Sulphate & Chloride content.
WOOD :
Regional Lab. -
1 Density.
2 Moisture content.
STEEL ANTICORROSIVE TEST :
Regional Lab. -
1 Resistance to applied voltage Therw was no sign of any coat-
(1 hr. test).
2 Resistance to applied voltage No under cutting of coating shall
(30 days test).
To check correct binder content 2 test for each 100 T
as per the tender. of mix subject to a
min. 2 test per day
per plant.
Min. stability 820 kg. Flow 2 - 4 For each 100 T of
mm. produced, a set of 3
Marshall moulds to be
prepared & tested as
per MOST.
Sulphate content - 500 ml/lit.
Cl2 content, 2000 mg/lit. for
P.C.C. & 1000 mg/lit. for R.C.C.
Not less than 6. Once for approval of
source of supply,
subsequently in case
of doubt.
Sulphate content - 500 ml/lit.
Cl2 content, 2000 mg/lit. for
P.C.C. & 1000 mg/lit. for R.C.C.
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Roof & floors / weather boards At least 3 samples
- 20 %, Joinery beams/staircase from lots containing
- 16 %, floors - 12 %. upto 200 pieces.
ing failure at cathode due to
evaluation of hydrogen gas of
any lasting at anode.
occur at any holiday that develo-
pes during testing. If no holiday
developed during 30 days single
intentional hole of 6 mm shall be
made in both cathode & anode
then test shall be continued for

3 Thickness of coating.
4 Chemical resistanve test.
5 Hardness of coating test.
additional 24 hrs. in which no
under cutting shall occur.
Minimum thickness, Coating tk. shall be
CECRI - 200 to 400 mic. tested at a frequency
FBEC - 100 to 300 mic. of not less than 1 full
CPCC - 125 mic. Min. length bar every 20
bars for each size.
The coating shall not blister,
soften, lose bond, nor develop-
ment holiday during 45 days. The
intentionally made holes shall
exhibit no under cutting during
the 45 days period.
Hardness of coating when mea-
sured using a pencil hardness
tester shall be around 54 74.