Government of India-Ministry of Railways

Research Designs & Standard organization

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No.CBS/Codes/A&C Date :28.03.2006

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All Principal Chief Engineers

i) Central Railway, M umbai CST-400 001

ii) Eastern Railway, Fairlie Place, Kolk ata-700 001
iii) East Central Railway , Hazip ur
iv) East-Coast Railway , Bhubaneshwar
v) Northern Railway , Baroda House, New Delhi – 110 001
vi) North Central Railway, Allahabad
vii) North Eastern Railway, Gorakhp ur-273 001
viii) North Western Railway, Jaip ur
ix) Northeast Frontier Railway , Maligaon, Guwahati – 781 061
x) Southern Railway , Park Town, Chennai –600 003
xi) South Central Railway , Rail Nilay am, Secunderabad – 500 371
xii) South East Central Railway , Bilasp ur
xiii) South Eastern Railway, Garden Reach, Kolk ata – 700 043
xiv) South West Railway , Hubli
xv) Western Railway , M umbai – 400 020
xvi) West Central Railway , Jabalp ur.

Sub : A&C Slip No. 9 for IRS Concrete Brid ge Code regardin g Concrete
Strength.
Ref : 1. Rly . Board’s letter No. 2006/CE-I/Br/PPC dt. 08.03.06

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Vide above referred letter, Railway Board h ave ap p roved certain modifications in
the p rovision of for IRS Concrete Bridge Code regardin g Portland Pozzolana Cement and
Portland Slag Cement. Addendum & Corrigendum Slip No.9, dt. 27.3.06 incorporating
above modifications is enclosed herewith for information and necessary action.

Encl : A&C Slip No.9

SD/-
(Lalloo Sin gh)
Executive Director / B&S
 Government of India
Ministry of Railways

INDIAN RAILWAY S TANDARD CODE OF PRACTIC E FOR

PLAIN, REINFORCED AND PRES TRES S ED CONCRETE
FOR GENERAL BRIDGE CONS TRUCTION
(CONCRET E BRIDGE CODE)

First Ado pted –1936

First Revision –1962
Second Revision –1997

ADDENDUM & CORRIGENDUM S LIP NO.9 Dated 27.3.06

1. Amend the fo llowing clauses as follows:

4.1.1 f) Rep lace “(See Note 1 & 4)” with “(See Note 1,4,5 & 6)”

g) Rep lace “(See Note 2 & 4)” with “(See Note 2,4, 5 & 6)”

4.1.1 NOTE 1 : Replace existing contents of Note 1 with the fo llowing:

“M ixin g of 50% blast furnace slag with OPC cement at site shall not normally be
permitted. However, in exceptional cases for brid ges requirin g higher levels of
durability using blended cement which is not availab le from manufacturers
blendin g at site may be p ermitted subject to ensuring dedicated facilities and
comp lete mech anized process control to achiev e sp ecified quality with the sp ecial
permission of Chief Engineer/Chief Brid ge Engineer”.

4.1.1 NOTE 2: Replace existing contents of Note 2 with the fo llowing:

“Portland Pozzolana cement shall not be used for PSC works. When Portland
Pozzolana cement is used in plain and reinforced concrete, it is to be ensured that
prop er damp curing of concrete at least for 14 days and supp orting form work
shall not be removed till concrete attains at least 75% of the design strength”.
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Add Notes 5 & 6 below Note 4

Note 5: Comp atibility of chemical ad mixtures and sup er p lasticizers with Portland
Pozzolana cement and Portland blast furnace slag cement shall be ensured by
trials before use.

Note 6: Some other p rop erties of concrete such as modu lus of elasticity , tensile
strength, creep and shrink age are not likely to be significantly different. For
design purp oses, it will be sufficiently accurate to take the same valu e as those
used for concrete mad e with OPC.

BY ORDER

SD/-
(Lalloo Singh)
Executive Director/B&S
LUCKNOW
Dated: 27.3.2006