Revised Standards
- C62 – Standard Specification for Building Brick (Solid Masonry Units Made From Clay or Shale) has been revised to C62-08
- C67 – Standard Test Methods for Sampling and Testing Brick and Structural Clay Tile has been revised to C67-08
- C140 – Standard Test Methods for Sampling and Testing Concrete Masonry Units and Related Units has been revised to C140-08a
- C295 – Standard Guide for Petrographic Examination of Aggregates for Concrete has been revised to C295-08
- C503 – Standard Specification for Marble Dimension Stone has been revised to C503-08a
- C568 – Standard Specification for Limestone Dimension Stone has been revised to C568-08a
- C1077 – Standard Practice for Laboratories Testing Concrete and Concrete Aggregates for Use in Construction and Criteria for Laboratory Evaluation has been revised to C1077-08
- C1262 – Standard Test Method for Evaluating the Freeze-Thaw Durability of Dry-Cast Segmental Retaining Wall Units and Related Concrete Units has been revised to C1262-08a
- C1325 – Standard Specification for Non-Asbestos Fiber-Mat Reinforced Cementitious Backer Units has been revised to C1325-08a
- C1353 – Standard Test Method Using the Taber Abraser for Abrasion Resistance of Dimension Stone Subjected to Foot Traffic has been revised to C1353-08
- C1405 – Standard Specification for Glazed Brick (Single Fired, Brick Units) has been revised to C1405-08
- C1552 – Standard Practice for Capping Concrete Masonry Units, Related Units and Masonry Prisms for Compression Testing has been revised to C1552-08a
- C1601 – Standard Test Method for Field Determination of Water Penetration of Masonry Wall Surfaces has been revised to C1601-08
- D653 – Standard Terminology Relating to Soil, Rock, and Contained Fluids has been revised to D653-08
- D653 – Standard Terminology Relating to Soil, Rock, and Contained Fluids has been revised to D653-08a
- D1253 – Standard Test Method for Residual Chlorine in Water has been revised to D1253-08
- D1429 – Standard Test Methods for Specific Gravity of Water and Brine has been revised to D1429-08
- D2489/D2489M – Standard Practice for Estimating Degree of Particle Coating of Bituminous-Aggregate Mixtures has been revised (with designation change) to D2489/D2489M-08
- D3352 – Standard Test Method for Strontium Ion in Brackish Water, Seawater, and Brines has been revised to D3352-08a
- D3542 – Standard Specification for Preformed Polychloroprene Elastomeric Joint Seals for Bridges has been revised to D3542-08
- D3558 – Standard Test Methods for Cobalt in Water has been revised to D3558-08
- D3859 – Standard Test Methods for Selenium in Water has been revised to D3859-08
- D3919 – Standard Practice for Measuring Trace Elements in Water by Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry has been revised to D3919-08
- D4130 – Standard Test Method for Sulfate Ion in Brackish Water, Seawater, and Brines has been revised to D4130-08
- D5444 – Standard Test Method for Mechanical Size Analysis of Extracted Aggregate has been revised to D5444-08
- D5506 – Standard Practice for Organizations Engaged in the Certification of Personnel Testing and Inspecting Bituminous Paving Materials has been revised to D5506-08
- D6704 – Standard Test Method for Determining the Workability of Asphalt Cold Mix Patching Material has been revised to D6704-08
- E1036 – Standard Test Methods for Electrical Performance of Nonconcentrator Terrestrial Photovoltaic Modules and Arrays Using Reference Cells has been revised to E1036-08
- E2481 – Standard Test Method for Hot Spot Protection Testing of Photovoltaic Modules has been revised to E2481-08
Reapproved Standards
- C97 – Standard Test Methods for Absorption and Bulk Specific Gravity of Dimension Stone has been reapproved, available as C97-02(2008)
- C1352 – Standard Test Method for Flexural Modulus of Elasticity of Dimension Stone has been reapproved, available as C1352-96(2008)
Other Changes to Standards
- D6453 – Standard Guide for Format of Computerized Exchange of Soil and Rock Test Data (Withdrawn 2008) has been withdrawn, with no replacement.
- D7409 – Standard Test Method for Carboxyl End Group Content of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Yarns has been editorially changed, available as D7409-07e1
GeoPrac and ASTM Standards Updates
ASTM standards are an important part of my geotechnical engineering practice, and keeping up with changes can be a challenging thing. Their website offers an ASTM standards tracker service that will email you a weekly update on new, revised or otherwise modified standards for your areas of interest. I try to sift through these weekly updates and provide a monthly update to GeoPrac readers that contains changes to standards (no work items) that may be of interest to them in their practice. I look at updates from the following ASTM comittees:
- C01 – Cement
- C07 – Lime
- C09 – Concrete and Concrete Aggregates
- C15 – Manufactured Masonry Units
- C17 – Fiber-Reinforced Cement Products
- C18 – Dimension Stone
- C27 – Precast Concrete Products
- D04 – Road and Paving Materials
- D18 – Soil and Rock
- D19 – Water
- D35 – Geosynthetics
- E07 – Nondestructive Testing
- E27 – Hazard Potential of Chemicals
- E44 – Solar, Geothermal and Other Alternative Energy Sources
- G01 – Corrosion of Metals
