Revised Standards
- C31/C31M – Standard Practice for Making and Curing Concrete Test Specimens in the Field has been revised to C31/C31M-08b
- C94/C94M – Standard Specification for Ready-Mixed Concrete has been revised to C94/C94M-09
- C173/C173M – Standard Test Method for Air Content of Freshly Mixed Concrete by the Volumetric Method has been revised to C173/C173M-08a
- C387/C387M – Standard Specification for Packaged, Dry, Combined Materials for Mortar and Concrete has been revised to C387/C387M-09
- C858 – Standard Specification for Underground Precast Concrete Utility Structures has been revised to C858-09
- C989 – Standard Specification for Slag Cement for Use in Concrete and Mortars has been revised (with title change) to C989-09
- C1116/C1116M – Standard Specification for Fiber-Reinforced Concrete has been revised to C1116/C1116M-08a
- C1202 – Standard Test Method for Electrical Indication of Concrete’s Ability to Resist Chloride Ion Penetration has been revised to C1202-08
- C1227 – Standard Specification for Precast Concrete Septic Tanks has been revised to C1227-09
- C1231/C1231M – Standard Practice for Use of Unbonded Caps in Determination of Compressive Strength of Hardened Concrete Cylinders has been revised to C1231/C1231M-09
- C1436 – Standard Specification for Materials for Shotcrete has been revised (with designation change) to C1436-08
- C1646/C1646M – Standard Specification for Materials for Shotcrete has been revised (with title change) to C1646/C1646M-08a
- D2643 – Standard Specification for Prefabricated Bituminous Geomembrane Used as Canal and Ditch Liner (Exposed Type) has been revised (with title change) to D2643-08
- D7008 – Standard Specification for Geosynthetic Alternate Daily Covers has been revised to D7008-08
Reapproved Standards
- C802 – Standard Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Test Program to Determine the Precision of Test Methods for Construction Materials has been reapproved (with editorial change), available as C802-96(2008)e1
- D5889 – Standard Practice for Quality Control of Geosynthetic Clay Liners has been reapproved, available as D5889-97(2008)
- D6214 – Standard Test Method for Determining the Integrity of Field Seams Used in Joining Geomembranes by Chemical Fusion Methods has been reapproved, available as D6214-98(2008)
- D7003 – Standard Test Method for Strip Tensile Properties of Reinforced Geomembranes has been reapproved, available as D7003-03(2008)
Other Changes to Standards
- C995 – Standard Test Method for Time of Flow of Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Through Inverted Slump Cone (Withdrawn 2008) has been withdrawn, with no replacement. C995-01
- D1143/D1143M – Standard Test Methods for Deep Foundations Under Static Axial Compressive Load has been editorially changed, available as D1143/D1143M-07e1
- D3263 – Standard Test Methods for Corrosivity of Solvent Systems for Removing Water-Formed Deposits (Withdrawn 2008) has been withdrawn, with no replacement. D3263-03
- D6529 – Standard Test Method for Operating Performance of Continuous Electrodeionization Systems on Feeds from 50-1000 uS/cm (Withdrawn 2009) has been withdrawn, with no replacement. D6529-00
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
