New Standards
- C1697 – Standard Specification for Blended Supplementary Cementitious Materials is a new standard, now available. C1697-10
- D7556 – Standard Test Methods for Determining Small-Strain Tensile Properties of Geogrids and Geotextiles by In-Air Cyclic Tension Tests is a new standard, now available. D7556-10
Revised Standards
- C114 – Standard Test Methods for Chemical Analysis of Hydraulic Cement has been revised to C114-10
- C115 – Standard Test Method for Fineness of Portland Cement by the Turbidimeter has been revised to C115-10
- C143/C143M – Standard Test Method for Slump of Hydraulic-Cement Concrete has been revised to C143/C143M-10
- C173/C173M – Standard Test Method for Air Content of Freshly Mixed Concrete by the Volumetric Method has been revised to C173/C173M-10
- C227 – Standard Test Method for Potential Alkali Reactivity of Cement-Aggregate Combinations (Mortar-Bar Method) has been revised to C227-10
- C387/C387M – Standard Specification for Packaged, Dry, Combined Materials for Mortar and Concrete has been revised to C387/C387M-10
- C465 – Standard Specification for Processing Additions for Use in the Manufacture of Hydraulic Cements has been revised to C465-10
- C494/C494M – Standard Specification for Chemical Admixtures for Concrete has been revised to C494/C494M-10
- C685/C685M – Standard Specification for Concrete Made by Volumetric Batching and Continuous Mixing has been revised to C685/C685M-10
- C786/C786M – Standard Test Method for Fineness of Hydraulic Cement and Raw Materials by the 300-?m (No. 50), 150-?m (No. 100), and 75-?m (No. 200) Sieves by Wet Methods has been revised (with designation change) to C786/C786M-10
- C1231/C1231M – Standard Practice for Use of Unbonded Caps in Determination of Compressive Strength of Hardened Concrete Cylinders has been revised to C1231/C1231M-10
- D854 – Standard Test Methods for Specific Gravity of Soil Solids by Water Pycnometer has been revised to D854-10
- D1129 – Standard Terminology Relating to Water has been revised to D1129-10
- D3740 – Standard Practice for Minimum Requirements for Agencies Engaged in Testing and/or Inspection of Soil and Rock as Used in Engineering Design and Construction has been revised to D3740-10
- D5261 – Standard Test Method for Measuring Mass per Unit Area of Geotextiles has been revised to D5261-10
- D6637 – Standard Test Method for Determining Tensile Properties of Geogrids by the Single or Multi-Rib Tensile Method has been revised to D6637-10
Reapproved Standards
- D5172 – Standard Guide for Documenting the Standard Operating Procedures Used for the Analysis of Water has been reapproved (with editorial change), available as D5172-91(2010)e1
- D5617 – Standard Test Method for Multi-Axial Tension Test for Geosynthetics has been reapproved, available as D5617-04(2010)
- D6693 – Standard Test Method for Determining Tensile Properties of Nonreinforced Polyethylene and Nonreinforced Flexible Polypropylene Geomembranes has been reapproved, available as D6693-04(2010)
- D7099 – Standard Terminology Relating to Frozen Soil and Rock has been reapproved, available as D7099-04(2010)
Other Changes to Standards
- D2171 – Standard Test Method for Viscosity of Asphalts by Vacuum Capillary Viscometer has been editorially changed, available as D2171-07e1
- D7013 – Standard Guide for Nuclear Surface Moisture and Density Gauge Calibration Facility Setup has been editorially changed, available as D7013-04e1
- D7575 – Standard Test Method for Solvent-Free Membrane Recoverable Oil and Grease by Infrared Determination has been editorially changed, available as D7575-10e1
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
