New Standards
- C1758/C1758M – Standard Practice for Fabricating Test Specimens with Self-Consolidating Concrete is a new standard, now available. C1758/C1758M-11
- D7741 – Standard Test Method for Measurement of Apparent Viscosity of Asphalt-Rubber or Other Asphalt Binders by Using a Rotational Hand Held Viscometer is a new standard, now available. D7741-11
- D7741 – Standard Test Method for Measurement of Apparent Viscosity of Asphalt-Rubber or Other Asphalt Binders by Using a Rotational Hand Held Viscometer is a new standard, now available. D7741-11
- D7758 – Standard Practice for Passive Soil Gas Sampling in the Vadose Zone for Source Identification, Spatial Variability Assessment, Monitoring, and Vapor Intrusion Evaluations is a new standard, now available. D7758-11
- D7762 – Standard Practice for Design of Stabilization of Soil and Soil-Like Materials with Self-Cementing Fly Ash is a new standard, now available. D7762-11
Revised Standards
- C311 – Standard Test Methods for Sampling and Testing Fly Ash or Natural Pozzolans for Use in Portland-Cement Concrete has been revised to C311-11b
- C410 – Standard Specification for Industrial Floor Brick has been revised to C410-11
- C936/C936M – Standard Specification for Solid Concrete Interlocking Paving Units has been revised to C936/C936M-11
- C1064/C1064M – Standard Test Method for Temperature of Freshly Mixed Hydraulic-Cement Concrete has been revised to C1064/C1064M-11
- C1077 – Standard Practice for Agencies Testing Concrete and Concrete Aggregates for Use in Construction and Criteria for Testing Agency Evaluation has been revised to C1077-11c
- C1140/C1140M – Standard Practice for Preparing and Testing Specimens from Shotcrete Test Panels has been revised (with designation change) to C1140/C1140M-11
- C1319 – Standard Specification for Concrete Grid Paving Units has been revised to C1319-11
- C1601 – Standard Test Method for Field Determination of Water Penetration of Masonry Wall Surfaces has been revised to C1601-11
- C1623 – Standard Specification for Manufactured Concrete Masonry Lintels has been revised to C1623-11
- C1645/C1645M – Standard Test Method for Freeze-thaw and De-icing Salt Durability of Solid Concrete Interlocking Paving Units has been revised to C1645/C1645M-11
- D806 – Standard Test Method for Cement Content of Hardened Soil-Cement Mixtures has been revised to D806-11
- D1293 – Standard Test Methods for pH of Water has been revised to D1293-12
- D3080/D3080M – Standard Test Method for Direct Shear Test of Soils Under Consolidated Drained Conditions has been revised (with designation change) to D3080/D3080M-11
- D3142/D3142M – Standard Test Method for Specific Gravity, API Gravity, or Density of Cutback Asphalts by Hydrometer Method has been revised (with designation change) to D3142/D3142M-11
- D3856 – Standard Guide for Management Systems in Laboratories Engaged in Analysis of Water has been revised (with title change) to D3856-11
- D3999 – Standard Test Methods for the Determination of the Modulus and Damping Properties of Soils Using the Cyclic Triaxial Apparatus has been revised to D3999-11
- D4511 – Standard Test Method for Hydraulic Conductivity of Essentially Saturated Peat has been revised to D4511-11
- D5311 – Standard Test Method for Load Controlled Cyclic Triaxial Strength of Soil has been revised to D5311-11
- D5520 – Standard Test Method for Laboratory Determination of Creep Properties of Frozen Soil Samples by Uniaxial Compression has been revised to D5520-11
- D6066 – Standard Practice for Determining the Normalized Penetration Resistance of Sands for Evaluation of Liquefaction Potential has been revised to D6066-11
- D6391 – Standard Test Method for Field Measurement of Hydraulic Conductivity Using Borehole Infiltration has been revised to D6391-11
- D6598 – Standard Guide for Installing and Operating Settlement Platforms for Monitoring Vertical Deformations has been revised to D6598-11
- D7100 – Standard Test Method for Hydraulic Conductivity Compatibility Testing of Soils with Aqueous Solutions has been revised to D7100-11
- D7226 – Standard Test Method for Determining the Viscosity of Emulsified Asphalts Using a Rotational Paddle Viscometer has been revised to D7226-11
- D7300 – Standard Test Method for Laboratory Determination of Strength Properties of Frozen Soil at a Constant Rate of Strain has been revised to D7300-11
- D7363 – Standard Test Method for Determination of Parent and Alkyl Polycyclic Aromatics in Sediment Pore Water Using Solid-Phase Microextraction and Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry in Selected Ion Monitoring Mode has been revised to D7363-11
- D7363 – Standard Test Method for Determination of Parent and Alkyl Polycyclic Aromatics in Sediment Pore Water Using Solid-Phase Microextraction and Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry in Selected Ion Monitoring Mode has been revised to D7363-11
- D7369 – Standard Test Method for Determining the Resilient Modulus of Bituminous Mixtures by Indirect Tension Test has been revised to D7369-11
- D7496 – Standard Test Method for Viscosity of Emulsified Asphalt by Saybolt Furol Viscometer has been revised to D7496-11
- D7511 – Standard Test Method for Total Cyanide by Segmented Flow Injection Analysis, In-Line Ultraviolet Digestion and Amperometric Detection has been revised to D7511-12
- E514/E514M – Standard Test Method for Water Penetration and Leakage Through Masonry has been revised to E514/E514M-11
Reapproved Standards
- C1154 – Standard Terminology for Non-Asbestos Fiber-Reinforced Cement Products has been reapproved, available as C1154-06(2011)
- D933 – Standard Practice for Reporting Results of Examination and Analysis of Water-Formed Deposits has been reapproved, available as D933-84(2012)
- D4129 – Standard Test Method for Total and Organic Carbon in Water by High Temperature Oxidation and by Coulometric Detection has been reapproved, available as D4129-05(2012)
- D7275 – Standard Test Method for Tensile Properties of Bituminous Geomembranes (BGM) has been reapproved, available as D7275-07(2012)
- D7407 – Standard Guide for Determining The Transmission of Gases Through Geomembranes has been reapproved, available as D7407-07(2012)
Other Changes to Standards
- C672/C672M – Standard Test Method for Scaling Resistance of Concrete Surfaces Exposed to Deicing Chemicals (Withdrawn 2012) has been withdrawn, with no replacement. C672/C672M-03
- D420 – Standard Guide to Site Characterization for Engineering Design and Construction Purposes (Withdrawn 2012) has been withdrawn, with no replacement. D420-98(2003)
- D4281 – Standard Test Method for Oil and Grease (Fluorocarbon Extractable Substances) by Gravimetric Determination (Withdrawn 2012) has been withdrawn, with no replacement. D4281
- D5711 – Standard Test Method for Determining the Adherent Coating on Coarse Aggregates (Withdrawn 2012) has been withdrawn, with no replacement. D5711-03
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