
New Standards
- C1754/C1754M – Standard Test Method for Density and Void Content of Hardened Pervious Concrete is a new standard, now available. C1754/C1754M-12
Revised Standards
- C50/C50M – Standard Practice for Sampling, Sample Preparation, Packaging, and Marking of Lime and Limestone Products has been revised (with designation change) to C50/C50M-12
- C150/C150M – Standard Specification for Portland Cement has been revised to C150/C150M-12
- C305 – Standard Practice for Mechanical Mixing of Hydraulic Cement Pastes and Mortars of Plastic Consistency has been revised to C305-12
- C595/C595M – Standard Specification for Blended Hydraulic Cements has been revised to C595/C595M-12
- C989/C989M – Standard Specification for Slag Cement for Use in Concrete and Mortars has been revised to C989/C989M-12
- C1242 – Standard Guide for Selection, Design, and Installation of Dimension Stone Attachment Systems has been revised to C1242-12a
- C1528 – Standard Guide for Selection of Dimension Stone has been revised to C1528-12a
- D698 – Standard Test Methods for Laboratory Compaction Characteristics of Soil Using Standard Effort (12 400 ft-lbf/ft3 (600 kN-m/m3)) has been revised to D698-12
- D1557 – Standard Test Methods for Laboratory Compaction Characteristics of Soil Using Modified Effort (56,000 ft-lbf/ft3 (2,700 kN-m/m3)) has been revised to D1557-12
- D1635/D1635M – Standard Test Method for Flexural Strength of Soil-Cement Using Simple Beam with Third-Point Loading has been revised (with designation change) to Revision with Change in Desig
- D4945 – Standard Test Method for High-Strain Dynamic Testing of Deep Foundations has been revised to D4945-12
Other Changes to Standards
- C595/C595M – Standard Specification for Blended Hydraulic Cements has been editorially changed, available as C595/C595M-12e1
- C684 – Standard Test Method for Making, Accelerated Curing, and Testing Concrete Compression Test Specimens (Withdrawn 2012) has been withdrawn, with no replacement. C684-99(2003)
- D559 – Standard Test Methods for Wetting and Drying Compacted Soil-Cement Mixtures (Withdrawn 2012) has been withdrawn, with no replacement. D559-03
- D560 – Standard Test Methods for Freezing and Thawing Compacted Soil-Cement Mixtures (Withdrawn 2012) has been withdrawn, with no replacement. D560-03
- D5333 – Standard Test Method for Measurement of Collapse Potential of Soils (Withdrawn 2012) has been withdrawn, with no replacement. D5333-03
- D6939 – Standard Practice for Brushmattressing (Withdrawn 2012) has been withdrawn, with no replacement. D6939-03
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