New Standards
- D7729 – Standard Practice for Determining and Expressing Precision of Measurement Results, in the Analysis of Water, as Relative Standard Deviation, Utilizing DQCALC Software is a new standard, now available. D7729-12
- D7782 – Standard Practice for Determination of the 99%/95% Critical Level (WCL) and a Reliable Detection Estimate (WDE) Based on Within-laboratory Data is a new standard, now available. D7782-12
- D7783 – Standard Practice for Within-laboratory Quantitation Estimation (WQE) is a new standard, now available. D7783-12
Revised Standards
- C31/C31M – Standard Practice for Making and Curing Concrete Test Specimens in the Field has been revised to C31/C31M-12
- C140 – Standard Test Methods for Sampling and Testing Concrete Masonry Units and Related Units has been revised to C140-12a
- C174/C174M – Standard Test Method for Measuring Thickness of Concrete Elements Using Drilled Concrete Cores has been revised to C174/C174M-12
- C294 – Standard Descriptive Nomenclature for Constituents of Concrete Aggregates has been revised to C294-12
- C494/C494M – Standard Specification for Chemical Admixtures for Concrete has been revised to C494/C494M-12
- C902 – Standard Specification for Pedestrian and Light Traffic Paving Brick has been revised to C902-12
- C1067 – Standard Practice for Conducting a Ruggedness Evaluation or Screening Program for Test Methods for Construction Materials has been revised to C1067-12
- C1708 – Standard Test Methods for Self-leveling Mortars Containing Hydraulic Cements has been revised to C1708-12
- D8 – Standard Terminology Relating to Materials for Roads and Pavements has been revised to D8-12
- D512 – Standard Test Methods for Chloride Ion In Water has been revised to D512-12
- D977 – Standard Specification for Emulsified Asphalt has been revised to D977-12
- D2399 – Standard Practice for Selection of Cutback Asphalts has been revised to D2399-12
- D3625/D3625M – Standard Practice for Effect of Water on Bituminous-Coated Aggregate Using Boiling Water has been revised (with designation change) to D3625/D3625M-12
- D3633/D3633M – Standard Test Method for Electrical Resistivity of Membrane-Pavement Systems has been revised (with designation change) to D3633/D3633M-12
- D3665 – Standard Practice for Random Sampling of Construction Materials has been revised to D3665-12
- D4544 – Standard Practice for Estimating Peat Deposit Thickness has been revised to D4544-12
- D5404/D5404M – Standard Practice for Recovery of Asphalt from Solution Using the Rotary Evaporator has been revised to D5404/D5404M-12
- D6434 – Standard Guide for the Selection of Test Methods for Flexible Polypropylene Geomembranes has been revised (with title change) to D6434-12
- D6855 – Standard Test Method for Determination of Turbidity Below 5 NTU in Static Mode has been revised to D6855-12
- D7315 – Standard Test Method for Determination of Turbidity Above 1 Turbidity Unit (TU) in Static Mode has been revised to D7315-12
- E426 – Standard Practice for Electromagnetic (Eddy-Current) Examination of Seamless and Welded Tubular Products, Titanium, Austenitic Stainless Steel and Similar Alloys has been revised (with title change) to E426-12
- E571 – Standard Practice for Electromagnetic (Eddy-Current) Examination of Nickel and Nickel Alloy Tubular Products has been revised to E571-12
- E1106 – Standard Test Method for Primary Calibration of Acoustic Emission Sensors has been revised to E1106-12
- E1672 – Standard Guide for Computed Tomography (CT) System Selection has been revised to E1672-12
- E1932 – Standard Guide for Acoustic Emission Examination of Small Parts has been revised to E1932-12
Reapproved Standards
- D1783 – Standard Test Methods for Phenolic Compounds in Water has been reapproved, available as D1783-01(2012)
- D1890 – Standard Test Method for Beta Particle Radioactivity of Water has been reapproved, available as D1890-05(2012)
- D1943 – Standard Test Method for Alpha Particle Radioactivity of Water has been reapproved, available as D1943-05(2012)
- D2580 – Standard Test Method for Phenols in Water by Gas-Liquid Chromatography has been reapproved, available as D2580-06(2012)
- D3084 – Standard Practice for Alpha-Particle Spectrometry of Water has been reapproved, available as D3084-05(2012)
- D4128 – Standard Guide for Identification and Quantitation of Organic Compounds in Water by Combined Gas Chromatography and Electron Impact Mass Spectrometry has been reapproved, available as D4128-06(2012)
- D4165 – Standard Test Method for Cyanogen Chloride in Water has been reapproved, available as D4165-06(2012)
- D4763 – Standard Practice for Identification of Chemicals in Water by Fluorescence Spectroscopy has been reapproved, available as D4763-06(2012)
- D5245 – Standard Practice for Cleaning Laboratory Glassware, Plasticware, and Equipment Used in Microbiological Analyses has been reapproved, available as D5245-92(2012)
- D5259 – Standard Test Method for Isolation and Enumeration of Enterococci from Water by the Membrane Filter Procedure has been reapproved, available as D5259-92(2012)
- D5465 – Standard Practice for Determining Microbial Colony Counts from Waters Analyzed by Plating Methods has been reapproved, available as D5465-93(2012)
Other Changes to Standards
- D7748 – Standard Test Method for Flexural Rigidity of Geogrids, Geotextiles and Related Products has been editorially changed, available as D7748-12e1
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