Quality Control I) Density of Raw Materials S.

No 1 2 3 4 5 Material Coarse Aggregate Sand Bricks Cement Gypsum Unit kg/m3 kg/m3 kg/m3 kg/m3 kg/m3 Density 1700 1800 1750 1450 1600

II) List of Mandatory Tests S.No Material 1 Water IS Code IS 3025 Frequency Water from each source shall be got tested befor the commencement of work and thereafter once in every 3 months till the completion of work. Water from municipal sources need to be tested once in six months. Number of Tests for each source will be 3

2 Cement III) Relevant Data 1 Reduction in Strength of Cement S.No 1 2 3 4 5 Storage Period of Cement Fresh 3 months old 6 months old 12 months old 24 months old

IS 4031

Every 50 MT or part thereof

Strength Reduction Nil 20% 30% 40% 50%

Quality Control IV) Grading of Sand for use in Masonry as per IS 2116-1980 S.No 1 2 3 4 5 6 IS Sieve Designation 4.75 mm 2.36 mm 1.18 mm 600 micron 300 micron 150 micron Percentage passing by Mass 100 90-100 70-100 40-100 5-70 0-15

V) Grading of Sand for use in Plaster as per IS 1542-1977 S.No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 VI) VII) S.No 1 2 3 VIII) S.No 1 2 3 4 5 IS Sieve Designation 10 mm 4.75 mm 2.36 mm 1.18 mm 600 micron 300 micron 150 micron Cement Bag Plain Cement Concrete Grade M15 M20 M25 Reinforced Cement Concrete Grade M20 M25 M30 M35 M40 Minimum Cement Content (kg) 300 300 320 340 360 Water Cement Ratio 0.55 0.5 0.45 0.45 0.4 Minimum Cement Content (kg) 240 260 280 Water Cement Ratio 0.6 0.45 0.4 Percentage passing by Mass 100 95-100 95-100 90-100 80-100 20-65 0-50 50 kg 0.035 m3

Quality Control IX) Removal of Formwork Minimum Period before striking Formwork 16 to 24 hours 3 days

S.No Type of Formwork 1 Vertical Formwork 2 Soffit formwork to Slabs ( Props to be refixed immedialely after removal of formwork) 3 Soffit formwork to Beams ( Props to be refixed immedialely after removal of formwork) 4 Props to Slabs spanning upto 4.5 m 5 Props to Slabs spanning over 4.5 m 6 Props to Beams spanning upto 6 m 7 Props to Beams spanning over 6 m X) S.No 1 2 3 4 5 6 XI)

7 days

7 days 14 days 14 days 21 days

Quantity of different material to get 1 m3 of Concrete Mix Proportion 1:1:2 1:1.5:3 1:2:4 1:3:6 1:4:8 1:5:10 Cement (kg) 61 40 32 22 17 13 Sand (m3) 0.45 0.441 0.47 0.485 0.5 0.475 Aggregate 40 mm Aggregate 20 mm 0.675 0.662 0.705 0.727 0.275 0.258

0.688 0.662

Cube Samples for Compressive Strength Each sample consists of 3 cubes of size 15 x 15 x 15 cm S.No Quantity (m3) No. of Samples 1 Less than 5 1 2 6 to 15 2 3 16 to 30 3 4 31 to 50 4 5 51 and above 4 plus one additional sample for each additional 15 m3 or part thereof

Quality Control XII) Bricks Compressive Strength S.No 1 2 3 4 Class/ Designation 10 7.5 5 3.5 Compressive Strength (N/mm2) 10-12.5 7.5-10 5-7.5 3.5-5

XIII) Testing of Bricks a) For Visual and Dimensional Characteristics S.No No. of Bricks in Lot No. of Bricks to be selected for individual characteristics 1 2001-10000 2 10001-35000 3 35001-50000 b) For Physical Characteristics S.No No. of Bricks in Lot 20 32 50

Permissible no. of defective in the sample 1 2 3

No. of Bricks for dimensional characteristics 40 60 80

Sample Size for compressive strength, water absorbtion, and efflorescence 5 10 15

Permissible No of defectives for efflorescence 0 0 1

1 2001-10000 2 10001-35000 3 35001-50000 c) XIV) Average Water Absorbtion should be less than 20 % by weight Bond Stones 1 Single Bond Stone for 60 cm thickness of wall 2 For wall above 60 cm two bond stones with overlap of 15 cm to be provided 3 1 Bond stone to be provided every 0.5 m2 area Holes in brick masonry left for scaffolding should be filled with PCC 1:3:6

XV)

Quality Control XVI) Concrete Blocks A Density, Compressive Strength S.No Type

Grade

Density of Block (kg/m3)

Minimum Average Compressive Strength of Units (N/mm2) 3.5 4.5 5.5 7 2 3 5 1.5 5 4

1 Hollow Load Bearing Unit

A (3.5) A (4.5) A (5.5) A (7) B (2.0) B (3.0) B (5.0) 2 Hollow Non Load Bearing Unit C (1.5) 3 Solid Load Bearing Unit D(5.0) D(4.0) Water Absorbtion shall not be more than 10% by mass.

Not less than 1500 Not less than 1500 Not less than 1500 Not less than 1500 Not less than 1000 Not less than 1000 Not less than 1000 Not less than 1000 Not less than 1800

Minimum Average Compressive Strength of Individual Units (N/mm2) 2.8 2.6 4.4 5.6 1.6 2.4 4 1.2 4 3.2

XVII) Teak Wood 1 Average Moisture Content of all the samples from a lot shall be within +3% and moisture content of individual samples within +5% of maximum permissible moisture content XVIII) Plywood Moisture content shall not be less than 5% and not more than 15%. Plywoods to be tested as per IS 303