Assessment, testing and categorisation of damaged buildings incorporating concrete blocks containing certain deleterious materials and Amendment 1:2020

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English

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09-25-2020

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National Standards Authority of Ireland

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DECLARATION
Foreword
0 Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 The protocol
5 Building Condition Assessment
6 Sampling requirements
7 Testing of samples
8 Remedial works
9 Reports and conclusions
Annex A (informative) Example Building Condition Assessment report template
Annex B (informative) Example sample record and chain of custody
Annex C(informative) Guidance on further testing
Annex D (informative) Remedial works
Annex E(informative) Guidance on elevation of degradation of concrete blocks due to
pyrite/sulfides
Annex F (informative) Clarification notes issued by the Expert panel on concrete blocks
to the Department of Housing Planning and Local Government on 2nd December 2019
Bibliography

This Irish Standard: a) establishes a protocol for assessing and determining whether a building has been damaged by concrete blocks containing excessive amounts of certain deleterious materials (aggregate containing free or unbound muscovite mica or potentially deleterious quantities of pyrite); b) describes methods for establishing the extent of the problem and categorises dwellings; c) describes the scope of any testing required and evaluation of the findings; and d) provides the Chartered Engineer with guidance on the selection of appropriate remedial works to be undertaken.

Committee	TC 063
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	48
ProductNote	This standard is also refers to I.S. EN 1744-1:2009+A1:2012,S.R. 325,BS 1881-211:2016,TR32 2nd Edition. (2014),S.R. 16.<br>
PublisherName	National Standards Authority of Ireland
Status	Current
Supersedes	I.S. 465:2018