ABC’s of Construction: ASTM Standards
ASTM Standards hold a special place in the world of construction, ensuring that products meet or exceed expectations. What follows is a list of some of the more common standards encountered across the Ernest Maier brands:
Aggregates
- C33 Standard Specification for Concrete Aggregates
- C136 / C136M Standard Test Method for Sieve Analysis of Fine and Coarse Aggregates
Concrete
- C31 / C31M Standard Practice for Making and Curing Concrete Test Specimens in the Field
- C33 Standard Specification for Concrete Aggregates
- C39 / C39M Standard Test Method for Compressive Strength of Cylindrical Concrete Specimen
- C-150, Standard Specification for Portland Cement
- C979/C979M Standard Specification for Pigments for Integrally Colored Concrete
Masonry
- C55 Standard Specification for Concrete Building Brick
- C90 Standard Specification for Loadbearing Concrete Masonry Units
- C91 / C91M Standard Specification for Masonry Cement
- C129-17 Standard Specification for Nonloadbearing Concrete Masonry Units
- C144 Standard Specification for Aggregate for Masonry Mortar
- C140/C140M Standard Test Methods for Sampling and Testing Concrete Masonry Units and Related Units
- C270 Standard Specification for Mortar for Unit Masonry
- C387/C387M-17 Standard Specification for Packaged, Dry, Combined Materials for Concrete and High Strength Mortar
- C476 Standard Specification for Grout for Masonry
- C1384 Standard Specification for Admixtures for Masonry Mortars
Outdoor Living
- C936/C936M-21a Standard Specification for Solid Concrete Interlocking Paving Units
- D6684 Standard Specification for Materials and Manufacture of Articulating Concrete Block (ACB) Systems
Steel
- A82: Specification for Plain Steel Wire for Concrete Reinforcement
- A496: Specification for Deformed Steel Wire for Concrete Reinforcement
- A497: Specification for Welded Deformed Steel Wire Fabric for Concrete Reinforcement
- A615/A615M: Deformed and plain carbon-steel bars for concrete reinforcement
- A706/A706M: Low-alloy steel deformed and plain bars for concrete reinforcement
For more information on standards please visit: www.astm.org
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