CED-CP-002

CIVIL ENGINEERING DIVISION

SITE LABORATORY CERTIFICATION

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CONTENTS

1.0 PURPOSE Page-2

2.0 SCOPE Page-2

3.0 REFERENCES Page-2

4.0 DEFINITION Page-2

5.0 COMPLTION PERIOD Page-2

6.0 PROCEDURE Page-3&4

6.1 DOCUMENT SUBMITTAL Page-3

6.2 SITE LABORATORARY INSPECTION & CERTIFICATION Page-3&4

7.0 CONTACT INFORMATION Page-4

8.0 ATTACHMENTS Page-5&6

8.1 CHECKLIST Page-5

8.2 APPLICATION FORM Page-6

CED-CP-002

CIVIL ENGINEERING DIVISION

SITE LABORATORY CERTIFICATION

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1.0 PURPOSE

The purpose of this document is to outline the procedure for the Client to obtain a Site Laboratory Certification for their specific project within Trakhees jurisdiction. The obtaining of the Site Laboratory Certification will enable the project consultant/contractor to initiate the concrete work on site.

2.0 SCOPE All projects having Building/Infrastructural/Marine Permits or NOC -excluding Modification

work NOCs in the existing buildings- should comply with concrete mix approval conditions by

applying for site laboratories certification from Trakhees CED prior to start any concrete

casting operation.

3.0 REFERENCES o Trakhees - CED Accreditation Requirements CEDGR‐7‐Circular dated 05 May 2015 o Circular-81269 Site Lab Certification Program – May 30, 2011 o Construction Materials & Quality Control Guidelines – 2nd Edition 2008 o Building Permit and Mobilization NOC Conditions o BS EN 12350-1:2009 Testing Fresh Concrete – Part 1: Sampling o BS EN 12350-2:2009 Testing Fresh Concrete – Part 2: Slump Test o BS EN 12350-6:2009 Testing Fresh Concrete – Part 6: Density o BS EN 12350-7:2009 Testing Fresh Concrete – Part 7: Air Content - Pressure Methods o BS EN 12350-5:2009 Testing Fresh Concrete – Part 5: Flow Table Test o BS EN 12390-2:2009 Testing Hardened Concrete – Part 2: Making and curing specimens

for strength tests o ASTM C 1064/C 1064M -05 : Standard Test Methods for Temperature of Freshly Mixed

Hydraulic - Cement Concrete o ASTM C 1611/C 1611M -05: Standard Test Methods for Slump Flow of Self Consolidating–

Concrete

4.0 DEFINITIONS o CED – Civil Engineering Department o Local Regulation – The act of regulating under the local authority o NOC – No Objection Certificate o Green Code - Construction Material and Quality Control Guidelines o Orange Code - Fresh Concrete Testing in the Field

5.0 COMPLETION PERIOD

Duration of this process is five working days from the date of the submitted application accepted; if submission received after 09:00 a.m. it will be transfer it next day and the numbers of Re-submission should not be more than 2 times as the applicant should comply with comments mentioned in the technical reports sent after review.

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SITE LABORATORY CERTIFICATION

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6.0 PROCEDURE 6.1 DOCUMENT SUBMITTAL

The Project consultant has to submit all SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS officially by uploading the required PDF documents through our by enter this link https://online.trakhees.ae/oaservices/.

Before submit the request the site laboratory physical condition shall complies with international standard, local regulations and submitted Check list form CP-F-002a and mobilization approved drawing.

Copy of Supervising engineers and technician (if required based on lab following type) Orange Code: A. If the quantity of concrete in the project more than 1000m³; it is mandatory to obtain

accreditation card [Orange] for consultant’s supervising engineer, contractor’s engineer and contractor’s technician prior to start the concrete works at site.

B. If the quantity of concrete in the project less than 1000m³; it is mandatory to obtain accreditation card [Orange] for consultant’s supervising engineer and contractor’s engineer only [optional contractor’s technician] prior to start the concrete works at site.

Consultant concrete mix design should be approved by the Trakhees CED Permits Section.

Plant and lab Trial Mix components.

Required tests results for the trail mix as stated in the Green Code.

Once the submission completed successfully the applicant will receive automatically email including the submission reference to be used later for following up purposes.

6.2 INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION

1. Once the applicant received his submission reference by Trakhees eService Help

Desk will check the required documents availability, data correction & update the

system as following:

a) Accept: If the submissions comply with application form/requirements. b) Reject: If the submissions not comply with application form/requirements. c) More Detail: If the Inspection & compliance front desk note any missing

document or uncompleted sign/stamp of application form he/she will reject the submission & advice to re-upload the missing information to the Trakhees eService.

2. Once the submission accepted by Help Desk the coordinator will assign the

submission for review Engineer to start the technical review for the documents and

coordinates with the applicant for the site lab inspection based on inspection

requested day mentioned in the CP-F-002b form.

3. After the inspection the Review Engineer will update comment as following:

Project Status.

Inspection, review & travel consumed time.

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SITE LABORATORY CERTIFICATION

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Review Engineer update the system with following Action:

a. Approved: If the Site lab complies with international stander and local

regulation.

b. Approved with comments: If Site lab complies with international stander

and local regulation with some minor comments.

c. Resubmission comments: If Site lab does not meet the international stander

and local regulation.

4. As soon as the Review Engineer complete the review & update the system as per

above detail the submission will be directly send to Final Review Engineer to update

the system by conform the review engineer recommendations of ask for more detail

from him.

5. After the Final Review Engineer update the submission; admin update the system as

with fees codes according to what recommended by engineer & prepare site lab for

signature.

6. Once Admin update the system the submission will be send for Manage Approval.

7. After Manage approval, the Help Desk will send the certificate for the applicant.

8. The consultant should settle all fee payment prior collecting the certificate.

9. The collected Certificate with approved check list should be available at site.

10. FEES STRUCTURE

NEW APPLICATION Fees

Application Fee 550 AED

Preparation of Assessment (Document Review) 275 AED per hour

Conduct of Assessment - Site Visit + Traveling Fee 275 AED per hour

Certificate Fee (Site Laboratory) 500 AED

11. All Payments should be made at Trakhees Cashier located at 1st Floor, Dragon Mart-

International City or by online payment by coordinate with Trakhees Finance.

12. Cashier’s Timing will be from 7:30 A.M to 3:00 P.M (Sunday to Thursday).

7.0 CONTACT DETAILS

The applicant can send their concern & feedback to Inspection & Compliance Section as per

following detail:

E-mail ID: Ced.Quality@trk.pcfc.ae

Tel. No.: 04-4485900, 044485975, 044485958 & 044485998

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SITE LABORATORY CERTIFICATION

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8.0 Attachments 8.1 Form [CP-F-002a] – Site Lab Certification Inspection Checklist

CPR Ref. NO: Inspection Date:

1 BS EN 12350-1:2009 Sampling of Fresh Concrete [Specified Apparatus

According To Standard] Y N Remark

1 Scoop (Made from non-absorbent material)

2 Sample container (made from non-absorbent material)

3 Thermometer (optional) Accuracy + 1°C (Provide Serial No. / Calibration certificate ref.)

2 BS EN 12350-2:2009 Slump Test

1 Mould (made of metal & Diameter of base (200+2) mm, Diameter of top(100+2) mm, Height (300+2) mm)

2 Compacting Rod (circular cross section, straight, made of steel, diameter (16+1) mm, length (600+5) mm

with rounded ends).

3 Funnel (optional) made of non-absorbent material

4 Rule

5 Base Plate /Surface – nonabsorbent rigid, flat plate

6 Remixing Container

7 Shovel – with square mouth

8 Moist Cloth

10 Timer/clock

3 BS EN 12350-5:2009 Flow Table Test (if applicable) 1 Flow Table (plane area of (700+2) mm x (700+ 2) mm)

2 Mould (Made of metal & Diameter of base (200+2) mm, Diameter of top(100+2) mm, Height (300+2) mm)

3 Compacting rod (Hard material, square cross section of side (40+1) mm, length of approx. 200 mm)

4 BS EN 12350-6:2009 Density 1 Container ( container shall not be less than 5L)

3 Means of compacting the concrete (internal vibrate , vibrating table or compacting rod)

4 Balance or Scales (accuracy of 0.01 kg of the mass of concrete) (Provide Serial No. / Calibration

certificate ref.)

5 Straight Edged Scrapper ( made of steel, not less than 100 mm)

10 Mallet (rubber head)

5 BS EN 12350-7:2009 Air Content – Pressure Methods (if applicable)

Water Column Method

1 Water Column Meter ( consisting of container, cover assembly, stand pipe, cover, deflecting plate or spray

tube and air pump as standard requirements)

2 Means of compacting the concrete

Pressure Gauge Method

1 Means of compacting the concrete: Internal (poker) vibrator, Vibrating table, Compacting rod, Compacting

Bar

2 Syringe

3 Consisting of container, cover assembly

6 BS EN 12390-2:2009 Making and Curing Specimens for strength test

1

Cube Mould (as standard min. 6cube)

Means of compacting the concrete, Internal (poker) vibrator, Vibrating table, Compacting rod, Compacting

Bar

2 Apparatus required according to this test to be available as standard

7 ASTM C1064- 2005 Standard Test Method for Temperature of Freshly Mixed Portland Cement

Concrete 1 Container

2 Temperature Measuring Device (Provide Serial No. / Calibration certificate ref.)

8 ASTM C1611/C 1611M - 05 Standard Test Method for Slum Flow of Self Consolidating Concrete 1 Mold

2 Base Plate

3 Strike-off Bar

CED Engineer Consultant/Contractor Stamps

Technical Review. Decisin Making (Approve/Re-submit). Fee Recommendation.

Verify Review Comments Verify Fee Recommendation.

Prepare NOC. Verify Fee. Add Missing Fee.

Review & Approve Comments /Decision. Confirm Payment Advice Generation. Sign NOC.

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8.2 Form [CP-F-002b] – Site Laboratory Certification Application Form

Submission Ref: Submission Date:

Request Inspection Date : Project concrete Qty. (m³)

Applicant Information

Consultant Name e-mail

Accredited Engineer Name Mobile No.

Accreditation/Registration Nos.

Contractor Name e-mail

Accredited Engineer Name Mobile No.

Accreditation/Registration Nos.

Project Information

CED BP/NOC Ref. No.

Project detail

Area Name Plot No.

Business Unit Project ID

Client Name e-mail

Required Documents

Documents Yes No N/A

1) Copy of the Permit

2) Checklist of site lab sign and stamp from Cons. & Cont.

2) Certified Engineers & Technician from both Cons. & Cont.

3) Calibration Certificate for equipment

4) Ready Mix Supplier Registration for Local order 192

Declaration

o We certify that all documents are submitted for Site Laboratory Certificate in Portable Data Format [PDF] & will available in the Site for Inspection.

o We Conform that the Site Lab is comply with approved drawing, Trakhees CED Check List & it is ready for inspection.

o We confirm that the hard copy of ‘CED’ approved drawings is available at site for verification.

Consultant/Client Stamp & Signature Contractor Stamp & Signature

All the above information shall be duly typed, Signed, Stamped & submit as PDF to Trakhees Online eService (Hand Written Forms will not be accepted)