FIXING REINFORCEMENT Sample Clauses

FIXING REINFORCEMENT. Reinforcement shall be accurately fixed and by approved means maintained in the position shown in the drawings. Bars intended to be in contact at crossing points shall be securely bound together at all such points with No. 16 gauge or 18 gauge annealed soft iron wire, The cover or concrete over the reinforcement shall be as shown on the drawings and shall be provided and maintained by means of cement mortar briquettes or other approved means. The vertical distances required between successive layers of bars in beams or similar members shall be, maintained by the provision of mild steel spacer bars at such intervals that the main bars do not perceptibly sag between adjacent spacer bars. Reinforcement shall be placed within the following tolerances: a) For effective depth 200 mm or less + 10 mm b) For effective depth more than 200 mm + 15 mm The cover, shall in no case be reduced by more than one third of specified cover or 5 mm.,whichever is less.