ASTM C1077-00

Standard Practice for Laboratories Testing Concrete and Concrete Aggregates for Use in Construction and Criteria for Laboratory Evaluation

SCOPE
1.1 This practice identifies and defines the duties, responsibilities, and minimum technical requirements of testing laboratory personnel and the minimum technical requirements for laboratory equipment utilized in testing concrete and concrete aggregates for use in construction.  
1.2 This practice provides criteria for the evaluation of the capability of a testing laboratory to perform designated ASTM test methods on concrete and concrete aggregates. It can be used by an accrediting agency in the accreditation of a laboratory or by other parties to determine if the laboratory is qualified to conduct the specified tests.  
1.3 If the laboratory requires external technical services to conduct tests, the external agency shall be subject to separate evaluation.  
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Jan-2002
• ICS: 91.100.30 - Concrete and concrete products
• Technical Committee: C09 - Concrete and Concrete Aggregates
• Drafting Committee: C09.98 - Evaluation of Laboratories

Relations

• Replaced By: ASTM C1077-02 - Standard Practice for Laboratories Testing Concrete and Concrete Aggregates for Use in Construction and Criteria for Laboratory Evaluation
• Effective Date: 10-Jan-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C39/C39M-21 - Standard Test Method for Compressive Strength of Cylindrical Concrete Specimens
• Effective Date: 10-Jan-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C29/C29M-17a - Standard Test Method for Bulk Density (“Unit Weight”) and Voids in Aggregate
• Effective Date: 10-Jan-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C293/C293M-16 - Standard Test Method for Flexural Strength of Concrete (Using Simple Beam With Center-Point Loading)
• Effective Date: 10-Jan-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C192/C192M-19 - Standard Practice for Making and Curing Concrete Test Specimens in the Laboratory
• Effective Date: 10-Jan-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C1116/C1116M-23 - Standard Specification for Fiber-Reinforced Concrete
• Effective Date: 10-Jan-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C1800/C1800M-16 - Standard Test Method for Determining Density of Roller-Compacted Concrete Specimens Using the Gyratory Compactor
• Effective Date: 10-Jan-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C94/C94M-23 - Standard Specification for Ready-Mixed Concrete
• Effective Date: 10-Jan-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C685/C685M-17 - Standard Specification for Concrete Made by Volumetric Batching and Continuous Mixing
• Effective Date: 10-Jan-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C31/C31M-23 - Standard Practice for Making and Curing Concrete Test Specimens in the Field
• Effective Date: 10-Jan-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C125-21a - Standard Terminology Relating to Concrete and Concrete Aggregates
• Effective Date: 10-Jan-2002
• Referred By: ASTM E329-21 - Standard Specification for Agencies Engaged in Construction Inspection, Testing, or Special Inspection
• Effective Date: 10-Jan-2002
• Referred By: ASTM D3740-19 - Standard Practice for Minimum Requirements for Agencies Engaged in Testing and/or Inspection of Soil and Rock as Used in Engineering Design and Construction
• Effective Date: 10-Jan-2002
• Referred By: ASTM C470/C470M-23 - Standard Specification for Molds for Forming Concrete Test Cylinders Vertically
• Effective Date: 10-Jan-2002

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: C 1077 – 00
Standard Practice for
Laboratories Testing Concrete and Concrete Aggregates for
Use in Construction and Criteria for Laboratory Evaluation
This standard is issued under the fixed designation C 1077; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
1. Scope C 87 Test Method for Effect of Organic Impurities in Fine
Aggregate on Strength of Mortar
1.1 This practice identifies and defines the duties, responsi-
C 88 Test Method for Soundness of Aggregates by Use of
bilities, and minimum technical requirements of testing labo-
Sodium Sulfate or Magnesium Sulfate
ratory personnel and the minimum technical requirements for
C 116 Test Method for Compressive Strength of Concrete
laboratory equipment utilized in testing concrete and concrete
Using Portions of Beams Broken in Flexure
aggregates for use in construction.
C 117 Test Method for Material Finer than 75-μm (No. 200)
1.2 This practice provides criteria for the evaluation of the
Sieve in Mineral Aggregates by Washing
capability of a testing laboratory to perform designated ASTM
C 123 Test Method for Lightweight Pieces in Aggregate
test methods on concrete and concrete aggregates. It can be
C 125 Terminology Relating to Concrete and Concrete
used by an accrediting agency in the accreditation of a
Aggregates
laboratory or by other parties to determine if the laboratory is
C 127 Test Method for Specific Gravity and Absorption of
qualified to conduct the specified tests.
Coarse Aggregate
1.3 If the laboratory requires external technical services to
C 128 Test Method for Specific Gravity and Absorption of
conduct tests, the external agency shall be subject to separate
Fine Aggregate
evaluation.
C 131 Test Method for Resistance to Degradation of Small-
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the
Size Coarse Aggregate by Abrasion and Impact in the Los
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
Angeles Machine
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
C 136 Test Method for Sieve Analysis of Fine and Coarse
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
Aggregates
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
C 138 Test Method for Unit Weight, Yield, and Air Content
2. Referenced Documents
(Gravimetric) of Concrete
C 142 Test Method for Clay Lumps and Friable Particles in
2.1 ASTM Standards:
Aggregates
C 29/C 29M Test Method for Bulk Density (“Unit Weight”)
C 143 Test Method for Slump of Hydraulic Cement Con-
and Voids in Aggregate
crete
C 31 Practice for Making and Curing Concrete Test Speci-
C 157 Test Method for Length Change of Hardened Hy-
mens in the Field
draulic Cement Mortar and Concrete
C 39 Test Method for Compressive Strength of Cylindrical
C 172 Practice for Sampling Freshly Mixed Concrete
Concrete Specimens
C 173 Test Method for Air Content of Freshly Mixed
C 40 Test Method for Organic Impurities in Fine Aggre-
Concrete by the Volumetric Method
gates for Concrete
C 174 Test Method for Measuring Length of Drilled Con-
C 42 Test Method for Obtaining and Testing Drilled Cores
crete Cores
and Sawed Beams of Concrete
C 192 Practice for Making and Curing Concrete Test Speci-
C 70 Test Method for Surface Moisture in Fine Aggregate
mens in the Laboratory
C 78 Test Method for Flexural Strength of Concrete (Using
C 215 Test Method for Fundamental Transverse, Longitu-
Simple Beam with Third-Point Loading)
dinal and Torsional Frequencies of Concrete Specimens
C 227 Test Method for Potential Alkali Reactivity of Ce-
This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee C09 on Concrete
ment–Aggregate Combinations (Mortar-Bar Method)
and Concrete Aggregates and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee C09.98 on
Evaluation of Laboratories. C 231 Test Method for Air Content of Freshly Mixed
Current edition approved Sept. 10, 2000. Published December 2000. Originally
Concrete by the Pressure Method
published as C 1077 – 87. Last previous edition C 1077 – 98.
C 232 Test Methods for Bleeding of Concrete
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C 1077
C 234 Test Method for Comparing Concretes on the Basis C 672 Test Method for Scaling Resistance of Concrete
2 2
of the Bond Developed with Reinforcing Steel Surfaces Exposed to Deicing Chemicals
C 289 Test Method for Potential Alkali-Silica Reactivity of C 682 Practice for Evaluation of Frost Resistance of Coarse
Aggregates (Chemical Method) Aggregates in Air-Entrained Concrete by Critical Dilation
Procedures
C 293 Test Method for Flexural Strength of Concrete (Us-
ing Simple Beam with Center-Point Loading) C 684 Test Method of Making, Accelerated Curing, and
Testing of Concrete Compression Test Specimens
C 295 Guide for Petrographic Examination of Aggregates
C 702 Practice for Reducing Samples of Aggregate to
for Concrete
Testing Size
C 341 Test Method for Length Change of Drilled or Sawed
C 779 Test Method for Abrasion Resistance of Horizontal
Specimens of Hydraulic-Cement Mortar and Concrete
Concrete Surfaces
C 403 Test Method for Time of Setting of Concrete Mix-
C 801 Test Method for Determining the Mechanical Prop-
tures by Penetration Resistance
erties of Hardened Concrete Under Triaxial Loads
C 418 Test Method for Abrasion Resistance of Concrete by
C 802 Practice for Conducting an Interlaboratory Test Pro-
Sandblasting
gram to Determine the Precision of Test Methods for
C 441 Test Method for Effectiveness of Mineral Admixtures
Construction Materials
or Ground Blast-Furnace Slag in Preventing Excessive
C 803 Test Method for Penetration Resistance of Hardened
Expansion of Concrete Due to the Alkali-Silica Reaction
Concrete
C 457 Test Method for Microscopical Determination of
C 805 Test Method for Rebound Number of Hardened
Parameters of the Air-Void System in Hardened Concrete
Concrete
C 469 Test Method for Static Modulus of Elasticity and
C 823 Practice for Examination and Sampling of Hardened
Poisson’s Ratio of Concrete in Compression
Concrete in Constructions
C 470 Specification for Molds for Forming Concrete Test
2 C 856 Practice for Petrographic Examination of Hardened
Cylinders Vertically
Concrete
C 495 Test Method for Compressive Strength of Light-
C 873 Test Method for Compressive Strength of Concrete
weight Insulating Concrete
Cylinders Cast in Place in Cylindrical Molds
C 496 Test Method for Splitting Tensile Strength of Cylin-
C 876 Test Method for Half-Cell Potentials of Uncoated
drical Concrete Specimens
Reinforcing Steel in Concrete
C 511 Specification for Moist Cabinets, Moist Rooms and
C 900 Test Method for Pullout Strength of Hardened Con-
Water Storage Tanks Used in the Testing of Hydraulic
crete
Cements and Concretes
2 C 918 Test Method for Measuring Early-Age Compressive
C 512 Test Method for Creep of Concrete in Compression
Strength and Projecting Later-Age Strength
C 535 Test Method for Resistance to Degradation of Large-
C 944 Test Method for Abrasion Resistance of Concrete or
Size Coarse Aggregate by Abrasion and Impact in the Los
2 Mortar Surfaces by the Rotating–Cutter Method
Angeles Machine
C 1040 Test Methods for Density of Unhardened and Hard-
C 566 Test Method for Total Moisture Content of Aggregate
ened Concrete In Place by Nuclear Methods
by Drying
C 1064 Test Method for Temperature of Freshly Mixed
C 567 Test Method for Unit Weight of Structural Light-
2 Portland Cement Concrete
weight Concrete
C 1074 Practice for Estimating Concrete Strength by the
C 586 Test Method for Potential Alkali Reactivity of Car-
Maturity Method
bonate Rocks for Concrete Aggregates (Rock Cylinder
C 1084 Test Method for Portland–Cement Content of Hard-
Method)
ened Hydraulic–Cement Concrete
C 597 Test Method for Pulse Velocity Through Concrete
C 1105 Test Method for Length Change of Concrete Due to
C 617 Practice for Capping Cylindrical Concrete Speci-
Alkali-Carbonate Rock Reaction
mens
C 1137 Test Method for Degradation of Fine Aggregate Due
C 641 Test Method for Staining Materials in Lightweight
to Attrition
Concrete Aggregates
C 1138 Test Method for Abrasion Resistance of Concrete
C 642 Test Method for Specific Gravity, Absorption, and
(Underwater Method)
Voids in Hardened Concrete
C 1150 Test Method for the Break-Off Number of Con-
C 666 Test Method for Resistance of Concrete to Rapid
crete
Freezing and Thawing
C 1152 Test Method for Acid-Soluble Chloride in Mortar
C 671 Test Method for Critical Dilation of Concrete Speci-
and Concrete
mens Subjected to Freezing
C 1202 Test Method for Electrical Indication of Concrete’s
Ability to Resist Chloride Ion Penetration
C 1218 Test Method for Water-Soluble Chloride in Mortar
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C 1077
C 1231 Practice for Use of Unbonded Caps in Determina- teristics or performance of materials or products. This may
tion of Compressive Strength of Hardened Concrete Cyl- include organizations that offer commercial testing services, an
inders in-house quality control function, an academic institution, or
D 75 Practice for Sampling Aggregates any other organization providing the required testing services.
D 2419 Test Method for Sand Equivalent Value of Soils and 3.1.7 Additional definitions can be found in Terminology
Fine Aggregate C 125, Practices E 4, and ACI SP-19.
E 4 Practices for Force Verification of Testing Machines
4. Significance and Use
E 11 Specification for Wire-Cloth Sieves for Testing Pur-
4.1 The testing and inspection of concrete and concrete
poses
aggregates are important elements in obtaining quality con-
2.2 ACI Standards:
struction. A testing laboratory specializing in these services
ACI 214-77 Recommended Practice for Evaluation of
7 must be selected with care.
Strength Test Results of Concrete
4.2 A testing laboratory shall be deemed qualified to per-
SP-19 (116R) Cement and Concrete Terminology
form and report the results of its tests if the laboratory meets
the requirements of this practice. The testing laboratory ser-
3. Terminology
vices shall be provided under the technical direction of a
3.1 Definitions:
registered professional engineer.
3.1.1 evaluation authority—an independent entity, apart
4.3 This practice establishes essential characteristics per-
from the organization being evaluated, that can provide an
taining to the organization, personnel, facilities, and quality
unbiased evaluation of that organization. The entity must have
systems of the laboratory. This practice may be supplemented
the capability to assess the professional and technical activities
by more specific criteria and requirements for particular
of concrete and concrete aggregate testing laboratories.
projects.
3.1.1.1 Discussion—Laboratory inspection services are pro-
5. Organization
vided by the Cement and Concrete Reference Laboratory
(CCRL). Laboratory inspection is broadened into accredita-
5.1 The following information shall be readily available for
tion programs by such independent authorities as the National
review:
Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP),
5.1.1 Description of the organization, including:
American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (AALA) ,
5.1.1.1 Complete legal name and address of the main office
Construction Materials Engineering Council (CMEC)
and each laboratory location,
AASHTO Accreditation Program (AAP) and other recog-
5.1.1.2 Names and positions of the principal officers and the
nized agencies as may be established.
responsible, registered professional engineer in charge, and
3.1.2 external technical services—those services required
5.1.1.3 Description of the organization management struc-
by a testing laboratory that are provided by another organiza-
ture.
tion.
5.1.2 Listing of the relevant technical services offered, and
3.1.3 field technician—an employee of the laboratory who
5.1.3 All external technical services normally utilized.
is assigned to perform sampling and testing functions outside
5.2 The laboratory shall designate an individual with access
the laboratory.
to management who has the responsibility of seeing that
3.1.4 laboratory technician—an employee of the laboratory
procedures required in this document are being carried out.
who is assigned to perform the actual testing operations
6. Human Resources
primarily conducted in the laboratory.
6.1 Information shall be made available to substantiate
3.1.5 quality systems—those internal procedures and prac-
personnel qualifications as follows:
tices that a laboratory utilizes to ensure continued compliance
6.1.1 All relevant testing services are provided under the
with applicable testing standards for concrete and concrete
full-time technical direction of a registered professional engi-
aggregates.
neer with at least 5 years experience in construction materials
3.1.6 testing laboratory—an organization that measures,
testing.
examines, performs tests, or otherwise determines the charac-
6.1.2 Supervising laboratory technicians shall possess a
minimum of 3 years relevant experience and current technician
Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 04.03. certification. The technician certification program must include
Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 03.01.
a written examination and performance evaluation of relevant
Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 14.02.
tests. Relevant tests which must be covered by the certification
Available from American Concrete Institute, P.O. Box 9094, Farmington Hills,
program are: Practice C 31, Test Methods C 39, C 40, C 117,
MI 48333.
CCRL, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Bldg. 226, Rm. A365, C 127, C 128, C 136, C 138, C 143, Practice C 172, Test
Gaithersburg, MD 20899.
Methods C 173, C 231 and Practice C 1064. The certification
NVLAP, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Bldg. 820, Rm. 282,
requirement is satisfied by being certified as (1) both an ACI
Gaithersburg, MD 20899.
Concrete Laboratory Testing Technician-Grade 1 and an ACI
American Association for Laboratory Accreditation, Quince Orchard, Gaith-
ersburg, MD 20878.
Concrete Field Testing Technician-Grade 1, or (2) a NICET
Construction Materials Engineering Council, 649 Vassar St., Orlando, FL
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