305.1-06 Specifications for Hot Weather Concreting

ACI 305.1-06 Specifications for Hot Weather Concreting provides requirements for hot weather concreting that architects and engineers can make applicable to any construction project by citing it in project specifications. It is intended that the users of this specification use the checklists included in this specification to customize the project specification. The document includes hot weather requirements for production preparations, delivery, placement, finishing, bleed-water evaporation, curing, and protection of concrete. Provisions governing a preplacement conference, concrete mixture proportions, maximum allowable concrete temperature, measurement of the rate of surface evaporation, evaporation control measures, and acceptance of a concrete mixture from past field experience or preconstruction testing are included.