APPROVAL COLUMN

1. ALL DRAWINGS ARE TO BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH ARCHITECTS

AND SERVICE ENGINEERS DRGS. AND SPECIFICATIONS.
2 ALL DIMENSIONS ARE IN MILLIMETERS UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED.
3 ANY DISCREPANCIES IN THESE DRAWINGS SHOULD BE REPORTED TO
THE ENGINEER.
4 THE SUBSTRUCTURAL DESIGN IS BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS
SET OUT IN THE SOIL INVESTIGATION REPORT NO.:
5 BACK FILLING IS TO BE IN SELECTED GRANULAR FILL IN MAXIMUM
LAYERS OF 200MM THICK. EACH LAYER IS TO BE INUNDATED WITH
WATER AND COMPACTED TO GIVE 98% MINIMUMCOMPACTION RATIO.
6 ALL CONCRETE & BLOCKWORK BELOW GROUND LEVEL TO BE
PROTECTED AS SET OUT IN THE PROTECTION SPECIFICATION NOTE 9.
7 CONCRETE STRENGTH AT 28 DAYS SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS:
1 THE CONTRACTOR SHALL INSPECT AND APPROVE THE FIXED
REINFORCEMENT BEFORE THE ENGINEER IS NOTIFIED. ALL
REINFORCEMENT SHALL BE INSPECTED AND APPROVED IN WRITING
BY THE ENGINEER BEFORE CASTING OF CONCRETE MAY COMMENCE.
2 NO HEAT TREATMENT OR CUTTING OF STEEL WITHOUT THE WRITTEN
APPROVAL OF THE ENGINEER SHALL BE ALLOWED.
3 THE CONTRACTOR SHALL EXERCISE CARE THAT NO DAMAGE TO
WATER PROOFING MATERIAL UNDERNEATH SURFACE BEDS IS CAUSED
DURING FIXING OF STEEL OR OTHER OPERATIONS.THE COST TO
REPAIR OR REPLACE WATERPROOFINGMATERIALS SHALL BE AT THE
CONTRACTOR'S EXPENSE.
4 MINIMUM CONCRETE COVER TO REINFORCEMENT,EXCEPT WHERE NOTED
OTHERWISE ON BENDING SCHEDULES, IS AS FOLLOWS:
INTERNAL EXPOSED

BLINDING 15 MPa/ 19mm 1: 1.5: 3 FOUNDATIONS 50mm 75mm

FOUNDATIONS 25 MPa/ 19mm 1: 2: 4 PILE CAPS 75mm 75mm
COLUMNS 25 MPa/ 19mm 1: 2: 4 COLUMNS 30mm 40mm
WALLS 25 MPa/ 19mm 1: 2: 4 BEAMS 25mm 30mm
SURFACE BED 25 MPa/ 19mm 1: 2: 4 GROUNDBEAMS 50mm 50mm
BEAMS 25 MPa/ 19mm 1: 2: 4 SLABS 25mm 25mm
SLABS 25 MPa/ 19mm 1: 2: 4 RETAINING WALLS 40mm 50mm
WALLS 30mm 40mm
8 ALL AGGREGATES, CEMENT AND STEEL TO CONFORM WITH THE LATEST
BRITISH STANDARDS. AGGREGATES TO HAVE MAXIMUM DRY SHRINKAGE OF 0.05%
5 CHARACTERISTIC STRENGTH OF STEEL IS 410 N/mm2
9 MAXIMUM SIZE OF AGGREGATES SHALL BE 20mm GENERAL,AND 10mm FOR P.C.
UNITS, REINFORCED BLOCK WORK AND STEEL WORK CASING. R = DENOTES MILD STEEL REINFORCEMENT ACCORDING TO
10 METHOD OF CURING THE CONCRETE(i.e.HESSAN AND POLYTHENE SHEETS) TO BE BS 4449 AND IN MILLIMETRE SIZE
APPROVED BY THE ENGINEER AND TO LAST A MINIMUM OF SEVEN CURING
T, H = DENOTES HIGH YELID, HIGH BOND ROUND REINFORCEMENT TO
DAYS.
BS 4449 AND 4466
11 CONSTRUCTION JOINTS TO BE APPROVED BY THE ENGINEER AND A MAXIMUM PERIOD
OF THREE DAYS SHALL BE ALLOWED BETWEEN ADJACENT POURS. 6 MINIMUM LAP LENGTH OF BAR TO BE 50 x DIA OF BAR.

12 THE CONTRACTOR SHALL ENSURE THAT WATER PROOFING MATERIALS ARE NOT 7 THE FOLLOWING OTHER ABBREVIATIONS MAY BE APPLICABLE.
DAMAGED DURING BACKFILLING OPERATIONS AND FIXING OF STEEL.
T= TOP, TT = TOP .TOP. FF = FAR FACE
13 THE MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE TEMPERATURE OF ANY CONCRETE MIX AT TIME OF EF = EACH FACE
TB = TOP BOTTOM B = BOTTOM
PLACEMENT SHALL BE 30 DEGREES CENTIGRADE.
BB = BOTTOM BOTTOM OF = OUTER FACE IF = INNER FACE
14 ALL CONCRETE WORKS (INCLUDING LINTOLS) THAT ARE TO RECEIVE PLASTER NF = NEAR FACE
OR RENDERED ARE TO USE FORM-WORK WITH SHAW-KEYS. BT = BOTTOM TOP EW = EACH WAY
AP = ALTERNATELY PLACE.
AS = ALTERNATELY STAGGERED.
15 ALL EXPOSED CONCRETE WORK TO HAVE 20mm x 20mm CHAMFERS.

1 WORKING PLATFORM LEVEL =

2 ALL LEVELS ARE RELATED TO DM DATUM.
3 THE SYSTEM OF PILLING SHOULD BE CAST IN-SITU METHOD USING
BENTONITE OR APPROVED ALTERNATIVE.
4 CLEAR COVER TO MAIN REINFORCING SHALL BE 75mm.
5 CONCRETE OF PILES SHOULD HAVE A MINIMUM CHARACTERISTIC
STRENGTH OF 40 N/mm & R.F.T. (fy =460 N/mm) AND CEMENT
CONTENT SHOULD NOT BE LESS THAN 400 Kg/m.
6 SULPHATE RESISTANT CEMENT SHOULD BE USED FOR THE CONCRETE
OF ALL SUBSTRUCTURE MEMBERS.
7 PILES SHOULD PENETRATE DENSE LAYER.
8 THE CUT-OFF LEVEL IS 75mm ABOVE THE UNDERSIDE OF THE PILE CAP.
9 THE LAP LENTH OF THE VERTICAL AND SPIRAL REINFORCEMENT IN PILES
SHALL BE AT LEAST 50 DIA.
10 PILES SHALL BE CAST TO A LEVEL 200mm HIGHER THAN THE CUT-OFF
LEVEL AND SHALL THEN BE TRIMMED BACK TO THE CUT-OFF LEVEL.
11 THE MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DEVIATION OF PILES IN ANY DIRECTION IN
PLAN SHALL BE LESS THAN 75mm REGARDLESS OF THE DIAMETER OF
THE PILE.
12 THE MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DEVIATION OF PILES IN ANY DIRECTION IN
PLAN SHALL BE LESS THAN 75mm REGARDLESS OF THE DIAMETER OF
THE PILE.
13 ALL PILE CO-ORDINATES TO BE CHECKED BY INDEPENDENT SURVEYOR
AND RESULTS TO BE SUB-MITTED TO ENGINEER FOR APPROVAL PRIOR
TO DRILLING.

1 NO BACKFILLING BEHIND RETAINING WALLS SHALL BE DONE BEFORE THE

SURFACE BED AND SLAB HAVE BEEN CAST, OR AFTER WALLS HAVE BEEN
SUSTAINED, OR AS DIRECTED BY ENGINEER.WHERE APPLICABLE,
BACKFILLING SHALL BE DONE SIMULTANEOUSLY ON BOTH SIDES OF
WALLS TO MINIMISE THE RELATIVE HEIGHT DIFFERENCE IN SOIL LEVELS.
2 WHERE A STRUCTURAL REINFORCED CONCRETE SLAB TIES INTO A RETAINING
WALL, BACKFILLING BEHIND THE WALL SHALL ONLY COMMENCE AFTER THE
ABOVE MENTIONED ELEMENTS HAVE REACHED 14 DAY STRENGTH.
3 BACKFILLING ON COLUMN BASES SHALL BE DONE WITH APPROVED MATERIAL
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROJECT SPECIFICATION AND DRAWING NOTES.
4 WATERPROOFING AND PROTECTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROTECTION
SPECIFICATION (NOTE 9) UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED.
5 ALL FOOTINGS ARE PLACED SYMMETRICALLY BELOW COLUMNS AND
BRICKWORK UNLESS OTHERWISE SHOWN.

1 CONCRETE BELOW GROUND INCLUDING WALLS AND ANY CONCRETE

IN CONTACT WITH SOIL TO BE OF THE FOLLOWING SPECIFICATION

1) STRENGTH AS SPECIFIED WITH ALL APPROPRIATE CLIMATE

CONTROLS AS WELL AS CURING IN ACCORDANCE WITH BS
CODES
2) MAX. VALUE
a) WATER PERMEABILITY DIN 104810mm
b) WATER ABSORPTION BS 1881 PART 1221.8%
c) INITIAL SURFACE ABSORPTION BS 88 PART 50.5ml/m2/sec
d) RAPID CHLORIDE PERMEABILITY AASHTO 1277 1000 COULOMBS

2 CONCRETE ABOVE GROUND WHERE UNPROTECTED BY FACADE, SCREED, BLOCKWORK,

ETC. I.E. OPEN TO ATMOSPHERE.
1) STRENGTH AS SPECIFIED WITH ALL APPROPRIATE CLIMATE
CONTROLS AS WELL AS CURING IN ACCORDANCE WITH BS
CODES
2) MAX. VALUE
a) WATER PERMEABILITY DIN 104815mm
b) WATER ABSORPTION BS 1881 PART 1221.5%
c) INITIAL SURFACE ABSORPTION BS 1881 PART 50.3ml/m2/sec
d) RAPID CHLORIDE PERMEABILITY AASHTO 1277 2000 COULOMBS

Consulting Engineers Notes Developer Project Title Drawing Title Suffix REVISIONS Date
G1. This drawing is to be read in conjunction with relevant Clients,
Designed by: ALEX, O Sheet No:
and other Engineering drawings.
G2. Work to figured dimensions only.
KABANYE ENTERPRISE PROPOSED SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT GENERAL NOTES Checked by: BANYE, U Date: OCT. 2017.
G3. All dimensioins are in millimeters, unless otherwise specified. FLOODGATE STR OLOKONLA AJAH @
G4. Any discrepancies in the drawing should be reported to the engineer. Email: udoka.banye@gmail.com CHEVRON DRIVE LEKKI LAGOS, Approved by: T.O Scale (s): 1: 100
G5. The engineer is not responsible for works not supervised by him. tel: 08038923028 LAGOS STATE. Drawing No.: Rev:
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