Concrete Construction (Incorporating Amendment 1: August 2003 And Amendment 2: March 2004; Reprinted incorporating Amendments No.1 and No. 2: August 2011)
1.1.1
This Standard provides a means of compliance with the construction requirements for structures designed in accordance with NZS 3101. This Standard may also provide minimum requirements for the construction of reinforced concrete, unreinforced concrete, prestressed concrete or a combination, in elements of any building or civil engineering structure designed on any other basis.
1.1.2
For the production of concrete, compliance with the relevant grades of this Standard is satisfied through compliance with one or other of the following Standards:
NZS 3104 Concrete production - High grade and special grade
NZS 3108 Concrete production - Ordinary grade.
1.1.3
The scope of sections 6 and 9 of this Standard is limited to concrete with a specified compressive strength, f'c , of 70 MPa or less.