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If a contractor proposes to increase concrete cover beyond contractual specification (i.e. 40mm to 70mm), shall engineers accept the proposal?

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Question added by Muhammad Shakeel , CAD Design Manager , M/S zeeruk Intl.
Date Posted: 2015/02/24
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Arun Kumar
by Arun Kumar , Junior Engineer , Govt.

Normally40 mm cover being given to RCC columns,Though  Increase  the cover has the advantage of extra protection from the corrosion it may increase the dead load of the structure which is not acceptable as far as the design parameters are concerned

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Adetayo Gegeoju
by Adetayo Gegeoju , Quality Assurance Coordinator , Exxonmobil

Yes- because it has no special implication rather add to the strength, but became gold plating to the contractor

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