City Garden, HCM

KeangNam landmark, HANOI

U-SILK CITY, HANOI

RECOMMENDATION FOR COST EFFECTIVE PT SOLUTION & ENSURE QUALITY OF PT WORK.

POSTENSIONED (PT) SLAB CONTENTS : Economic advantages Ensure quality & durability of project Recommendation & Action of Freyssinet Discussion & Experience exchange for better control quality of PT slab in Vietnam

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SCOPE OF APPLICATION

ECONOMY

Cost Comparison

Exponential saving for spans > 7.3m RC

Cost
PT

Span
6m 7m 8m 9m 10m 11m RC: Reinforced Concrete Slab PT: Postensioned Slab

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TECHNICAL & ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES :

Reduce height of storey 3.1m instead of 3.3 or 3.5m Reduce concrete, rebar quantity for column, RC wall, partition wall, finishing. Reduce foundations material due to less gravity loading, less lateral load : wind, seism Flat slab give aesthetics, more flexibility of space dividing. Reduce M&E fee Save energy

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TECHNICAL & ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES :

Formwork, rebar : simple to install Faster to build Cheaper

PT SLAB SYSTEM Status of use in Vietnam : HOW WE ARE CONTROLING QUALITY OF PT SLAB ?
In term of law, we havent considered it as conditioned business yet like for example : construction of basement and underground work. In term of contractors capacity : because PT slab is just recently popular in Vietnam, so there are only few professional contractors who can guarantee quality and sustainability of PT slab. Regarding design & builds capacity : there is no certificate of sufficient design & builds capacity as in other developed countries Regarding design code : there is no Vietnamese code for PT design, we normally use foreign code : AS, ACI, BS, EC2 There is no certified anchorage system. Any anchorage proposed by contractor can be used so price decide the choice of contractor. Quality control depend totally to PT contractors

PT SLAB SYSTEM Situation in Vietnam :

EXPERIENCE OF BRIDGE IN VIETNAM (Applied post tensioned more than 20 years) -Rao bridge in Haiphong collapsed in 1988 due to tendon break. - Project of rebuild of 148 weak bridges along National Road 1A (with funding from JICA) among which there are many bridges built less than 20 years. One important reason is the corrosion of tendon. -Thi Nai Bridge(Binh Dinh province) inaugurated in 2006. On 19-Nov-2011, 04 tendons were broken, so they must limit weight of truck less than 15 tons during reparation REASON : Quality control is no good: contractor buy material, install tendon without strictly surveillance

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Durability problem

Experiences in the past In 70 - 80s of last century, there are problems in many bridges due to corrosion of tendons. Even Ministry of transportation in England prohibited the use of PT structures in 1992. the ban only be removed in 1996 after serious investigation/ study in all aspect to have preventive measure such as revising of design code, execution criteria, certified PT systems and PT contractor... Reports of FIB (International Federation for Structural Concrete) over view of global situation, the case of Germany, United State, France, England, Japan, Canada

Requirement to control quality & durability of project

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Durability problem

What does leading Organizations of postensioned structure do for durable of PT structural( EOTA,FIB,PTI). Review all aspect from : Design : multi protective layers (Design code) Materials : 9 Tensile element (strand,wire...by material code) 9 Anchorage system & accessories ( The system must be pre- certified) Execution ( Specification/Method statement) 9 Packing, Transportation, Storage, handling 9 Equipment, Installation, Stressing 9 Grouting Personnel, workers for PT work must have certificate

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Recommendation & Action of Freyssinet

PT SLAB SYSTEM Recommendation & Action of Freyssinet Point of view

Pt-tendons are structural elements decisive for the functioning of pt-structures It need strict quality control of design, material & personnel. It should be executed by specialist contractor

PT SLAB SYSTEM Recommendation & Action of Freyssinet Authority Management

Should consider PT structure is conditional business which require capacity, experience : 9 Design capacity 9 Specialist equipments, machines, personnel 9 Professional liability insurance 9 Anchorage system is recommended by international organizations of PT structure (such as PTI, FIP, EOTA) or approved by similar tests.

PT SLAB SYSTEM Recommendation & Action of Freyssinet Design code:

Should have Vietnamese design code for PT structure. It should use foreign code and revise. We propose to use Eurocode (similar to using AASHTO and transform to Vietnamese standard for infrastructure design)

PT SLAB SYSTEM Recommendation & Action of Freyssinet Material criteria:

Tendon is conformed to ASTM A416, BS5896 Anchorage system: It should be certified and tested system not only separated items as we are doing We recommend to use ETAG 013 which guide detail and require strictly quality.

Source: Post-Tensioning Institute of Australia (PTIA) http://www.ptia.org.au

PT SLAB SYSTEM Action of Freyssinet

Annually organize seminar about design & build PT structure with design consultant, contractor, client to improve PT technique knowledge Continue convincing people to consider PT slab is special item which need specialist contractor. Convince client to choose Design & Build contractor for PT slab Share experience about longterm durability of PT structure. We can support technical specification which show detail of work and requirement to control durability of project

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