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1. Guide to
ACI 303R-91
Cast-in Place Architectural
Concrete Practice
Reported by ACI Committee 303
Joseph A. Dobrowolski
Chairman
Roclolfo C. Avitia
Robert C. Bates
Eugene H. Boeke, Jr.
Knox R. Burchett
R. Duane Conner
Sidney Freedman
Donald E. Hoeffel Herman G. Protze
Allan R. Kenney Thomas J. Reading
Albert Litvin James E. Stanners
J. R. Moran Claude B. Trusty
Austin H. Morgan, Jr. William F. Wescott
Members of the committee voting on the 1991 changes were:
Joseph A. Dobrowolski
Chairman
George B aty
Eugene H. Boeke, Jr.
Muriel Burns
Charles M. Dabney
Bryce A. Ehmke
Jerome Ford
Allan R. Kenney
Albert Litvin
David 0. Lower
Michael Miller
Claude B. Trusty, Jr.
Secretary
John R. Smith
Richard T. Stack
Louis Tallarico
Synopsis
This report presents recommendations for the production of cast-in-place architectur-
al concrete. The importance of specified materials, forming, concrete placement, curing,
additional treatment and inspection, and their effect on the finished product is discussed.
The report deals primarily with requirements for architectural concrete over and above
normal requirements outlined in existing ACI standards.
Keywords: abrasive blasting; admixtures; aggregates; architectural concrete; architec-
ture; beams (supports); bushhammering; cements; coatings; colored concrete; colors
(materials); columns (supports); concrete construction; concrete finishes (hardened con-
crete); consolidation; cracking (fracturing); curing; deflection; exposed aggregate con-
crete; finishes; formwork (construction); inspection; joints (junctions); joint sealers;
mix proportioning; pigments; placing; quality control; repairs; retardants; sealers; struc-
tural design; surface defects; texture; walls; white portland cements.
This document is available also as a separate publication.
303R-1