The Code

It should be noted that, for interpretation purposes, the French text shall prevail over the English, the latter being a translation of the French original. 

GUIDE PRESCRIBING THE SCOPE OF WORK OF THE « REINFORCING STEEL » SPECIALTY

This guide must be used in accordance with the guidelines.

The tender must be based on to structural and civil tendering documents.

1. RS. 1 – Supply and installation:
    
   1. Reinforcing steel and metal mesh;
       
   2. Shear heads (« stud rail »);
       
   3. Crane, unloading and handling subject to Article RS.3.23;
       
   4. Reinforcement dowels including drilling and adhesive;
       
   5. Mechanical couplers;
       
   6. Protection of exposed rods;
       
   7. Reinforcing steel cages in caissons and piles;
       
   8. Prefabricated thermal breaks for reinforced steel, such as Isokorb or other types.
       
2. RS. 2 - Supply only:
    
   1. Reinforcing steel for rock anchors;
       
   2. Reinforcement dowels for piles.
       
3. RS. 3 - Work specifically excluded:
    
   1. Surveys, lines, levels, templates;
       
   2. Reinforcement for ground borders;
       
   3. Rock drilling;
       
   4. Vertical and horizontal reinforcement for masonry block walls;
       
   5. Dowels for masonry block walls mechanically anchored to concrete, including drilling, bonding and epoxy;
       
   6. Installation of reinforcements for underwater work;
       
   7. Fibers for concrete;
       
   8. Reinforcements welded to metal sections;
       
   9. Expansion sleeve, heat-shrink tubing, thermoplastic;
       
   10. Anchoring bolts, threaded rods;
        
   11. Scaffolding, platform;
        
   12. Barge;
        
   13. Thermal breaks other than 1.8;
        
   14. Dowel baskets;
        
   15. Smooth bars, grease and cartridges (for expansion and construction joints);
        
   16. Dowel system for construction and expansion joints not made of ribbed reinforced steel (« Speed dowels »);
        
   17. Steel plate dowels or tie rods (« Speed diamond »);
        
   18. Post-tensioning;
        
   19. Replacement, cleaning and straightening of existing damaged reinforcing steel;
        
   20. Reinforcement for precast concrete elements specified in tender documents;
        
   21. Steel beams and steel structures used as reinforcement in concrete structures;
        
   22. « Dywidag » or other post-tensioning systems;
        
   23. Crane, unloading and handling for construction camps.
        

June 2^nd, 2025

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