§ 5-02 Licensing of Concrete Testing Laboratories.
RCNY § 5-02
(a)General.
(1)Each laboratory shall have in responsible charge a Director who shall be professionally qualified and who shall personally supervise all technical functions of the laboratory relating to testing of concrete and concrete materials. Sections 27-605 and 27-607 of the Administrative Code require that a licensed Professional Engineer or a Registered Architect supervise the testing of materials and the inspection of concrete construction.
(2)All technicians shall be qualified to perform all tests they may be required to conduct under the supervision of the Director.
(3)The laboratory shall annually furnish to the Department of Buildings a list of all personnel who are supervising and performing tests and their qualifications. Note: 1 RCNY § 5-02(b)(6) shall also be complied with.
(4)The laboratory shall furnish to the Department of Buildings a list of all the equipment used to perform tests on concrete and concrete materials.
(5)The laboratory shall request and have an inspection made of its procedure and equipment by the "Cement and Concrete Reference Laboratory" whenever the "Cement and Concrete Reference Laboratory" is inspecting laboratories in this area on its cyclical tour of inspection. These inspections shall be made at the cost and expense of the laboratory seeking a license. A copy of the inspection report shall be promptly submitted to the Department of Buildings.
(6)The laboratory shall correct within 10 days any condition ordered by the Department of Buildings which in its judgment may adversely affect the results of any test.
(7)A license shall be issued to each applicant upon proof of compliance with these rules and upon payment of a fee of one hundred dollars ($100).
(8)The annual renewal fee shall be fifty dollars ($50).
(9)A violation of any of these rules or the falsifying or misrepresentation of any fact in any required report shall constitute cause for revocation or suspension of the license by the Commissioner, after a hearing upon prior notice of at least ten calendar days. However, notwithstanding the foregoing, when the public safety may be imminently jeopardized or when false report has been made, the Commissioner shall have the power, pending a hearing and determination of charges, to forthwith suspend the license for a period not exceeding five working days. The presence of batch tickets at a plant filled in on any day other than the day the specific batch is to be delivered to the construction site, whether signed or unsigned, shall constitute a false report.
(10)All reports submitted by the laboratory shall bear its name and its license number.
(11)Renewal of licenses or certificates of qualification, heretofore issued, and issuance of new licenses shall be conditioned upon and subject to the provisions of §§ 26-131 through 26-139 and 26-200 through 26-204 of the Administrative Code.
(12)The laboratory shall display a copy of its license on its premises.
(13)The Director shall furnish all of his employees an identification card with a photograph of the employee affixed thereto.
(14)The Director shall maintain a daily record of the activities of all of his employees, indicating the time of departure to and return from batch plant or construction site inspections, the construction project to which the employee is assigned, and the batch plant visited. This record shall be maintained for 2 years and shall be made available to the department personnel.
(b)Personnel.
(c)Reports. Reports shall be presented in a form acceptable to the Department of Buildings.
(d)Tests.
(e)Curing and testing of concrete specimens.
(f)Equipment. The laboratory shall provide and maintain in proper working condition the following equipment as a minimum requirement: (1) Necessary for concrete mix designs: (i) Concrete mixer (A) 1 1/2 cubic foot capacity (B) 3 1/2 cubic foot total drum volume (ii) Slump cone 8-inches in diameter at the base and 4-inches at the top of a height of 12-inches and conforming to ASTM C 143.
(iii)A tamping rod consisting of a round, straight steel rod 5/8-inch in diameter.
(iv)Cylindrical metal measures of 1/2 cubic foot and a cubic foot capacity conforming to the requirements of ASTM C 138.
(v)A sturdy, flat plate about 15-inches square for striking off the concrete in the measure.
(vi)Appropriate air meter.
(vii)Necessary scoops, wood floats, trowels.
(viii)A balance or scale sensitive to 0.1 pound, having a capacity of not less than 100 pounds.
(ii)Materials required: (A) For cement or plaster caps, any of the following: Type I Portland Cement High Alumina Cement (Lumnite) Type III Portland Cement High strength gypsum plasters such as: Hydrostone and Hydrocal White (Note: Plaster of Paris is not satisfactory). (B) For sulphur caps either of the following: Laboratory prepared mixtures of sulphur and granular materials. Proprietary mixtures such as: Vitroband, Leadite, Cylcap, etc. (Note: See ASTM C 1982 for limitations of various type caps).
(g)Cement testing.
(ix)Autoclave, moulds and comparator with steel reference bar.
(x)Vicat apparatus and moulds.
(xi)Gilimore needles and glass plates for samples.
(xii)LeChatelier flask.
(xiii)Supply of graded Ottawa Sand.
(xiv)Glass graduates of 100, 150 and 200 ml. capacity.
(xv)Cylindrical measure of 400 ml.
(xvi)Straight edge and spatula.
(xvii)Calibrated testing machine of not less than 30,000 lbs., capacity equipped with spherically seated upper steel block of not more than 31/2 diameter.
