Test Methods and Specifications
Supply and Placement of Steel for the Reinforcement of Concrete
- Publication no: ATS-5310-26
- Published: 7 April 2026
- Edition: 1.2
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Austroads Technical Specification ATS 5310 sets out the requirements for the supply, fabrication, handling and placement of steel used for the reinforcement of concrete (‘reinforcing steel’). Two types of reinforcing steel are covered:
- carbon reinforcing steel, as described in AS/NZS 4671; and
- stainless reinforcing steel, as described in BS 6744.
The reinforcing steel must be supplied and installed in accordance with the drawings, AS 5100.5 and this Specification.
The technical specification can also be downloaded as a Word document.
Edition 1.2 published April 2026
- amends 'IPT' to 'ITP' in Clause 7.1
- amends the wording for Witness Point 1 in Clause 7.18
Superseded editions
- 1. Scope
- 2. Referenced Documents
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Quality System Requirements
- 5. Materials
- General
- Registered/Approved Products
- Reinforcing Steel Schedules
- Carbon Reinforcing Steel
- Stainless Reinforcing Steel
- Bar Chairs and Spacers
- Mechanical Splices
- Substitution
- 6. Handling, Storage and Surface Condition
- Handling and Storage
- Stainless Reinforcing Steel
- Surface Condition
- 7. Placing and Fixing
- General
- Prefabrication of Reinforcing Cages
- Cages Fabricated Outside Australia
- Electrical Conductivity
- 8. Bending and Cutting
- General
- Hot Bending
- Stainless Reinforcing Steel
- 9. Splicing of Reinforcing Steel
- General
- Lap Splicing of Bars
- Mechanical Splices
- Welded Splices
- 10. Welding of Reinforcing Steel
- General
- Welders
- Locational Welding of Reinforcement
- Splice Welding
- 11. Welding of Stainless Reinforcing Steel
- General
- Welding Procedure Qualification
- Inspection and Quality of Welds
- Cleaning of Welds
- Corrosion Resistance of Welds
- 12. Tolerances
- Fabrication
- Position
- 13. Projecting Reinforcing Steel
- 14. Contact Between Dissimilar Metals Embedded in Concrete
- Annexure A: Summary of Hold Points, Witness Points and Records
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