Test Methods and Specifications
Pretensioned Concrete Members
- Publication no: ATS-5326-25
- Published: 19 February 2025
- Edition: 1.0
- Superseded
- PDF (free) Download
Austroads Technical Specification ATS 5326 sets out the requirements for the supply of pretensioned precast concrete members (‘Pretensioned Members’), such as piles, girders and bridge planks / deck units.
The Contractor must ensure that the Manufacturer of the Pretensioned Members complies with this Specification and the Drawings. The Contractor may be the same entity as the Manufacturer.
This technical specification can also be downloaded as a Word document.
Edition 1.0 was superseded by Edition 1.1 in August 2025.
- 1. Scope
- 2. Referenced Documents
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Quality System Requirements
- 5. Personnel
- 6. Design
- 7. Materials
- General
- Steel Prestressing Materials
- Traceability
- Storage and Surface Condition
- Other Materials
- 8. Formwork
- General
- Void Formers
- Fillets
- 9. Equipment
- Tensioning Equipment
- Stressing Beds
- 10. Stressing Calculations
- 11. Stressing Operations
- General
- Placing Tendons
- Stressing of Tendons
- Measurement of Tension in Tendons
- Non-Correlation Between Actual and Required Jacking Force
- Action if Concreting is Delayed
- Stressing Records
- 12. Concrete Placement
- Placement
- Finish
- 13. Transfer of Prestress
- General
- Precautions for Delayed Transfer
- Production of Subsequent Members
- Treatment After Transfer of Prestress
- 14. Tolerances
- 15. Marking, Handling, Storing and Transportation
- General
- Marking
- 16. Inspection and Records
- Annexure A: Summary of Hold Points, Witness Points and Records
- Amendment Record
Related publications
ATS-5452-26
ATS-5230-26
Latest Test Methods and Specifications News