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  September 2010                            Volume 1 Issue 6

 

 
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In This Issue
What is the "F" Factor?
Rental Forms
Virtual Project Management System
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Required Safety Equipment
For Your Information - Fall Protection
Quote of the Month
Contractor Comedy
Strange Facts
 
 
The 40 Most Asked Questions about F-Numbers
 

    1. What are F-Numbers? 

    The F-Number System is the American Concrete Institute (ACI 117) and Canadian Standards Association (CSA A23.1) standard for the specification and measurement of concrete floor flatness and levelness.  F-Numbers replace the familiar "1/8th inch in ten feet" type specs that had proven unreliable, unmeasureable and unrealistic. 
    The new standards include two F-Numbers: 
                                    FF  for flatness and FL for levelness   

    Flatness relates to the bumpiness of the floor, while levelness describes the local tilt or pitch of the slab. The higher the F-Number, the better that characteristic of the floor.  F-Numbers are linear, so an FF 20 is twice as flat as an FF 10, but only half as flat as an FF 40. 
    Slabs-on-grade are usually specified with an FF number and an FL number (the FF is always listed first), such as : 
    FF 25 / FL20 


    Because of deflection, elevated slabs are usually specified using only FF 

    When a floor is described as an "F 25", it usually means "FF
    25". 
    The ACI/CSA F-Number System applies to 99% of all floor slabs - all floors that support random traffic, be it vehicular or pedestrian traffic
     

    In the tiny percentage of floors that have defined traffic, where vehicles are restricted in their movement by wire or rail guidance, a different F-Number - Fmin - is used.

     


Most Superflat floors should use the Fmin System, since most of these slabs support defined traffic.
 
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Workers Not Wearing Required Safety Equipment

An exceedingly high 98% of respondents who attended the recent American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) show in Baltimore answered "yes" when asked if they had observed workers not wearing safety equipment when they should have been, according to the survey.
 
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 Quote of the Month
 
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."   
- Thomas Edison
 
 
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Contractor Comedy 
 
 A man owned a small construction company in California.
 
The California State Wage & Hour Department, claimed he was not paying proper wages to his help and sent an agent out to interview him.
 
"I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them," demanded the agent.
 
"Well," replied the contractor, "there's my Project Manager, who's been with me for 3 years. I pay him $1500 a week plus free room and board. 
 
My Concrete Finisher has been here for 18 months, and I pay him $1000 per week plus free room and board.
 
Then there's the half-wit who works about 18 hours every day and does about 90% of all the work around here.
He makes about $10 per week, pays his own room and board, and I buy him a
6 pack of beer every Saturday night.He also sleeps with my wife occasionally."
 
"The half-wit," says the agent, "that's the guy I want to talk to.
 
 "You have been!"
replied the contractor.
 
 
STRANGE FACTS 
and Useless Information 
 
An earthquake on Dec. 16, 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backwards!

A person uses approximately fifty-seven sheets of toilet paper each day!

Honolulu is the only place in the United States that has a royal palace!

One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water!

More money is spent on gardening than on any other hobby!

In 32 years. there are about 1 billion seconds!

Rice paper does not have any rice in it!
 
 

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