Nghi Son 2 BOT Thermal Power Plant Project
Design Query Sheet
  DQ Sheet No          DQ-NS2-DE00-P0ZEN-169018-A-WSP1 NS2-DE00-P0ZEN-169018-A-WSP1
  Document Title       MATERIAL APPROVAL REQUEST FOR PHC PILE _MINH DUC
  Document No          NS2-DE00-P0ZEN-1690188                                                                                        Rev            A
  Transmittal No       NS2-T-DVNS-NS2PC-18-0022                                                                                      Date           2018.07.29
  Status Description Disapproved (revise and resubmit)                                                                               Status Code    3
These comments and/or approval by the Owner / Owners Engineer’s in no way relieves the Contractor from his obligations to ensure conformance with the requirements of
the Contract. Any Contract deviations found subsequent to approval are to be corrected by the Contractor to the satisfaction of the Owner / Owners Engineer’s.
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     1                       Testing result of    Owner /OE’s Comment dated 24-07-2018 Commented by: Owner’s
                             input material
                                                  General comments:
                                                      -   Laboratory shall be independent 3rd party, not Minh Duc Company because they are the Pile Supplier;
                                                      -   Tests for concrete mortar is missing, the total SO3 and chloride content in concrete shall be verified;
                                                      -   DVN is recommended to carry out the test ASTM C 1012 for ‘Length Change of Hydraulic-Cement Mortars
                                                          Exposed to a Sulphate Solution’;
                                                  DVN to provide quality certificate for cement type II ASTM C150. Only setting time and compressive strength test is not
                             Test results of      enough to make concussion that the cement is qualified with ASTM C150 - type II;
                             cement
   1.1                                            Contractors response dated DD-MM-YYYY
     2                       Drawing of PHC       Owner /OE’s Comment dated 31-07-2018 Commented by: OE’s(PECC3)
                                                  Cement in table of material requirement >=25 Mpa is not reasonable to manufacture PHC pile with compressive
                                                  strength of concrete is over 85Mpa at 28 days. So that please revise.
                                                  Please add detail drawing of PHC pile with class B, class C.
                                                  The factory shall arrange for a visit by the Owner/Engineer for inspection of the manufacturing facilities and to obtain
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                                                samples as deemed necessary by the Owner/Engineer during the visits. For materials other than those agreed,
                                                certificates and manufacturer catalogues will be considered acceptable.
   2.1                                          Contractors response dated DD-MM-YYYY
     3                      Test result for     Owner /OE’s Comment dated 31-07-2018 Commented by: OE’s(PECC3)
                            material
                                                All test for raw material and trial mix design shall be carried out under approved LAS by Owner. So that LASXD 1182
                                                must be approved prior to testing process. Please submit profile of LAS for approval.
   3.1                                          Contractors response dated DD-MM-YYYY
     4                      Test result for     Owner /OE’s Comment dated 31-07-2018 Commented by: OE’s(PECC3)
                            material
                                                Inspection and Test Plan for PHC must be submitted and approved by Owner and all specifications of Testing shall
                                                comply with this ITP. In this ITP must declare all technical requirement for coarse aggregate, fine aggregate, cement,
                                                water, chemical admixture, mineral admixture, Sulphate-resistance test for Cement + mineral admixture (silica fume),
                                                spiral rebar, pc bar and Steel plate which is used to manufacture pile toe and pile connection.
   4.1                                          Contractors response dated DD-MM-YYYY
     5                      Test result for     Owner /OE’s Comment dated 31-07-2018 Commented by: OE’s(PECC3)
                            material
                                                Compressive strength of source rock which is used to manufacture coarse aggregate is missing. Please provide in test
                                                result.
   5.1                                          Contractors response dated DD-MM-YYYY
     6                      Pile test           Owner /OE’s Comment dated 31-07-2018 Commented by: OE’s(PECC3)
                                                The test for pile is missing. This MAS shall be approved thoroughly only if pile meet technical requirement of standard
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                                                 TCVN 7888:2014, JIS 5373:2010.
   6.1                                           Contractors response dated DD-MM-YYYY
     7                      Test result for      Owner /OE’s Comment dated 31-07-2018 Commented by: OE’s(PECC3)
                            material of cement
                                                 Compressive strength at 28 days is missing. Please provide.
   7.1                                           Contractors response dated DD-MM-YYYY
     8                      ISO certificate      Owner /OE’s Comment dated 31-07-2018 Commented by: OE’s(PECC3)
                                                 It shall valid until September, 14th, 2018. It mean that short coming time shall be end for this certificate. So that please
                                                 extend.
   8.1                                           Contractors response dated DD-MM-YYYY
     9                      Reference project    Owner /OE’s Comment dated 31-07-2018 Commented by: OE’s(PECC3)
                                                 Please show evidence to proof that Minh Duc supply and manufacture for three equivalent project with Nghi Son 2.
   9.1                                           Contractors response dated DD-MM-YYYY
    10                      English version      Owner /OE’s Comment dated 31-07-2018 Commented by: OE’s(WSP)
                                                 Most of the certificates are not in English. Please enclose English version of certificates.
  10.1                                           Contractors response dated DD-MM-YYYY
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    11                      Certificate         Owner /OE’s Comment dated 31-07-2018 Commented by: OE’s(WSP)
                                                Certificate enclosed (in page 18) that manufacturing conforms to TCVN 7888-2008 has expired in Sept 2015. Please
                                                enclose the extension letter.
  11.1                                          Contractors response dated DD-MM-YYYY
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