Ho Chi Minh Urban Railway Construction Project: Ben Thanh – SuoiTien (Line 1) Design segment: Underground station

Contract Package – 1b: Civil (Underground Section from Km0+615 to Km2+360) Design stage: Technical design
Third Party Verifier’s Response to Contractor’s Submission
From: Mr. Dao Ngoc Vinh Our ref: LINE1-PK1B-190
Chief of Third Party Verifier Date: 27 April 2018
To: Mr. ITO Kenichi
Design Manager (Shimizu – Maeda Joint Operation)
SMJO’s transmittal No: Date Submitted: Doc No. (Title):
TRS-TPV-00856 (PDF file) 13 April 2018 - Technical Design - DCN - Inner Wall –CCTN Type A (rev A)
TRS-TPV-00861 (PDF file) 08 May 2018 - Technical Design - DCN - Inner Wall – Bason Station (rev B)
No. TPV’s comment Designer’s Reply TPV’s Conclusion
( 23/4/2018) (/4/2018) /4/2018)
Crack width of inner wall thickness 300mm.
- In the report the crack width limitation is 0.2mm which is for
environmental normal condition of 0.005c.
- However, when reducing the thickness of inner wall from
500mm to 300mm, the watertighness shall be considered as
1. important case related to the cracking specified in article 7.4.1
(3) & (4) in Standard Specification for Concrete Structure.
Therefore, the permissible crack width shall be taken as
Severely corrosive of environmental conditions in table 7.4.1 of
0.0035c that using for watertighness.

Prepared by: Approved by:

Tran Van Tu
Nguyen Nhu Quynh
Dao Ngoc Vinh
Civil Engineer
Chief of Third Party Verifier
Date: 08/05/2018
Date: 08/05/2018

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