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    ASTM F1090 - 15

    Standard Classification for Bank and Mercantile Vault Construction

    Active Standard ASTM F1090 | Developed by Subcommittee: F12.10

    Book of Standards Volume: 15.08

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    Significance and Use

    4.1 This classification is meant to be a guide for the selection of a vault.

    4.2 This classification is intended to assist users in availing themselves of various prefabricated and generically constructed products, while maintaining continuity in the selected intrusion-resistance level.

    4.3 This classification is not meant to recommend or prefer the use of any single product or any type level, or its application.

    1. Scope

    1.1 This classification is for the use and guidance of those who purchase, design, construct, install, approve, or modify storage vault enclosures, intended for the protection of assets against loss due to forced entry.

    1.2 This classification is a systematic arrangement of constructed products, based on similar intrusion resistance characteristics, as derived from available test data.

    1.3 This classification does not address fire resistivity.

    1.4 This classification does not address the methods of interfacing vault components. Things such as tamper notification, intrusion detection, response timelines, or other issues, typically forming a complete vault system, should be considered for inclusion.

    1.5 Nothing in this classification is intended to prevent the use of systems, methods, or devices that provide a level of intrusion resistance equivalent to that prescribed herein.

    1.5.1 Any system, method, or device different from that detailed herein may be examined, in accordance with the intent of this standard, and if found equivalent, may be included.

    1.6 Nothing in this classification shall be construed to prohibit better or safer conditions than the requirements specified herein.

    1.7 Each standard designation cited shall be meant to be the edition in effect on the date this classification was published.

    1.8 A rationale is given in Appendix X1.

    Note 1: For more information on the construction of bank and mercantile vaults, refer to the following documents: ASTM Specifications A184/A184M, A615/A615M, A635/A635M, C33, C94/C94M, C150, C494/C494M, C618, C685/C685M; American Concrete Institute Building Requirements ACI 318, and American Welding Society Structural Welding Code D 1.4.

    1.9 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the standard. The values in parentheses are given for information only.


    2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.

    ASTM Standards

    A184/A184M Specification for Welded Deformed Steel Bar Mats for Concrete Reinforcement

    A615/A615M Specification for Deformed and Plain Carbon-Steel Bars for Concrete Reinforcement

    A635/A635M Specification for Steel, Sheet and Strip, Heavy-Thickness Coils, Hot-Rolled, Alloy, Carbon, Structural, High-Strength Low-Alloy, and High-Strength Low-Alloy with Improved Formability, General Requirements for

    A820/A820M Specification for Steel Fibers for Fiber-Reinforced Concrete

    C33 Specification for Concrete Aggregates

    C39/C39M Test Method for Compressive Strength of Cylindrical Concrete Specimens

    C94/C94M Specification for Ready-Mixed Concrete

    C150 Specification for Portland Cement

    C494/C494M Specification for Chemical Admixtures for Concrete

    C618 Specification for Coal Fly Ash and Raw or Calcined Natural Pozzolan for Use in Concrete

    C685/C685M Specification for Concrete Made by Volumetric Batching and Continuous Mixing

    C1116 Specification for Fiber-Reinforced Concrete and Shotcrete

    Underwriters Laboratories Standards

    UL 608 Burglary-Resistant Vault Doors and Modular Panels

    UL 680 Emergency Vault Ventilators and Vault Ventilating Ports

    American Concrete Institute Document

    ACI 318 Building Code Requirements for Reinforced Concrete

    ICS Code

    ICS Number Code 03.060 (Finances. Banking. Monetary systems. Insurance)

    UNSPSC Code

    UNSPSC Code

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    DOI: 10.1520/F1090-15

    Citation Format

    ASTM F1090-15, Standard Classification for Bank and Mercantile Vault Construction, ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA, 2015, www.astm.org

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