Which document is this? DD Form 1220, official title DD Form 1220, Concrete Mixture Design Data, August 1957. What does it do? It exists to Concrete Mixture Design Data. Everything on this page builds on those two facts.
Is there a version specific to your service? No. A DD number is issued at Department level, which is the whole point of the prefix — every military department and defense agency works from one identical document. Looking for a branch variant wastes time you do not have.
Where does the requirement come from? From not stated, with not stated responsible for the document itself. Those are the names to cite if anyone asks under what authority you filed.
Is this the right edition? The current one is dated not stated, and the publisher carries it as not stated. Check that against whatever copy you already have before going further.
What the form asks for
- Calculated on the basis of: enter formula here.
- Materials: cement: serial number
- Cement: size range
- Cement: bulk S P, G R
- Cement, absorption percentage
- Coarse aggregate A: serial number
- Fine aggregate: serial number
- Fine aggregate: size range
- Coarse aggregate A: size range
- Fine aggregate: bulk S P, G R
- Fine aggregate, absorption percentage
- Coarse aggregate A: bulk S P, G R
- Coarse aggregate A: absorption percentage
- Coarse aggregate B: serial number
- Coarse aggregate B: size range
- Coarse aggregate B: bulk S P, G R
- Coarse aggregate B: absorption percentage
- Coarse aggregate C: serial number
- Coarse aggregate D: serial number
- Coarse aggregate C: size range
- Coarse aggregate D: size range
- Coarse aggregate C: bulk S P, G R
- Coarse aggregate D: bulk S P, G R
- Coarse aggregate C: absorption percentage
Download the form
What can you download? The available set is PDF. How big is the job? The form runs 1 pages with roughly 107 fields to complete.
Why do two kinds of pdf exist? Because two kinds of user exist. One completes the form on screen and forwards a file; the other prints a blank and fills it by hand. The fillable release has interactive boxes, the printable release is a static image of the same page.
Is handwriting acceptable? Yes, but it is the weaker choice. Scanning flattens pen strokes and reproduction blurs them, while typed characters survive the whole chain intact. Print in capitals if you are working from a paper blank.
Can you skip around the form? Better not to. The layout runs identification, then content, then certification, and entries near the bottom frequently take their meaning from what sits above them.
Why does the edition matter so much here? Because DD forms are revised centrally. When the Department reissues one, it reissues it for all branches simultaneously, and the field layout can shift. Compare the printed date against not stated before you type anything.
What if a specific field still puzzles you? Read the instructions printed on the form, then not stated. Which wins if they differ? The directive.
What happens after you finish? It routes to the office specified in not stated or in local guidance. And your own record? Save a duplicate first; nobody regrets having one.
What if DD Form 1220 points to another form? Search the series and number. Because the DD sequence is common to every military department, no branch qualifier is needed to land on the right file.
Can you assume a matching number is the same form? No, and this is where downloads go wrong. Read the prefix. Army numbering and Department numbering are independent systems, so the digits alone tell you nothing about which document you need.
How often does a form like this change? Unpredictably — revision follows directive changes, altered collection requirements and updated notice language. What is the practical defence? Verifying not stated every time you download rather than trusting a saved copy.
What does this page actually provide? The blank form and a description of it. What does it not provide? Legal guidance, procedural rulings, or any assurance about a particular filing. Who answers those? not stated, the administrative office that serves you, or the authority identified in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 1220?
- DD Form 1220, Concrete Mixture Design Data, August 1957
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?