TENDER NO.

: 21/BVN/ BOX CULVERT/2018

( Re invite)

Construction of Box Culvert and Road

work On
Nala from PWD Road to Dargah

near Sat Beno's

Temple at
Lignite Mines Bhavnagar

TECHNICAL BID-IV

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ITEMWISE

GUJARAT MINERAL DEVE LOPM ENT CORPORATION LTD

(A G ovt. of G uj a rat Enterprise)
Khan ij Bhavan, near Un iversity G round, 132 feet Ring Vastrap
ur, Ah m eda bad -380 052
Ph one: (079) 27913200, 2 7913 501 Fax No: (079) 2 7911540
Em ai I: civilkg m dcltd.com Webs ite: www.qmdc ltd.com

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 CONTENTS

Specification —Box culvert IV-3

Specification —Road Work IV-29

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 SPECIFICATIONS- CIVIL ITEM

Item No .1

Excavation for foundation upto 1.5 m depth including sorting out and stacking of
useful materials and disposing off the excavated stuff upto all lead and lift , required
machinaries , tools, tackles, labours , transportation , safety measures etc. complete and
as directed (A) Loose or soft soil.

(i) Upto 1.5m depth

1.0. General
1.1. Any soil which generally yields to the application of pickaxes and shovels, phawar as rakes or any
such ordinary excavating implement or organic soil, gravel silt, sand turf loam., clay, peat EIC., fail under
this category,

2.0. Clearing the site

2.1. The site on which the structure is to be built shall be cleared, and all obstructions loose stone,
materials and rubbish of all kind bush wood and trees shall be removing as directed The materials so
obtained shall be property of the Government and shall be conveyed und stacked as directed within 50 m
lead. The roots of the trees coming in the sides shall be cut and coated with a hot asphalt

2.2. The rate of side clearance is deemed to be included in the rate of earth work for which no extra will be
paid.

3.0. Setting out

After clearing the site the centre lines will be given, by the Engineer-in-charge. The contractor shall
assume full responsibility for alignment, elevation and dimension of each and all 'parts of the work.
Contractor shall supply labours materials, EIC. Required for setting out the reference marks and bench
'marks and shall maintain them as long as required and directed.

4.0. Excavation
The excavation in foundation shall be carried out in true line and level and shall have the width and depth
as shown in the drawings or as directed. The contractor shall do the necessary shoring and shutting or
providing necessary slopes to a safe angle, at his own cost. The payment for such precautionary
measures shall be paid separately it not specified. The bottom of the excavated area shall be leveled both
longitudinally and transversely as directed by removing and watering as required No. earth filling will be
allowed for bringing it to level if by mistake or any excavation is made deeper or wider than, that shown
on the plan or directed. The extra depth or width shall be made up with concrete of same proportion as
specified for the foundation concrete at the cost of the contractor. The excavation up to 1.5 m depth shall
be measured under this item.

5.0. Disposal of the excavated stuff

5.1. The excavated stuff of the selected type shall be used in filling the trenches and plinth or leveling the
ground in layers including ramming and watering EIC.

5.2. The balance of the excavated quantity shall be removed by the contractor from the site of work to a
place as directed with lead up to 50 M. and all lift.
6.0. Mode of measurements & payment
6.1. The measurement of excavation in trenches for foundation shall be made according to the sections of
trenches shown on the drawing or as per sections given by the Engineer-m-charge. No payment shall be
made for surplus excavation made in excess of above requirements or due to stopping and sloping back
as found necessary on account of conditions of soil and requirements of safety.
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6.2. The rate shall be for a unit of one cubic meter

Item No.2

Excavation for foundation for depth from 1.5 m to 3 m including sorting out and
stacking of useful materials and disposing off the excavated stuf upto all lead and lift ,
labour, required tools, tackles etc. complete and as directed by EIC.(A) Loose or soft
soil
i) From 1.5 m to 3.0m depth

1.0. General
1.1. Any soil which generally yields to the application of pickaxes and shovels, phawar as rakes or any
such ordinary excavating implement or organic soil, gravel silt, sand turf loam., clay, peat EIC., fail under
this category,

2.0. Clearing the site

2.1. The site on which the structure is to be built shall be cleared, and all obstructions loose stone,
materials and rubbish of all kind bush wood and trees shall be removing as directed The materials so
obtained shall be property of the Government and shall be conveyed und stacked as directed within 50 m
lead. The roots of the trees coming in the sides shall be cut and coated with a hot asphalt

2.2. The rate of side clearance is deemed to be included in the rate of earth work for which no extra will
be paid.

3.0. Setting out

After clearing the site the centre lines will be given, by the Engineer-in-charge. The contractor shall
assume full responsibility for alignment, elevation and dimension of each and all 'parts of the work.
Contractor shall supply labours materials, EIC. Required for setting out the reference marks and bench
’marks and shall maintain them as long as required and directed.

4.0. Excavation
The excavation in foundation shall be carried out in true line and level and shall have the width and depth
as shown in the drawings or as directed. The contractor shall do the necessary shoring and shutting or
providing necessary slopes to a safe angle, at his own cost. The payment for such precautionary
measures shall be paid separately it not specified. The bottom of the excavated area shall be leveled both
longitudinally and transversely as directed by removing and watering as required No. earth filling will be
allowed for bringing it to level if by mistake or any excavation is made deeper or wider than, that shown
on the plan or directed. The extra depth or width shall be made up with concrete of same proportion as
specified for the foundation concrete at the cost of the contractor. The excavation up to 1.5 m depth shall
be measured under this item.

5.0. Disposal of the excavated stuff

5.1. The excavated stuff of the selected type shall be used in filling the trenches and plinth or leveling the
ground in layers including ramming and watering EIC.

5.2. The balance of the excavated quantity shall be removed by the contractor from the site of work to a
place as directed with lead up to 50 M. and all lift.

6.0. Mode of measurements & payment

6.1. The measurement of excavation in trenches for foundation shall be made according to the sections of
trenches shown on the drawing or as per sections given by the Engineer-m-charge. No payment shall be
made for surplus excavation made in excess of above requirements or due to stopping and sloping back
as found necessary on account of conditions of soil and requirements of safety.

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6.2. The rate shall be for a unit of one cubic meter

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Item No .3

Filling available excavated earth (excluding rock) in trenches, plinth, sides of

foundation, etc. in layers not exceeding 20 cm. in depth consolidating each deposited
layer by ramming and watering etc. complete and as directed with all lead, lift ,labour ,
tools , tackles, required equipment for compaction / consolidation , transportation etc.
complete and as directed.
1.0 Workmanship
1.1. The earth to be used for filling shall be free from salts, organic or other foreign matter. All clods
of earth shall be broken

1.2. As soon as the work in foundation has been completed and measured the site of foundation
shall be cleared of all debris, brick bats, mortar dropping EIC., and tilled with earth in layers not
exceeding 20 cross Each layer shall be adequately watered, rammed and consolidated before the
succeeding layer is laid. The earth shall be rammed with iron rammers where feasible and with the
but ends of crow-bars, where rammer cannot be used
1.3. The plinth shall be similarly tilled with earth in layers not exceeding 20 cms adequately
watered and consolidated by ramming with iron or wooden rammers when filling reaches finished
level the surface shall be flooded with water for at least 24 hours and allowed to dry and then
rammed and consolidated.
1.4. The finished level of filling shall be kept to shape intended to be given to floor.
1.5. In case off large heavy duty flooring like factory flooring the consolidation may be done by
power rollers, where so specified the extent of consolidation required shall also be as specified.
1.6. The excavated stuff of the selected type shall be allowed to be used in filling the trenches and
plinth. Under no circumstances black cotton soil be used for filling the plinth.
2.0. Mode of Measurements &Payment
2.1. The payment shall be made for filling in plinth and trenches. No deduction shall be made for
shrinkage or voids, if consolidated as instructed above.
2.2. The rate shall be for a unit of one cubic meter.

Item No.4

Providing and laying cement concrete 1:3:6 (1-Cement:3-coarsesand:6- aggregates 40mm

nominalsize) and curing complete excluding cost of formwork in with all lead lift, all
labours , tools , tackles , materials required etc. complete (A)Foundation and Plinth.

1.0. Materials
1.1. Water shall conform to M ICeme- shall conform to M-3. Sand shall conform to M-6.
Stonesaggregate 40 mm nominal s1ze shall conform to M-12.
2.0. Workmanship
2.1. General
2.1.1. Before stating concrete the bed of foundation trenches shall be cleared of all
loose matenals. Levelled, watered and rammed as directed
2.2. Proportion of Mix :
2.2.1. The pmportion of cement. sand and coarse aggregate shall be one part of cement. 3
parts of sand and6 parts of stone aggregates and shall be measured by volume.
2.3. Mixing : •

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 2.3.1. The concrete shall be m1xed in a mechanical mixer at the s1te of work. Hand m1xing
may however beallowed for smaller quantity of work if approved by the Engineer-
in chargeWhen hand mixing is perm1tted bythe Engineer-in-charge 1n case of break-down of
machines and 1n the interest of the work. 1t shall be carriedout on a water tight platform and
care shall be taken to ensure that m1xing 1s continued until the mass is uniform in colour and
consistency However.in such case 10% more cement than otherwise penod 1. 1/2 to
2m1nutes. The quantity of water shaii be Just sufficient to produce a dense concrete of
required workability forthe purpose.
2.4. Transporting & Placing the Concrete :
2.4.1. The concrete shall be handed from the place of m1xing to the !maI position in not
more than 15 minutes by the method as directed and shall be placed into its final position
. compacted and fmished within 30 minutes of mixing with water i.e. before the setting
commences.
2.4.2. The concrete shall be laid in layers of 15 cms. to 20 cms
2.5 Ramming
2.5.1. The concrete shall be rammed with heavy iron rammers and rapidly to get the required
compaction andto allow all the interstices to be filled with mortar”
2.6. Curing :
2.6.1. After the final set, the concrete-shall be kept continuously wet 1f required by pounding
for a period of not less then 7 days form the date of placement
2.7. Mode of Measurement &Payment :
2.7.1. The concrete shall be measured for its length, breadth and depth, limiting dimensions to
those specification plan or as directed
2.7.2. The rate shall be for a unit of one cubic metre

Item No.5

Providing and laying controlled cement concrete M.250 and curing complete excluding
the cost of formwork and reinforcement for reinforced concrete work but including with
all lead lift, all labours , tools , tackles , machinaries , materials required etc., safety
measures etc. complete in(A)Foundations,footings,Base of coIumns,SIabs and Mass
concrete.
1.0. Materials
1.1. Water shall conform to M-1. Cement shall conform to M-3. Sand shall conform to M-6. Grit shall
conform to M-8. Coarse aggregate shall conform M-12.
1.2. The shuttering to be provided shall be of ordinary timber plank and shall conform to M-26.
1.3. The dimensions of scantlings and battens shall conform to the design. The strength of the wood
shall not be less than that assumed in the design.
2.0. General

2.1. The concrete mix shall be designed from preliminary tests.

2.2. The proportioning of cement and aggregates shall be done by weight and necessary precautions
shall be taken in the production to ensure that the requiredwork cube strength is attained and
maintained. The controlled concrete shall be in grades of M-100, M-150, M-200, M-250, M-300,
and M-350 & M-400 with prefix controlled added to it. The letter M refers to mix and the numbers
specify 28 days works cube compressive strength of 150 mm. cubes of the mix expressed in Kg.
/cm.

2.3. The proportion of cement, sand and coarse aggregate shall be determined of weight. The weight
batch machine shall be used for maintaining proper control over the proportion of aggregatesas

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 per mix design. The strength requirements of different grades of concrete shall be as per table
provided above:

In all cases, the 28 days compressive strength specified in above the criteria foracceptance or
rejection of the concrete. Where the strength of a concrete mix as indicated by tests, lies in
between the strength of any two grades specified in the above table, such concrete shall be
classified in for purpose as concrete belonging to the lower of the grades between which its
strength lies.

3.0. Workmanship
3.1. The proportions for ingredients chosen shall be such that concrete has adequate workability for
conditions prevailing on the work question and can be property compacted with means available
except where it can be shown to the satisfaction of the Engineer-in-charge, that supply of properly
graded aggregate of uniform quality can be maintained till the completion of work, grading of
aggregate shall be controlled by obtaining the coarse aggregates in different sizes and bending
them in the right proportions as required. Aggregates of different sizes shall be stocked in
separate stock piles. The required quantity of material shall be stock piled several hours,
preferably a day before use. The grading of coarse and fine aggregate shall be checked as
frequently as possible, the frequency for a given job being determined by Engineer-in-charge to
ensure that the suppliers are maintaining the uniform grading as approved for samples used in
the preliminary tests.

3.2. In proportioning concrete, the quantity of both cement and aggregate shall be determined by
weight. Where the weight of cement is determined by accepting the maker's weight per bag, a
reasonable number of bags shall be weighted separately to check the net weight. Where cement
is weighted form bulk stocks at site and not by bags, it shall be weighed separately from the
aggregate. Water, shall either be measured by volume in calibrated tanks or weighed. All
measuring equipment shall be maintained in clean and serviceable condition. Their accuracy shall
be periodically checked.

3.3. It is most important to keep the specified water cement ratio constant and at its correct value. To
this end, moisture content in both fine and coarse aggregates shall be determined by the
Engineer-in-charge according to the weather conditions. The amount of mixing water shall then
be adjusted to compensate for variations in the moisture content. For the determination of
moisture content in the aggregates I.S. 2386 (Part-III) shall be referred to. Suitable adjustments
shall also be made in the weights of aggregates due to variation in their moisture content.
Minimum quantity of cement to be used in controlled concrete shall not be less than 220 kg./m 3 in
plain concrete and not less than 250 kg/m3 in reinforced concrete.

3.4 The form work shall conform to the shape lines and dimensions as shown on the plans and be
constructed as to remain sufficiently rigid during the placing and compacting of the concrete.
Adequate arrangements shall be made by the contractor toe safe-guard against any settlement of
the form-work during the course of concreting and after concreting. The form work of shuttering,
centering, scaffolding, bracing EIC shall be as per design.

4.0. Clearing and Treatment of forms:

4.1. All rubbish, particularly chipping shaving and saw dust shall be removed from the interior of the
form before the concrete work is placed and the-form in contact with concrete shall be cleaned
and thoroughly wetted or treated. The surface shall be then coated with soap solution applied
before concreting is done. Soap solution for the purpose shaft prepared by dissolving yellow soap
in water to get consistency of paint. Alternatively a coat of raw linseed oil shall be applied after
thoroughly cleaning the surface. Care shall be taken that the coating does not get on construction
joint surface and reinforced bars.

5.0 Stripping time:

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5.1. In normal circumstances and where ordinary cement is used forms may be struck after expire of
following periods.
(a) Sides of walls columns and vertical faces of beams..............................24 to 48 hours.
(b) Beam soffits, (props, left under)..............................................................7 days.
(c) Removal of props slabs:
(i) Slabs spanning up to 4.5. m.......................................................................7 days.
(ii) Spanning over 4.5 mm............................................................................14 days.
(d) Removal of props t beams and Arches:
(i) Spanning up to 6 mm...............................................................................14 days.
(ii) Spanning over 6 m..................................................................................21 days.

6.0 Procedure when removing the form work:

6.1. All form work shall be removed without such shock or vibrations as would damage the reinforced
concrete surface. Before the soffits form work and struts are removed, the soffits and the
concrete surface shall be exposed where necessary in order to ascertain that the concrete has
sufficiently hardened.

7.0 Centering:
7.1. The centering to be provided shall be got approved. It shall be sufficiently strong to ensure
absolute safety of the form work and concrete work before, during and after pouring concrete.
Watch should be kept to see that behavior or centering and form work is satisfactory during
concreting. Erection should also that it would allow removal of forms in proper sequence without
damaging either the concrete or the forms to be removed.

7.2. The props of centering shall be provided on firm foundation or base of sufficient strength to carry
the loads without any settlement.

7.3. The centering and form work shall, be inspected and approved by the Engineer-in-charge before
concreting. But this will not relieve the contractor of his responsibility for strength, adequacy and
safety of form work and centering. If there is a failure of form work or centering, contractor shall
be responsible for the damages to property.

8.0 Scaffolding:

8.1. All scaffolding, hoisting arrangements and ladders EIC. required for the facilitating of conceding
shall be provided and removed on completion of work by contractor at his own expense. The
scaffolding, hoisting arrangements and ladders EIC shall be strong enough to with sand all live,
dead and impact loads expected to act and shall be subject to the approval of the Engineer-in-
charge. However contractor shall be solely responsible for the safety of the scaffolding, hoisting
arrangement, ladders, work and workman EIC.

8.2. The scaffolding, hoisting arrangements and ladder shall allow easy approach to the work spot
and afford easy inspection.
8.3. The rate is applicable to all condition of working and height up to 4 mts. The rate shall include the
cost of materials and labour for various operations involved such as:
(a) Splayed edges, notching, allowance for overlaps and passing at angles, battens
centering, shuttering propping, bolting, wedging easing, striking and removal.
(b) Filleting to form stop chamfered edges or splayed external angles not exceeding 20 mm:
width to beams, columns and the like.
(c) Temporary openings in the forms for pouring concrete, if required removing rubbish EIC.
(d) Dressing with oil to prevent adhesion of concrete with shuttering and.
(e) Raking or circular cutting.

9.0 Re-Use:

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9.1. Before re-use, all from shall be inspected by Engineer-in-charge and their suitability ascertained.
The forms shall be scarred, cleaned and joints are gone over, repaired where required. Inside
surface shall be retreated to prevent adhesion of concrete.

10.0. Mode of measurement & payment

10.1. The consolidated cubical contents of concrete work as specified in item shall be measured. No
deduction shall be made for
(a) Ends of dissimilar materials such as joints, beams, posts, girders, falters, purling trusses,
corbels and steps EIC. up to 500 Sq, Cm. in section.
10.2. Form work shall be measured as the area in square meters to shuttering in contract with concrete
except in the case of inclined member and portion of curved profile and upper side in which case on area
of underside shall be measured for payment.
10.3. Form work to secondary beams shall be measured up to the sides of main beams but no
deduction shall be made form the form work of the main beam at the inter section point. No
deduction shall be made form the form work of a column at inter section of beams.
10.4. The rate includes cost of all materials labour, tools and plant require for mixing, placing in
position, vibrating and compacting, finishing, as directed, curing and all other incidental expenses
for producing concrete of specified strength. The rate includes the cost of form work.
10.5. The rate shall before a unit of one cubic meter.

Item No.6

Providing and laying controlled cement concrete M.250 and curing complete excluding
the cost of formwork and reinforcement for reinforced concrete work in but including
with all lead lift, all labours, tools, tackles, machineries ,transportations, loading,
unloading, materials required , safety measures etc. to complete the work (B) Walls, from
top of foundation level upto floor Two level

1.0. Materials
1.1. Water shall conform to M-1. Cement shall conform to M-3. Sand shall conform to M-6. Grit shall
conform to M-8. Coarse aggregate shall conform M-12.
1.2. The shuttering to be provided shall be of ordinary timber plank and shall conform to M-26.
1.3. The dimensions of scantlings and battens shall conform to the design. The strength of the wood
shall not be less than that assumed in the design.
2.0. General

2.1. The concrete mix shall be designed from preliminary tests.

2.2. The proportioning of cement and aggregates shall be done by weight and necessary precautions
shall be taken in the production to ensure that the required work cube strength is attained and
maintained. The controlled concrete shall be in grades of M-100, M-150, M-200, M-250, M-300,
and M-350 & M-400 with prefix controlled added to it. The letter M refers to mix and the numbers
specify 28 days works cube compressive strength of 150 mm. cubes of the mix expressed in Kg.
/cm.

2.3. The proportion of cement, sand and coarse aggregate shall be determined of weight. The weight
batch machine shall be used for maintaining proper control over the proportion of aggregates as
per mix design. The strength requirements of different grades of concrete shall be as per table
provided above:

In all cases, the 28 days compressive strength specified in above the criteria for acceptance or
rejection of the concrete. Where the strength of a concrete mix as indicated by tests, lies in
between the strength of any two grades specified in the above table, such concrete shall be
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 classified in for purpose as concrete belonging to the lower of the grades between which its
strength lies.

3.0. Workmanship
3.1. The proportions for ingredients chosen shall be such that concrete has adequate workability for
conditions prevailing on the work question and can be property compacted with means available
except where it can be shown to the satisfaction of the Engineer-in-charge, that supply of properly
graded aggregate of uniform quality can be maintained till the completion of work, grading of
aggregate shall be controlled by obtaining the coarse aggregates in different sizes and bending
them in the right proportions as required. Aggregates of different sizes shall be stocked in
separate stock piles. The required quantity of material shall be stock piled several hours,
preferably a day before use. The grading of coarse and fine aggregate shall be checked as
frequently as possible, the frequency for a given job being determined by Engineer-in-charge to
ensure that the suppliers are maintaining the uniform grading as approved for samples used in
the preliminary tests.

3.2. In proportioning concrete, the quantity of both cement and aggregate shall be determined by
weight. Where the weight of cement is determined by accepting the maker's weight per bag, a
reasonable number of bags shall be weighted separately to check the net weight. Where cement
is weighted form bulk stocks at site and not by bags, it shall be weighed separately from the
aggregate. Water, shall either be measured by volume in calibrated tanks or weighed. All
measuring equipment shall be maintained in clean and serviceable condition. Their accuracy
shall be periodically checked.

3.3. It is most important to keep the specified water cement ratio constant and at its correct value. To
this end, moisture content in both fine and coarse aggregates shall be determined by the
Engineer-in-charge according to the weather conditions. The amount of mixing water shall then
be adjusted to compensate for variations in the moisture content. For the determination of
moisture content in the aggregates I.S. 2386 (Part-III) shall be referred to. Suitable adjustments
shall also be made in the weights of aggregates due to variation in their moisture content.
Minimum quantity of cement to be used in controlled concrete shall not be less than 220 kg./m 3 in
plain concrete and not less than 250 kg/m3 in reinforced concrete.

3.4 The form work shall conform to the shape lines and dimensions as shown on the plans and be
constructed as to remain sufficiently rigid during the placing and compacting of the concrete.
Adequate arrangements shall be made by the contractor toe safe-guard against any settlement of
the form-work during the course of concreting and after concreting. The form work of shuttering,
centering, scaffolding, bracing EIC shall be as per design.

4.0. Clearing and Treatment of forms:

4.1. All rubbish, particularly chipping shaving and saw dust shall be removed from the interior of the
form before the concrete work is placed and the-form in contact with concrete shall be cleaned
and thoroughly wetted or treated. The surface shall be then coated with soap solution applied
before concreting is done. Soap solution for the purpose shaft prepared by dissolving yellow soap
in water to get consistency of paint. Alternatively a coat of raw linseed oil shall be applied after
thoroughly cleaning the surface. Care shall be taken that the coating does not get on construction
joint surface and reinforced bars.

5.0 Stripping time:

5.1. In normal circumstances and where ordinary cement is used forms may be struck after expire of
following periods.
(a) Sides of walls columns and vertical faces of beams..............................24 to 48 hours.
(b) Beam soffits, (props, left under)..............................................................7 days.
(c) Removal of props slabs:
(i) Slabs spanning up to 4.5. m.......................................................................7 days.

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 (ii) Spanning over 4.5 mm............................................................................14 days.
(d) Removal of props t beams and Arches:
(i) Spanning up to 6 mm...............................................................................14 days.
(ii) Spanning over 6 m..................................................................................21 days.

6.0 Procedure when removing the form work:

6.1. All form work shall be removed without such shock or vibrations as would damage the reinforced
concrete surface. Before the soffits form work and struts are removed, the soffits and the
concrete surface shall be exposed where necessary in order to ascertain that the concrete has
sufficiently hardened.

7.0 Centering:
7.1. The centering to be provided shall be got approved. It shall be sufficiently strong to ensure
absolute safety of the form work and concrete work before, during and after pouring concrete.
Watch should be kept to see that behavior or centering and form work is satisfactory during
concreting. Erection should also that it would allow removal of forms in proper sequence without
damaging either the concrete or the forms to be removed.

7.2. The props of centering shall be provided on firm foundation or base of sufficient strength to carry
the loads without any settlement.

7.3. The centering and form work shall, be inspected and approved by the Engineer-in-charge before
concreting. But this will not relieve the contractor of his responsibility for strength, adequacy and
safety of form work and centering. If there is a failure of form work or centering, contractor shall
be responsible for the damages to property.

8.0 Scaffolding:

8.1. All scaffolding, hoisting arrangements and ladders EIC. required for the facilitating of conceding
shall be provided and removed on completion of work by contractor at his own expense. The
scaffolding, hoisting arrangements and ladders EIC shall be strong enough to with sand all live,
dead and impact loads expected to act and shall be subject to the approval of the Engineer-in-
charge. However contractor shall be solely responsible for the safety of the scaffolding, hoisting
arrangement, ladders, work and workman EIC.

8.2. The scaffolding, hoisting arrangements and ladder shall allow easy approach to the work spot
and afford easy inspection.
8.3. The rate is applicable to all condition of working and height up to 4 mts. The rate shall include the
cost of materials and labour for various operations involved such as:
(a) Splayed edges, notching, allowance for overlaps and passing at angles, battens
centering, shuttering propping, bolting, wedging easing, striking and removal.
(b) Filleting to form stop chamfered edges or splayed external angles not exceeding 20 mm:
width to beams, columns and the like.
(c) Temporary openings in the forms for pouring concrete, if required removing rubbish EIC.
(d) Dressing with oil to prevent adhesion of concrete with shuttering and.
(e) Raking or circular cutting.

9.0 Re-Use:
9.1. Before re-use, all from shall be inspected by Engineer-in-charge and their suitability ascertained.
The forms shall be scarred, cleaned and joints are gone over, repaired where required. Inside
surface shall be retreated to prevent adhesion of concrete.

10.0. Mode of measurement & payment

10.1. The consolidated cubical contents of concrete work as specified in item shall be measured. No
deduction shall be made for

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 (a) Ends of dissimilar materials such as joints, beams, posts, girders, falters, purling trusses,
corbels and steps EIC. up to 500 Sq, Cm. in section.
10.2. Form work shall be measured as the area in square meters to shuttering in contract with concrete
except in the case of inclined member and portion of curved profile and upper side in which case
on area of underside shall be measured for payment.
10.3. Form work to secondary beams shall be measured up to the sides of main beams but no
deduction shall be made form the form work of the main beam at the inter section point. No
deduction shall be made form the form work of a column at inter section of beams.
10.4. The rate includes cost of all materials labour, tools and plant required for mixing, placing in
position, vibrating and compacting, finishing, as directed, curing and all other incidental expenses
for producing concrete of specified strength. The rate includes the cost of form work.
10.5. The rate shall befor a unit of one cubic meter.

Item No.7

Providing formwork with sheeting Steel sheet so as to give a fair finish including
centering shuttering strutting and propping etc.for any height of propping and centering
for foundation and above GL and removal of the same for in situ reinforced concrete
and plain concrete work in. (C) Vertical surface such as walls (any thickness) partitions
and lime including attached pilasters buttresses and string course and the
like.including transportation,Ioading, unloading, ramming with labours, tools, tackles etc.
safety measures etc. complete as per direction of Engineer incharge.

General Requirement
It shall be strong enough to withstand the dead and live loads and forces caused by ramming and
vibrations of concrete and other incidental loads, imposed upon it during and after casting of concrete.
It shall be made sufficiently rigid by using adequate number of ties and braces, screw jacks or
hard board wedges where required shall be provided to make up any settlement in the form work
either before or during the placing of concrete.

Form shall be so constructed as to be removable in sections in the desired sequence, without

damaging the surface of concrete or disturbing other sections, care shall be taken to see that no piece
is keyed into the concrete.

Material for Form Work

Propping and Centering :
All propping and centering should be either of steel tubes with extension pieces or built up
sections of rolled steel.

Centering/Staging :
Staging should be as designed with required extension pieces as approved by Engineer-in-Charge to
ensure proper slopes, as per design for slabs/ beams etc. and as per levels as shown in drawing.
All the staging to be either of Tubular steel structure with adequate bracings as approved or made of
built up structural sections made form rolled structural steel sections.
In case of structures with two or more floors, the weight of concrete, centering and shuttering of
any upper floor being cast shall be suitably supported on one floor below the top most floor already
cast.

Form work and concreting of upper floor shall not be done until concrete of lower floor has set at least
for 14 days.

Shuttering:
Shuttering used shall be of sufficient stiffness to avoid excessive deflection and joints shall be
tightly butted to avoid leakage of slurry. If required, rubberized lining of material as approved by
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the Engineer-in-Charge shall be provided in the joints. Steel shuttering used or concreting
should be

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 sufficiently stiffened. The steel shuttering should also be properly repaired before use and properly
cleaned to avoid stains, honey combing, seepage of slurry through joints etc.
(a) Runner Joists: RSJ, MS Channel or any other suitable section of the required size shall be
used as runners.

(b) Assembly of beam head over props. Beam head is an adopter that fits snugly on the head
plates of props to provide wider support under beam bottoms.

(c) Only steel shuttering shall be used, except for unavoidable portions and very small works for
which 12 mm thick water proofing ply of approved quality may be used

(d) Form work shall be properly designed for self weight, weight of reinforcement, weight of fresh
concrete, and in addition, the various live loads likely to be imposed during the construction
process (such as workmen, materials and equipment). In case the height of centering exceeds
3.50 metres, the prop may be provided in multi-stages. A typical detail of multistage shuttering
is given in Fig. 5.9.

Camber:
Suitable camber shall be provided in horizontal members of structure, especially in cantilever
spans to counteract the effect of deflection. The form work shall be so assembled as to provide for
camber. The camber for beams and slabs shall be 4 mm per metre (1 to 250 ) or as directed by the
Engineer-in-Charge, so as to offset the subsequent deflection, For cantilevers the camber at free end
shall be 1/50th of the projected length or as directed by the Engineer-in-Charge.

Walls:
The form faces have to be kept at fixed distance apart and an arrangement of wall ties with spacer
tubes or bolts is considered best. A typical wall form with the components identified is given in Fig.
5.1,
5.2 & 5.3. The two shutters of the wall are to be kept in place by appropriate ties, braces and studs,
some of the accessories used for wall form are shown in Fig. 5.3.

Removal of Form work (Stripping Time) : In normal circumstance and where various types of cements
are used, forms, may generally be removed after the expiry of the following periods:

Type of Form work Minimum period Minimum period Minimum period

Before Striking Before Striking Before Striking
Form work for Form work for OPC Form work for PPC
OPC 33 grade 43
grade
(b) Soffit form work to slabs (Props to 3 days 3 days 4 days
be refixed immediately after
removal of formwork)
(c) Soffit form work to beams (Props to 7 days 7 days 10 days
be refixed immediately after
removal of formwork
(d) Props to slabs:
(1) Spanning upto 4.5m 7 days 7 days 10 days
(2) Spanning over 4.5m 14 days 14 days 20 days
(e) Props to beams and arches:
(1) Spanning upto 6m 14 days 14 days 20 days
(2) Spanning over 6m 21 days 21 days 30 days

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 Note 1: For other types of cement, the stripping time recommended for ordinary Portland cement
may be suitably modified. Generally If Portland pozzolana or low heat cement or OPC with
direct addition of fly ash has been used for concrete, the stripping time will be 10/7 of the
period stated for OPC with 43 grade cement above.

Note 2: The number of props left under, their sizes and disposition shall be such as to be able to
safely carry the full dead load of the slabs, beam or arch as the case may be together with
any live load likely to occur during curing or further construction.

Note 3: For rapid hardening cement, 3/7 of above periods for OPC 33 grade will be sufficient in all
cases except for vertical side of slabs, beams and columns which should be retained for at
least 24 hours.

Note 4: In case of cantilever slabs and beams, the centering shall remain till structures for counter
acting or bearing down have been erected and have attained sufficient strength.

Note 5: Proper precautions should be taken to allow for the decrease in the rate of hardening that
occurs with all types of cement in cold weather and accordingly stripping time shall be
increased.

Note 6: Work damaged through premature or careless removal of forms shall be reconstructed
within 24 hrs.

Surface Treatment:

Oiling the Surface : Shuttering gives much longer service life if the surfaces are coated with suitable
mould oil which acts both as a parting agent and also gives surface protections.

A typical mould oil is heavy mineral oil or purified cylinder oil containing not less than 5%
pentachlorophenol conforming to IS 716 well mixed to a viscosity of 70-80 centipoises.
After 3-4 uses and also in cases when shuttering has been stored for a long time, it should be
recoated with mould oil before the next use.
The second categories of shuttering oils / leavening agents are Polymer based water soluble
Compounds. They are available as concentrates and when used diluted with water in the ratio of 1:20
or as per manufacturer specifications. The diluted solution is applied by brush applications on the
shuttering both of steel as well as ply wood. The solution is applied after every use.

The design of form work shall conform to sound Engineering practices and relevant IS codes.

Inspection of Form Work:

The completed form work shall be inspected and approved by the Engineer-in-Charge before the
reinforcement bars are placed in position.
Proper form work should be adopted for concreting so as to avoid honey combing, blow holes, grout
loss, stains or discoloration of concrete etc. Proper and accurate alignment and profile of finished
concrete surface will be ensured by proper designing and erection of form work which will be approved
by Engineer-in-Charge.
Shuttering surface before concreting should be free from any defect/ deposits and full cleaned so as to
give perfectly straight smooth concrete surface. Shuttering surface should be therefore checked for
any damage to its surface and excessive roughness before use.

Erection of Form Work (Centering and shuttering): Following points shall be borne in mind
while checking during erection.
a) Any member which is to remain in position after the general dismantling is done,
should be clearly marked.

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 b) Material used should be checked to ensure that, wrong items/ rejects are not used.

c) If there are any excavations nearby which may influence the safety of form works,
corrective and strengthening action must be taken.

d) The bearing soil must be sound and well prepared and the sole plates shall bear well
on the ground.
e) Sole plates shall be properly seated on their bearing pads or sleepers.
f) The bearing plates of steel props shall not be distorted.
g) The steel parts on the bearing members shall have adequate bearing areas.

h) Safety measures to prevent impact of traffic, scour due to water etc. should be taken.
Adequate precautionary measures shall be taken to prevent accidental impacts etc.

i) Bracing, struts and ties shall be installed along with the progress of form work to
ensure strength and stability of form work at intermediate stage. Steel sections
(especially deep sections) shall be adequately restrained against tilting, over turning
and form work should be restrained against horizontal loads. All the securing devices
and bracing shall be tightened.

j) The stacked materials shall be placed as catered for, in the design.

k) When adjustable steel props are used. They should:

1. be undamaged and not visibly bent.
2. have the steel pins provided by the manufacturers for use.
3. be restrained laterally near each end.
4. have means for centralizing beams placed in the
forkheads. 5.
a) Screw adjustment of adjustable props shall not be over extended.

b) Double wedges shall be provided for adjustment of the form to the required position wherever
any settlement/ elastic shorting of props occurs. Wedges should be used only at the bottom end
of single prop. Wedges should not be too steep and one of the pair should be tightened/
clamped down after adjustment to prevent shifting.

c) No member shall be eccentric upon vertical member.

d) The number of nuts and bolts shall be adequate.

e) All provisions of the design and/or drawings shall be complied with.

f) Cantilever supports shall be adequate.

g) Props shall be directly under one another in multistage constructions as far as possible.

h) Guy ropes or stays shall be tensioned properly.

i) There shall be adequate provision for the movements and operation of vibrators and other
construction plant and equipment.

j) Required camber shall be provided over long spans.

k) Supports shall be adequate, and in plumb within the specified tolerances.

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 Measurements
General :
The form work shall include the following:
(a) Splayed edges, notching, allowance for overlaps and passing at angles, sheathing
battens, strutting,boIting, nailing, wedging, easing, striking and removal.

(b) All supports, struts, braces, wedges as well as mud sills, piles or other
suitable arrangements to support the form work.

(c) Bolts, wire, ties, clamps, spreaders, nails or any other items to hold the sheathing together.

(d) Working scaffolds, ladders, gangways, and similar items.

(f) FiIIeting to form stop chamfered edges of splayed external angles not exceeding 20mm
wide to beams, columns and the like.

(g) Where required, the temporary openings provided in the forms for pouring concrete,
inserting vibrators, and cleaning holes for removing rubbish from the interior of the sheathing
before pouring concrete.

(h) Dressing with oil to prevent adhesion and Raking or circular cutting

Classification of Measurements :

Where it is stipulated that the form work shall be paid for separately, measurements shall be
taken of the area of shuttering in contact with the concrete surface. Dimensions of the form
work shall be measured correct to a cm. The measurements shall be taken separately for the
following.

a. Foundations, footings, bases of columns etc. and for mass concrete

Walls (any thickness) including attached pilasters, buttresses, plinth and string courses etc.
b. Suspended floors, roofs, landings, shelves and their supports and balconies.
c. Lintels, beams, plinth beams, girders, bressummers and cantilevers.
d. Columns, pillars, piers, abutments posts and struts.
e. Stairs (excluding landings) except spiral staircase.
f. Spiral staircases (including landings).
g. Arches,Domes, vaults, shells roofs, arch ribs, curvilinear shaped folded plates
h. Extra for arches, domes, vaults exceeding 6 m span other than curvilinear shaped
i. Chimneys and shafts.
j. Well steining.
k. Vertical and horizontal fins individually or forming box, louvers and bands.facias and eaves
board
l. Waffle or ribbed slabs.
m. Edges of slabs and breaks in floors and walls (to be measured in running metres where below
200 mm in width or thickness).
n. Cornices and mouldings.
o. Small surfaces, such as cantilevers ends, brackets and ends of steps, caps and boxes to
pilasters and columns and the like.
p. Chullah hoods, weather shades, chajjas, corbels etc. including edges and
q. Elevated water reservoirs.

Centering, and shuttering where exceeding 3.5 metre height in one floor shall be
measured and paid for separately.

Where it is not specifically stated in the description of the item that form work shall be paid for
separately, the rate of the RCC item shall be deemed to include the cost of form work.
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 No deductions from the shuttering due to the openings/ obstructions shall be made if the area
of each openings/ obstructions does not exceed 0.4 square metre. Nothing extra shall be
paid for forming such openings.

Form work of elements measured under categories of arches, arch ribs, domes, spiral staircases,
well steining, shell roofs, curvilinear folded plates & curvilinear eaves board, circular shafts &
chimneys shall not qualify for extra rate for circular work.

Extra for circular work shall be admissible for surfaces circular or curvilinear in plan or in elevation
beyond the straight edge of supporting beam in respective mode of measurement. However, there
may be many different types of such structures. In such cases, extra payment shall be made
judiciously after deducting areas where shuttering for circular form work is not involved.

Rate:
The rate of the form work includes the cost of labour and materials required for all the operations
described above.

Item No.8

Providing formwork with sheating Steel sheet so as to give a fair finish including
centering shuttering strutting and propping etc. for any height of propping and centering
and removal of the same for in situ reinforced concrete and plain concrete work
including all tools, tackles, materials , labours , loading , unloading ,transportations ,
safety measures etc. complete . (B)FIat Surfaces Such as soffits of suspended floor
roof slabs Landings and the like (2)FIoors etc. above 200mm in thickness. including
transportation, loading, unloading, ramming with labours, tools, tackles etc. as per
direction of Engineer incharge.

General Requirement
It shall be strong enough to withstand the dead and live loads and forces caused by ramming and
vibrations of concrete and other incidental loads, imposed upon it during and after casting of concrete.
It shall be made sufficiently rigid by using adequate number of ties and braces, screw jacks or
hard board wedges where required shall be provided to make up any settlement in the form work
either before or during the placing of concrete.

Form shall be so constructed as to be removable in sections in the desired sequence, without

damaging the surface of concrete or disturbing other sections, care shall be taken to see that no piece
is keyed into the concrete.

Material for Form Work

Propping and Centering :
All propping and centering should be either of steel tubes with extension pieces or built up
sections of rolled steel.

Centering/Staging :
Staging should be as designed with required extension pieces as approved by Engineer-in-Charge to
ensure proper slopes, as per design for slabs/ beams etc. and as per levels as shown in drawing.
All the staging to be either of Tubular steel structure with adequate bracings as approved or made of
built up structural sections made form rolled structural steel sections.
In case of structures with two or more floors, the weight of concrete, centering and shuttering of
any upper floor being cast shall be suitably supported on one floor below the top most floor already
cast.

Form work and concreting of upper floor shall not be done until concrete of lower floor has set at least
for 14 days.

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 Shuttering:
Shuttering used shall be of sufficient stiffness to avoid excessive deflection and joints shall be tightly
butted to avoid leakage of slurry. If required, rubberized lining of material as approved by the
Engineer-in-Charge shall be provided in the joints. Steel shuttering used or concreting should be
sufficiently stiffened. The steel shuttering should also be properly repaired before use and properly
cleaned to avoid stains, honey combing, seepage of slurry through joints etc.
(e) Runner Joists: RSJ, MS Channel or any other suitable section of the required size shall be
used as runners.

(f) Assembly of beam head over props. Beam head is an adopter that fits snugly on the head
plates of props to provide wider support under beam bottoms.

(g) Only steel shuttering shall be used, except for unavoidable portions and very small works for
which 12 mm thick water proofing ply of approved quality may be used

(h) Form work shall be properly designed for self weight, weight of reinforcement, weight of fresh
concrete, and in addition, the various live loads likely to be imposed during the construction
process (such as workmen, materials and equipment). In case the height of centering exceeds
3.50 metres, the prop may be provided in multi-stages. A typical detail of multistage shuttering
is given in Fig. 5.9.

Camber:
Suitable camber shall be provided in horizontal members of structure, especially in cantilever
spans to counteract the effect of deflection. The form work shall be so assembled as to provide for
camber. The camber for beams and slabs shall be 4 mm per metre (1 to 250 ) or as directed by the
Engineer-in-Charge, so as to offset the subsequent deflection, For cantilevers the camber at free end
shall be 1/50th of the projected length or as directed by the Engineer-in-Charge.

Walls:
The form faces have to be kept at fixed distance apart and an arrangement of wall ties with spacer
tubes or bolts is considered best. A typical wall form with the components identified is given in Fig.
5.1,
5.2 & 5.3. The two shutters of the wall are to be kept in place by appropriate ties, braces and studs,
some of the accessories used for wall form are shown in Fig. 5.3.

Removal of Form work (Stripping Time) : In normal circumstance and where various types of cements
are used, forms, may generally be removed after the expiry of the following periods:

Type of Form work Minimum period Minimum period Minimum period

Before Striking Before Striking Before Striking
Form work Form work for OPC Form work for PPC
for OPC 33 43
grade grade
(b) Soffit form work to slabs (Props to 3 days 3 days 4 days
be refixed immediately after
removal of formwork)
(c) Soffit form work to beams (Props to 7 days 7 days 10 days
be refixed immediately after
removal of formwork
(e) Props to slabs:
(1) Spanning upto 4.5m 7 days 7 days 10 days
(2) Spanning over 4.5m 14 days 14 days 20 days

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(f) Props to beams and arches:
(1) Spanning upto 6m 14 days 14 days 20 days
(2) Spanning over 6m 21 days 21 days 30 days

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 Note 1: For other types of cement, the stripping time recommended for ordinary Portland cement
may be suitably modified. Generally If Portland pozzolana or low heat cement or OPC with
direct addition of fly ash has been used for concrete, the stripping time will be 10/7 of the
period stated for OPC with 43 grade cement above.

Note 2: The number of props left under, their sizes and disposition shall be such as to be able to
safely carry the full dead load of the slabs, beam or arch as the case may be together with
any live load likely to occur during curing or further construction.

Note 3: For rapid hardening cement, 3/7 of above periods for OPC 33 grade will be sufficient in all
cases except for vertical side of slabs, beams and columns which should be retained for at
least 24 hours.

Note 4: In case of cantilever slabs and beams, the centering shall remain till structures for counter
acting or bearing down have been erected and have attained sufficient strength.

Note 5: Proper precautions should be taken to allow for the decrease in the rate of hardening that
occurs with all types of cement in cold weather and accordingly stripping time shall be
increased.

Note 6: Work damaged through premature or careless removal of forms shall be reconstructed
within 24 hrs.

Surface Treatment:

Oiling the Surface : Shuttering gives much longer service life if the surfaces are coated with suitable
mould oil which acts both as a parting agent and also gives surface protections.

A typical mould oil is heavy mineral oil or purified cylinder oil containing not less than 5%
pentachlorophenol conforming to IS 716 well mixed to a viscosity of 70-80 centipoises.
After 3-4 uses and also in cases when shuttering has been stored for a long time, it should be
recoated with mould oil before the next use.
The second categories of shuttering oils / leavening agents are Polymer based water soluble
Compounds. They are available as concentrates and when used diluted with water in the ratio of 1:20
or as per manufacturer specifications. The diluted solution is applied by brush applications on the
shuttering both of steel as well as ply wood. The solution is applied after every use.

The design of form work shall conform to sound Engineering practices and relevant IS codes.

Inspection of Form Work:

The completed form work shall be inspected and approved by the Engineer-in-Charge before the
reinforcement bars are placed in position.
Proper form work should be adopted for concreting so as to avoid honey combing, blow holes, grout
loss, stains or discoloration of concrete etc. Proper and accurate alignment and profile of finished
concrete surface will be ensured by proper designing and erection of form work which will be approved
by Engineer-in-Charge.
Shuttering surface before concreting should be free from any defect/ deposits and full cleaned so as to
give perfectly straight smooth concrete surface. Shuttering surface should be therefore checked for
any damage to its surface and excessive roughness before use.

Erection of Form Work (Centering and shuttering): Following points shall be borne in mind while

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checking during erection.
I) Any member which is to remain in position after the general dismantling is done,
should be clearly marked.

m) Material used should be checked to ensure that, wrong items/ rejects are not used.

n) If there are any excavations nearby which may influence the safety of form works,
corrective and strengthening action must be taken.

o) The bearing soil must be sound and well prepared and the sole plates shall bear well
on the ground.
p) Sole plates shall be properly seated on their bearing pads or sleepers.
q) The bearing plates of steel props shall not be distorted.
r) The steel parts on the bearing members shall have adequate bearing areas.

s) Safety measures to prevent impact of traffic, scour due to water etc. should be taken.
Adequate precautionary measures shall be taken to prevent accidental impacts etc.

t) Bracing, struts and ties shall be installed along with the progress of form work to
ensure strength and stability of form work at intermediate stage. Steel sections
(especially deep sections) shall be adequately restrained against tilting, over turning
and form work should be restrained against horizontal loads. All the securing devices
and bracing shall be tightened.

u) The stacked materials shall be placed as catered for, in the design.

v) When adjustable steel props are used. They should:

6. be undamaged and not visibly bent.
7. have the steel pins provided by the manufacturers for use.
8. be restrained laterally near each end.
9. have means for centralizing beams placed in the
forkheads. 10.
I) Screw adjustment of adjustable props shall not be over extended.

m) Double wedges shall be provided for adjustment of the form to the required position wherever
any settlement/ elastic shorting of props occurs. Wedges should be used only at the bottom end
of single prop. Wedges should not be too steep and one of the pair should be tightened/
clamped down after adjustment to prevent shifting.

n) No member shall be eccentric upon vertical member.

o) The number of nuts and bolts shall be adequate.

p) All provisions of the design and/or drawings shall be complied with.

q) Cantilever supports shall be adequate.

r) Props shall be directly under one another in multistage constructions as far as possible.

s) Guy ropes or stays shall be tensioned properly.

t) There shall be adequate provision for the movements and operation of vibrators and other
construction plant and equipment.

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 u) Required camber shall be provided over long spans.

v) Supports shall be adequate, and in plumb within the specified tolerances.

Measurements
General :
The form work shall include the following:
(a) Splayed edges, notching, allowance for overlaps and passing at angles, sheathing
battens, strutting,boIting, nailing, wedging, easing, striking and removal.

(b) All supports, struts, braces, wedges as well as mud sills, piles or other
suitable arrangements to support the form work.

(c) Bolts, wire, ties, clamps, spreaders, nails or any other items to hold the sheathing together.

(d) Working scaffolds, ladders, gangways, and similar items.

(f) FiIIeting to form stop chamfered edges of splayed external angles not exceeding 20mm
wide to beams, columns and the like.

(g) Where required, the temporary openings provided in the forms for pouring concrete,
inserting vibrators, and cleaning holes for removing rubbish from the interior of the sheathing
before pouring concrete.

(h) Dressing with oil to prevent adhesion and Raking or circular cutting

Classification of Measurements :

Where it is stipulated that the form work shall be paid for separately, measurements shall be
taken of the area of shuttering in contact with the concrete surface. Dimensions of the form
work shall be measured correct to a cm. The measurements shall be taken separately for the
following.

a) Foundations, footings, bases of columns etc. and for mass concrete

a. Walls (any thickness) including attached pilasters, buttresses, plinth and string courses
etc.
b) Suspended floors, roofs, landings, shelves and their supports and balconies.
c) Lintels, beams, plinth beams, girders, bressummers and cantilevers.
d) Columns, pillars, piers, abutments posts and struts.
e) Stairs (excluding landings) except spiral staircase.
f) Spiral staircases (including landings).
g) Arches,Domes, vaults, shells roofs, arch ribs, curvilinear shaped folded plates
h) Extra for arches, domes, vaults exceeding 6 m span other than curvilinear shaped
i) Chimneys and shafts.
j) Well steining.
k) Vertical and horizontal fins individually or forming box, louvers and bands.facias and eaves
board
l) Waffle or ribbed slabs.
m) Edges of slabs and breaks in floors and walls (to be measured in running metres where below
200 mm in width or thickness).
n) Cornices and mouldings.
o) Small surfaces, such as cantilevers ends, brackets and ends of steps, caps and boxes to
pilasters and columns and the like.
p) Chullah hoods, weather shades, chajjas, corbels etc. including edges and
q) Elevated water reservoirs.

Centering, and shuttering where exceeding 3.5 metre height in one floor shall be

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 measured and paid for separately.

Where it is not specifically stated in the description of the item that form work shall be paid for
separately, the rate of the RCC item shall be deemed to include the cost of form work.

No deductions from the shuttering due to the openings/ obstructions shall be made if the area
of each openings/ obstructions does not exceed 0.4 square metre. Nothing extra shall be
paid for forming such openings.

Form work of elements measured under categories of arches, arch ribs, domes, spiral staircases,
well steining, shell roofs, curvilinear folded plates & curvilinear eaves board, circular shafts &
chimneys shall not qualify for extra rate for circular work.

Extra for circular work shall be admissible for surfaces circular or curvilinear in plan or in elevation
beyond the straight edge of supporting beam in respective mode of measurement. However, there
may be many different types of such structures. In such cases, extra payment shall be made
judiciously after deducting areas where shuttering for circular form work is not involved.

Rate:
The rate of the form work includes the cost of labour and materials required for all the operations
described above.

Item /Vo.9

Providing and laying rubble for apron ( each stone weight not less than 40 kg.)
including packing and filling in the interstices with quarry spall including
transportation,Ioading, unloading, ramming with labours, tools, tackles etc. as per
direction of Engineer incharge.

1. The work shall consist of laying boulders directly on the prepared surface for protection
against scour.

2. The stones used in apron shall be sound, hard, and durable & fairly regularly in shape, Stone
subject to marked deterioration by water or weather shall not be used. The thickness and
shape of apron shall be as indicated on the drawings or as directed by the Engineer-in-
charge. The surface on which the apron is to be laid shall be leveled and prepared for the length
and width as shown on the drawings. The size of stone shall be as large as possible & weight
shall be as specified in the item but in no case any fragment shall weight less than 40kg. The
specific gravity of stone shall be as high as possible and it shall not be less than 250. To
ensure regular and orderly disposition of the full intended quantity of stone in the apron,
template cross walls in dry masonry shall be built about a meter wide and to the full light of
the specified thickness of the apron at intervals of 30 meters and all along the length and width
of the apron. Within these walls, the stone then shall be hand-packed.

3. This work shall consist of constructing rubble apron flooring laid over a cement concrete (M-
15) beading. Cement concrete nominal mix (Grade M-15) of 300mm thickness shall then be
laid in accordance with provisions given in section 1700 except that the surface of the concrete
shall not be given a smooth finish.

4. Payment shall be made on CMT basis of chata, the materials shall have to be stacked at site
before laying. Preparation of base for laying bedding shall be deemed incidental to the work
nothing shall deducted for voids.

5. The rate shall include cost of materials, Iabour& tools to complete the job.

Item No.10

Providing and laying rubble pitching laid in cement mortar 1:4 proportion with the surface
pointed with cement mortar with 1:3 proportion for following thickness including curing
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etc.complete for all lead and lifts , loading , unloading , transportations, labours ,
materials, tools , tackles etc. complete .
(a) 40 cm Thickness.

Pitching:

The pitching shall be provided as indication in the drawings. The thickness and shape of the stone
pitching shall be shown on the drawing.

The stone shall be sound, hard, and durable and fairly regular in shape .Quarry stone should be
used. Round boulder shall not be allowed. The stones subject to marked deterioration by water or
weather shall not be accepted.

The size and weight of the stone shall conform to clause 5.3.5.1.of IRC: 89. No. stone, weighing less
than 40 kg shall, however, be used. The size of spalls shall be a minimum of 25 mm and shall be
suitable to fill the void in the pitching.

here the required size stones are not economical available, cement concrete blocks in M15 grade
conforming to section 1700 or stones in wire crates may be used in place of isolated stones of
equivalent weight. Cement concrete blocks will be preferred wherever practicable. Use of
geosynthetics has been dealt with in section 700.

Item No.11

Providing P.V.C 100mm diameter weep hole including necessary iron gratings as per
drawings

General:

The weep holes in the masonry / mass cement concrete of abutment and returns shall be
provided of the A.C. 75 mm diameter pipe. The pipe shall be fixed of suitable length and in full
thickness of the masonry/concrete work. As necessary i.e. grating shall be provided on back side
of abutment and returns on the inlet of opening of weep holes.
Materials:

1) The Asbestoses Cement pipes of 75 mm diameter specified in the description of this item shall
confirm to I.S:626-1900. The interior of pipe shall have a smooth finish, regular surface and
regular internal diameters.

2) The tolerance in all dim. Shall be as per I.S. 1926 — Part — 1 1980.

3) The grating shall be C.I. 75 mm diameter and as per I.R.C. Specification.

4) Workmanship :

The weep holes shall be provided at 1 MT. C/C and shall be placed in staggered. After laying
weep holes, it shall be clear of earth and other materials from its complete length.

Payments:

The rate for payment of this item shall be on 1-No. basis of complete item.

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Item No.12

Providing, cutting, placing of TMT Bar FE 415, reinforcement steel of all diameter
confirming relevant IS for RCC work , including bending , binding with 18 gauge
enameled wire and placing in position complete up to any height, including providing of
all laps and charirs etc. complete and as directed .

1. The work includes providing & laying in position HYSD / Mils steel / Thermo Mechanically
Treated bar of the following grade. Grade Designation Bar type confirming to governing IS
specification Characteristic strength by MPa Elastic Modulus GPa S 415 IS 1786 High yield
strength deformed bar 415 200 S 240 IS 432 Part-II 240

TMT BAR 415 TMT bar shall conform to min 415 MPa yield strength. Tensile strength of in 500
MPa and elongation percentage min 22. The chemical composition of bars shall be as below.
% Max
Carbon 0.25
Sulphur 0.05
Phosphorus 0.05
Sulphur & 0.01
Phosphorus

All steel shall be procured form original procedures no rolled steel shall be incorporated in the
work. Only new steel bars shall deliver to the site. Every bar discarded cracked ends of bars shall
be discarded.

2. The work shall consist of furnishing and placing reinforcement the shape and dimensions
shown on the drawings or as directed by the engineer-in-charge.

3. Steel shall be clean and free from loose and loose mall scale at the having position and
subsequent concreting.

4. Reinforcing steel conform accurately to the dimensions given in the bar bending
schedules shown on relevant drawings. Bars shall be bent cold to the specification shape and
dimensions or as directed by the Engineer-in-Charge using a proper bar bender, operated by
hand power to attain proper radius of bends. Bars shall be bending or straightened in such a
manner that will not injure the material. Bars bent during transport or handing shall be
straightened before being used on work they shall be not heated to facilitate bending. Unless
otherwise specified a “U" type hook at the end of each bar shall be invariably provided. The
radius of the bend shall not be less than twice the diameter of the round bar and the length of the
straight part of the beyond the ends of the curve shall be at least four times the diameter of the
round bar. In the case of bars which are not round and in the case of deformed bars ten diameter
shall be taken as the diameter of circle having an equivalent effective area. The hooks shall be
suitably encased to prevent any splitting of the concrete.

5. All reinforcement bars shall be accurately placed in exact position shown on the
drawings, and shall be security held in position during placing of concrete by annealed binding
wire not less than 1 mm in size and confirming to IS: 280 by using stay block or metal chairs,
spacers, metal hangers supporting wires or other approved device at sufficiently close intervals.
Bars will not be allowed to sag between supports nor displaced during concreting or any other
operation of the work. All devices used for positioning shall be on non corrodible material wooden
and metal support will not extent to the surface or concrete, except where shown on the drawings.
Placing bars on layers of freshly laid concrete as the work progress for adjusting for spacing will
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allowed pieces of brocket stone or brick and wooden block shall not be used layers of bars shall
be separated by spacer bars, precast mortar blocks or other approved devices, reinforcement
after being placed in position shall be maintained in a clean condition unit completely embedding
concrete special care shall be exercised to prevent any displacement of reinforcement from
corrosion concrete cover shall be provided as indicated on the drawing. All bars producing from
concrete and to which other bars to be spliced and which are likely to be exposed for an indefinite
period shall be protected by a thick coat of neat cement grout.

6. Bars crossing each other, where required shall be secured by bidding wire (annealed) of
size not less than 1 mm and confirming to IS 28 in such a manner that they do not slip over each
other at the time of fixing and concreting.

7. As far as possible bars of full length shall be used. In case this is not possible
overlapping bars shall be done as directed by the Engineer-in-Charge. When practicable
overlapping bars shall not tough each other but the kept apart of 25mm or 1.25 times the
maximum size of the coarse aggregate whichever is greater by concrete between them, where
not feasible overlapping bars shall be bound with annealed steel wire, and not less than 1 mm
thickness twisted tight. The overlaps shall be staggered for different bars and located at points,
along the span where neither sphere not bending moment is maximum.

8. Whenever indicated on the drawings or desired by the Engineer-in-charge. Bar transmit

the full stresses of bars. The ends of the bars that are joined by coupling shall be upset for a
sufficient length so that the effective cross section at the base of treads is not less than the
normal cross section of the bar. Threads shall be standard white worth threads still for coupling
shall conform to IS 226.

9. When permitted or specified on the drawing joints reinforcement bars shall be but welded
so as to transmit their full stresses. Welded joints shall preferably by located at points where steel
not be subjected to more than at any one section and not more than 20 percent of the folds are
welded. Only electric are welding using a proves which excludes air form the molten metal and
confirms to any of all other special provision for the work will be accepted. Enable means slab be
provided for holding the bars supply as position during welding. It must be ensured that no voids
are left in welding and when welding is done in 2 or 3 stages, previous surface shall be cleaned
properly ends of the bars shall be cleaned of all loose scale, rust, grease, paint and other foreign
matter before welding shall conform to IS 814 welded pieces of reinforcement shall be tested.
Specimen shall be taken from the actual site and their number and frequency of test shall be as
directed by the Engineer-in-charge.

10. Reinforcement shall be measured in length including overlaps separately for different
diameters as actually used in the work , where welding or coupling is restored to in place of lap-
joints such joints shall be measured for payment as the equivalent length of overlap as power
design requirement .From the length so measured the weight of reinforcement shall be calculated
in tons on the same basis of I.S. 1732 Length shall included hooks at ends wastage and annealed
steel wire for binding shall not be measured and cost of these items shall be deemed to be
included in the rates for reinforcement.

11. Rate for reinforcement shall include of all steel, the carting to work site cutting, bending,
placing binding and fixing in position as shown on the drawing Sqm. And as directed by the
Engineer-in-charge. It shall also include cost of all devices for keeping reinforcement in approved
position cost of joints as per approved methods and all wastage and spacer bars.

12. The rate shall be paid for complete item on “M.T.” Basis.

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Item No.13

Providing and laying filter media 600 mm thick as directed at the back of abutment return
and wing wall as per detailed specification including transportation,Ioading, unloading,
ramming with labours, tools, tackles etc. as per direction of Engineer incharge.

Filter Media

1. The material for the filter shall consist of sand, gravel, stone or coarse sand. To prevent escape
of the embankment material through the voids of the stone pitching / cement concrete blocks as
well as to allow free movement of the water without creating any uplift head on the pitching , one
or more layers of graded materials, commonly known as a filter media, shall be provided
underneath the pitching.
The gradation of the filter material shall satisfy the following requirements:

2. Provision of a suitable designed filter is necessary under the slope pitching to prevent the escape
of underlying embankment material through the void of stone pitching /cement concrete blocks
when subjected to the attack of flowing water and wave action, etc. In order to achieve this
requirement, the filter may be provided in one or more layers satisfying the following criteria:
D 15 (Filter)< 5
D 85 (Base)

4 <D 15 (Filter)< 20
D15 (Base)

D 50 (Filter) < 25
D50 (Base)

Notes:

i) Filter design may not be required if embankment consist of CH or Ch soils with liquid limit greater
than 30, resistant to surface erosion. In this case, if a layer of material is used as bedding for
pitching, it shall be well graded and its D85 size shall be at least twice the maximum void size in
pitching

ii) In the foregoing. D 15 means the size of that sieve which allows 15 per cent by weight of the filter
material to pass through it and similar is the meaning of D 50 and D 85

iii) If more than one filter layer is required, the same requirement as above shall be followed for each
layer. The finer filter shall be considered as base material for selection of coarser filter.

iv) The filter shall be compacted to a firm condition. The thickness of filter is generally of the order of
300mm. where filter is provided in two layers, thickness of each layer shall be 150mm.

Construction operation

Before laying the pitching, the sides of banks shall be trimmed to the required slope and profiles
put by means of line and pegs at intervals of 3 meter to ensure regular straight work and a
uniform slope throughout. Depressions shall be filled and thoroughly compacted,

The filter granular material shall be laid over the prepared base and suitably compacted to the
thickness specified on the drawings.

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 The lowest course of pitching shall be started from the toe wall and built up in courses upwards.
The toe wall shall be in dry rubble masonry ( uncoursed ) conforming to Clause 1405.3 in case of
dry rubble pitching and shall be in nominal mix cement concrete ( M15) conforming to clause
1704.3 in case of cement concrete blocks pitching.

The stone pitching shall commence in a trench below the toe of the slope. Stone shall be placed
by derrick or by hand to the required length, thickness and depth conforming to the drawings.
Stones shall be set normal to the slope, and placed so that the largest dimension is perpendicular
to the face of the slope, unless such dimension is greater than the specified thickness of pitching.

1. The largest stones shall be placed in the bottom course and for use as headers for subsequent
courses.

2. In hand placed pitching, the stone of flat stratified nature should be placed with the principal
bedding plane normal to the slope. The pattern of laying shall be such that the joints are broken
and voids are minimum by packing with spalls, wherever necessary, and the top surface is as
smooth as possible.

3. When full depth of pitching can be formed with a single stone , the stones shall be laid breaking
joints and all intersection between adjacent in with shall be filled in with spalls of proper size and
wedged in with hammers to ensure tight packing.
4. When two or more layers of stones must be laid to obtain the design thickness of pitching, dry
masonry shall be used and stones shall be well bonded. To ensure regular and orderly
disposition of the full intended quantity of stone as shown, template cross walls in dry masonry
shall be built about a meter wide and to the full height of the specified thickness at suitable
intervals and all along the length and width of the pitching. Within these walls the stones shall be
hand packed as specified.

Item No.14

Providing and Fixing post and pipe railing as per detailed drawing including 3 coats of
painting to steel works complete.(Having section of ISMC 100mm x 50mm x 1.2m with
c/c distance 1.91m and 50mm NB (Horizontal Steel Pipe)including transportation,Ioading,
unloading, ramming with labours, tools, tackles etc. as per direction of Engineer
incharge.
General:

1. The work shall consist of supplying, fixing and erecting tubular steel railing as shown on the drawings
and as directed by the Engineer

2. The railing shall be of tubular steel in conformance to IS: 1239. The fabrication and painting except
for the final coat shall be complete before dispatch to the site. Prior to the painting, all surfaces shall
be grit blasted to the satisfaction of the Engineer and pickled. The priming coat of paint shall be
applied as soon as the steel has dried.
3. The posts shall be vertical and of the type as shown in the drawing with a tolerance not exceeding 6
mm in a length of 3m. The railing shall be erected true to line and grade.

Measurements for Payment:

The railing shall be measured in linear meter from end to end along the face of the railing, including
end and intermediate posts, with no deductions for gaps as shown on the drawings
Rate:

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The contract unit rate for tubular steel railing shall be payment in full compensation for furnishing all
labour , materials, tools, equipment and plant required for fabrication, connection, oiling, painting
temporary erection , inspection, test and final erection, inspection, test and final erection at site and all
other incidental costs necessary to complete the work to these specification.

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 Road Work

Item No.1

Box cutting the road surface to proper slope and camber for making a base for road
working incl. removing the excavated stuff and depositing on the road side slopes as
directed for all lead including making good the bottom with rolling by using power roller
of minimum 8 to 10 MT capacity with watering, consolidation, machineries, tools,
tackles, manpower, labours etc. complete.

This work shall consist of excavation, removal and satisfactory disposal of all materials necessary for the
construction of widening carriageway in accordance with requirements of these specifications and
the lines, grades and cross sections shown in the drawings or as indicated by the Engineer.

After the site has been cleared the limits of excavation/ box cutting the road surface shall be set out
true to lines, curves, slopes, grades and sections as shown on the drawings or as directed by the
Engineer.

Box cutting shall be carried out in conformity with the directions laid here in under and in a manner
approved by the Engineer. The work shall be so done that the suitable materials available from box
cutting/ excavation are satisfactorily utilized as directed.

The contractor shall not excavate outside the limits of box cutting. Subject to the permitted tolerances, any
excess depth/ width excavated beyond the specified levels/ dimensions on the drawings shall be
made good at the cost of the contractor with suitable material of characteristics similar to that
removed and compacted as directed.
Cutting shall be done in proper grade & camber as per measurements given. Care must be taken that all
slopes are evenly and truly dressed. Cutting shall be done to the exact depth required and shall be as per
formation level in proper grade and the camber. If extra depth of cutting is done due to negligence of
contractor the same shall be refilled with approved quality of materials duly consolidated to the
satisfaction of the Engineer-in-charge (without extra cost) Box cutting for soling and metalling in required
width the depth shall be done.
1. The stuff received from the cutting shall be utilized for filling cuts and correcting side slopes
of bank with all lead and lift as directed. Useful stuff shall be carefully stacked separately as
directed.
2. The measurement shall be taken as per cross section measurement of the cutting based on
length, breadth, depth measured with tape at every 25 meters interval

3. The payment shall be made on Cum. basis.

Item No.2

Filling with available excavated earth (excluding rock) in trenches, plinth, sides of
foundations etc. in layers not exceeding 20cm in depth consolidating each deposited
layer by ramming & watering with machineries, tools, tackles, manpower, labours etc.
complete.

1.0 Workmanship
1.1. The earth to be used for filling shall be free from salts, organic or other foreign matter. All clods
of earth shall be broken
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1.2. As soon as the work in foundation has been completed and measured the site of foundation
shall be cleared of all debris, brick bats, mortar dropping EIC., and tilled with earth in layers not
exceeding 20 cross Each layer shall be adequately watered, rammed and con solidated before the
succeeding layer is laid. The earth shall be rammed with iron rammers where feasible and with the
but ends of crow-bars, where rammer cannot be used
1.3. The plinth shall be similarly tilled with earth in layers not exceeding 20 cms ad equately watered
and consolidated by ramming with iron or wooden rammers when filling reaches finished level the
surface shall be flooded with water for at least 24 hours and allowed to dry and then rammed and
consolidated.
1.4. The finished level of filling shall be kept to shape intended to be given to floor.
1.5. In case off large heavy duty flooring like factory flooring the consolidation may be done by power
rollers, where so specified the extent of consolidation required shall also be as specified.
1.6. The excavated stuff of the selected type shall be allowed to be used in filling the trenches
and plinth. Under no circumstances black cotton soil be used for filling the plinth.
2.0. Mode of Measurements &Payment
2.1. The payment shall be made for filling in plinth and trenches. No deduction shall be made for
shrinkage or voids, if consolidated as instructed above.
2.2. The rate shall be for a unit of one cubic meter.

Item No.3

Filling in foundation and plinth with murrum or selected soil in layers of 20cm. thickness
including watering, ramming and consolidating etc. complete.

1.0 Materials
1.1. Murrum shall be clean, of good binding quality and of approved quality obtained from
approved pots / quarries of disintegrated rocks which contain silicon's material and natural
mixture of clay of clarions origin. The size of murrum shall not be more than 20 cm. The P.I.
value of selected soil used shall not be more than 6.0.
2.0 Workmanship
2.1 The murrum to be used for filling shall be free from salts, organic or other foreign matter
all colds of murrum shall be broken.
2.2 As soon as the work in foundation has been completed and measured the site of
foundation shall be cleared of all debris brick bats mortar dropping EIC. and filled with murrum in
layers not exceeding 20 cms. Each layer shall be adequately watered, rammed and
consolidated before the succeeding layer is laid. The murrum shall be rammed with iron
rammers where feasible and with the but ends of crow bars. Where rammer cannot be used.
2.3 The plinth shall be similarly tilled with murrum in layers not exceeding 20 cms
adequately watered and consolidated by ramming with iron or wooden rammers. When filling
reaches finished level the surface shall be flooded with water for at least 24 hours and allowed
to dry and then rammed and consolidated.
2.4 The finished level of filling shall be kept to shape intended to be given to floor.
2.5 In case of large heavy duty flooring like factory flooring, the consolidation may be done by
power rollers, where so specified. The extent of consolidation required shall also be as
specified.
3.0. Mode of measurement and payment
3.1 The payment shall be made for filling in plinth and trenches no deduction shall be made
for shrinkage or voids, if consolidatedas instructed above.
3.2 The rate includes cost of collecting and carting murrum or selected earth of approved
quality with all lead and labourrequiredfor filling in trenches and plinth.
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3.3 The rate shall be for a unit of one Cum. Meters.

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Item No.4

Supplying & spreading of coarse clean sharp sand for crust in Iayers,incIuding
transportation,Ioading, unloading, ramming with labours, tools, tackles etc. as per
direction of Engineer incharge.

1. The sand for the purpose shall be of approved quality. Any material which is found inferior shall
be rejected and the contractor shall remove such rejected materials from the site at his own cost.
The material shall be approved by the Executive Engineer of his authorized agent

2. River or nala or sea sand required for the work shall be clear, sound , properly, graded , free from
organic material silt clay etc. and shall be got approved by the Engineer — in — charge . The
sand shall be obtained and brought from the source approved by the Engineer-in-charge. The
sand shall be well graded.

3. Stacking shall be done by filling in the standard steel boxes of 2 m X 1.5 m X 0.5 m size which
shall be supplied by the department if available on rent. Otherwise contractor shall make his own
arrangement. No deduction for voids shall be made from the grade measurements. Where any
doubt exists as to whether the quality of stacked sand in an hectometer is not confirming with the
cubic content of the standard pharas ( 2 X1.5X0.5 M ) the same shall be got corrected by the
contractor if so order by the Engineer-in-charge for which no extra pay shall be claimed by the
contractor. If the quality of the sand in any stack in a particular hectometer is found to less than
the standard measurement viz., 1.5 cmt. The entire collection in the hectometer shall be paid on
the basis of the quality so found. Regular stacks shall be done by the contractor on a fairly level
ground. Stacking of the sand shall be done in a manner as directed by the Engineer-in —Charge.

4. For road work complete stacking of sand as per requirement shall be carried out in 2 km length
before spreading. The collection shall always, be commenced at one end of the km and be
continuously towards the other end unless the Engineer-in-charge shall direct otherwise.

5. The payment shall be made on cubic meter basis without deduction for voids. The contractor
shall maintain all stacks in regular and proper size till the whole material are collected, measured
and finally accepted by the department. The spreading of the material shall not be allowed till the
materials are fully stacked and completed kilometer wise.

6. The rate includes cost of collection, conveyance to the site with all lead and lift and filling the
boxes including all labour, tools equipment and other incidental expense.

7. The rate quoted are inclusive of all such tools , duties, fees ,royalties , taxes etc.

Item No.5

Spreading blindage or road crust filling the gaps in metal and leveling to camber and
gradient as directed — Sand

1. Preparation of base:

The sub-grade/sub-base/base to receive the water bound macadam course shall be prepared to
the specified grade and camber and made free of dust and other extraneous material. Any ruts or
soil yielding places shall be corrected in an approved manner and roiled until from where water
bound macadam is to be laid over. An existing black topped surface 50 mm x 50 mm furrows
shall be cut at an angle of 45 degrees to the road at 1 meter intervals in the latter before laying
the coarse aggregate.

2 .Spreading course aggregate:

The coarse aggregates shall be spread uniformly upon the prepared base in arch quantities that
the thickness of the compacted layer is 100 mm (or grading 1 and 75-100 mm for grading 2 and 3

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 as specified. The spreading shall be done from stock piles along the side of the roadway or
directly from vehicle. In no case shall the aggregate be dumped in heaps directly on the surface
prepared to receive the aggregate nor shall hauling over uncarpeted or partiality compacted base
be permitted. The surface of the aggregates spread shall be carefully checked with templates and
all high or low spots remedied by removing or adding aggregate as may be required. No
segregation on large or fine particles shall be allowed and the coarse aggregate as may be
required. No segregation of large or line particles shall by allowed and the coarse aggregate as
spread shall be of uniform gradation with no pockets of fine material. The coarse aggregate shall
not normally be spread more than 3 days in advance of the subsequent construction operations.

3. Rolling:

Immediately following the spreading of the coarse aggregate rolling shall be started with three
wheeled power rollers of 6 to 10 tonne capacity or tandem or vibratory rollers of approved type.
The weight of the roller shall depend upon the type of the aggregate and as may be indicated by
the Engineer-in-charge. Except on super elevated portions where the rolling shall proceed from
inner edge to the outer, rolling shall begin from the edges gradually progressing towards the
centre. First the edge/edges shall be compacted with roller running forward and backward. The
roller shall then move inwards parallel to the centre line of the road. In successive passes
uniformly lapping proceeding tracks by at least one half widths. Rolling shall continue until the
aggregate are thoroughly keyed and the creeping of aggregates ahead or toiler is longer visible,
during rolling slight sprinkling of water may be done. If necessary rolling shall not be done when
the sub grade is soft or yielding or when it causes a wave-like motion in the sub grade or sub-
base course. The rolled surface shall be checked transversely and longitudinally with templates
and any irregularities corrected by loosening the surface, adding and removing necessary
amounts of aggregates and re-rolling until the entire surface conforms to desired number and
grade, in no case shall the use of screenings be permitted to make up depressions.

4. Application of screenings/ sand/ gritty material:

After the coarse aggregate has been rolled to Clause 3.3 screenings/sand/gritty material to
completely till the interstices shall be applied gradually over the surface. These shall not be damp
or wet at the time of application-Dry rolling shall be done while the screenings /sand/gritty material
are being spread so that vibrations of the roller cause them to settle into the voids of the coarse
aggregate. The screenings/sand/gritty material shall not be dumped in piles but spread uniformly
in successive thin layers either by the spreading motion of hand shovels or by mechanical
spreaders or directly from trucks. Trucks operation for spreading the screenings/sand/gritty
material shall be driven as not to disturb the coarse aggregate. The screenings/approved quality
sand/gritty material shall be applied at a slow and uniform rate (in three or more applications) so
as to ensure filling of all voids. This shall be accompanied by dry rolling and brooming with
mechanical brooms, hand-brooms or both. In no case shall the screenings be applied so fast and
thick as to form cakes or ridges on the surface in such a manner as would prevent filling of voids
or prevent the direct bearing of the roller on the coarse aggregate. These operations shall
continue until no more screenings can be forced into the voids of the coarse aggregate.

The spreading, rolling and brooming of screening/sand/gritty material shall be carried out
in only such lengths of the road which could be completed within one day's operation.

5. Sprinkling and grouting:

Alter the screenings /sand/gritty material have been applied the surface shall be continuously
sprinkled with water, swept and rolled Hand brooms shall be used to sweep the wet screenings
/sand/gritty material into void and to distribute them evenly. The sprinkling sweeping and rolling
operations shall be continued with additional screenings applied as necessary until the coarse
aggregate has been thoroughly well-bonded and firmly set in full depth and a grout has been
formed of screenings /sand/gritty material. Care shall be taken to see that the base or sub grade
does not get damaged due to the addition of excessive quantities of water during construction.

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6 .Setting and drying:

Alter the final compaction of water bound macadam course, the road shall be allowed to dry
overnight. Next morning hungry spots shall be filled with screenings /sand/gritty material as
directed, slightly sprinkled with water if necessary and roiled. No traffic shall be allowed on the
road until the macadam has set. The Engineer-in-charge shall have the discretion to stop having
traffic from using the completed water bound macadam course if in his opinion it would cause
excessive from to the surface.

7. Surface Finish:

The surface finish of construction shall confirm to the following requirements:

8. General:

All works performed shall conform to the lines, grades, cross sections and dimensions shown on
the drawings or as directed by the Engineer-in-charge subject to the permitted tolerances
described hereinafter.

8.1. Horizontal Alignments_

Horizontal alignments shall be reckoned with respect to the centre line of the carriage way as
shown on the drawings. The edges of the carriage way as constructed shall be correct within a
tolerance of + 25 mm thick. The corresponding tolerance for edges of the roadway and lower
layers of pavements shall a 40 mm.

8.2. Longitudinal profile:

The levels of the sub grade and different pavement course as constructed shall not -very from
those calculated with reference to the longitudinal and cross-profile of the road shown on the
drawings or as directed by the Engineer-in charge Beyond the tolerances mentioned below;
Sub grade + 25 mm
Sub-base + 20 mm
Base course + 15
mm
Wearing course + 10 mm
Provided, however, the negative tolerance for wearing course shall not be permitted in
conjunction with the positive tolerance for base course if the thickness of the former is thereby
reduced by more than 6 mm.

8.3. Surface Reg ularity:

The surface regularity of completed sub-base, base course and wearing surface in the
longitudinal and transverse directions shall be within the tolerance indicated in Table below:

Table show permitted tolerance of surface Regularity for payment course

Sr. Cross
Type of Longitudinal Profile with 3 meter
No. profile
Construction straight edge
Maximum
Maximum
Permissible
number of
Maximum variation
undulations
permissible from
permitted
Template undulation in any specified
Profile
300 m,
mm under
length
camber
exceeding

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 Water Bound
Macadam with
1 12 30 8
Normal size
metal (20-50 mm
and 40-63 mm
size)

The longitudinal profile shall be checked with a 3 meter long straight edge at the middle of
each traffic lane along a line parallel to the centre line of the road. The transverse profile
shall be checked with a set of three cambers at intervals of 10 meters.

8.4. Rectification:

Where the surface irregularly of sub grade and the various pavement course fall outside the
specified tolerances, the shall be liable to rectify these in the manner described below and to the
satisfaction of the Engineer-in-charge. When the surface is high or low, the top 75 mm shall
be scarified, reshaped with added material as necessary and recompacted as per the
specification of
W.B.M. The area treated at a place shall not be less than 5 meters long and 2 meters wide.

Item No.6

Construction of Granular sub base (grade-II) by providing well graded material mixing in
a mechanical mix plant at OMC carriage of mixed material to work at site, spreading in
uniform layer (two layers) with motor grader on prepared surface and compacting with
smooth wheel roller to 80/100 KN static weight achieve desired density technically
complete for grading complete as per clause 401 of MORTH. As per detail specification
mentioned in technical bid.
1.1. Scope:
This work shall consist of laying and compacting well-graded material on prepared sub grade
in accordance with the requirements of these Specifications. The material shall be laid in one
or more layers as sub-base or lower sub-base and upper sub-base (termed as sub-base
hereinafter as necessary according to lines, grades and cross-sections shown on the
drawings or as directed by the Engineer.
1.2. Materials:

1.2.1 The material to be used for the work shall be natural sharp clean graded sand; (CBR
minimum 30%) crushed stone, B.T. metal of Size 12-75mm from approved quarry
combination thereof depending upon the grading required. The material shall be free from
organic or other deleterious constituents and conform to the grading given in Table-1.
1.2.2 Physical Requirements:
The material shall have a 10 percent fines value of 50 KN or more (for sample in soaked
condition) when tested in compliance with BS: 812 (Part-III). The water absorption value of
the coarse aggregate shall be determined as per IS: 2386 (Part-3), if this value is greater than
2 percent, the soundness test shall be carried out onthe material delivered to site as per IS:
383. For grading II and III materials, the CBR shall be determined at the density and moisture
content likely to be developed in equilibrium conditions which shall be taken as being the den sity
relating to a uniform air voids content of 5 percent.

1. TABLE — GRADING FOR CLOSE — GRADED GRANULA SUB-BASE MATERIALS

IS : Sieve Designation 301 Percent by weight passing the IS Sieve
302 Grading-I Grading- II Grading-III
75.00mm 100
53.00mm 80-00 100

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26.50mm 55-90 70-100 100
9.50mm 35-65 50-80 65-95
4.75mm 25-55 40-65 50-80
2.36mm 20-40 30-50 40-65

0.425mm 10-25 15-25 20-35

0.075mm 3-10 3-10 3-10
CBR Value (Minimum) 30 25 20

2. TABLE -GRADING FOR COARSE GRADED GRANULAR SUB-BASE MATERIALS

IS : Sieve Designation 303 Percent by weight passing the IS Sieve

Grading-I Grading- II Grading-III
75.00mm 100
53.00mm 100
26.50mm 55-75 50-80 100
9.50mm
4.75mm 10-30 15-35 25-45
2.36mm
0.425mm
0.075mm <10 <10 <10
CBR Value (Minimum) 30 25 20

Note :- The material passing 425 micron (0.425mm) sieve for all the three grading when tested
according to IS : 2720 (Part-5) shall have liquid limit and plasticity index not more than 25 and 6
percent respectively.
1.3. Strength of Sub base
It shall be ensured prior to actual execution that the material to be used in sub -base satisfies
the requirements of CBR and other physical requirements when compacted and finis hed. When
directed by the Engineer, this shall be verified by performing CBR tests in the laboratory as
required on specimens remolded at field dry density and moisture content and any other tests
for the "quality" of materials as may be necessary.
1.4. Construction Operations:

1.4.1 Preparation of Sub grade: -

Immediately prior to the laying of sub-base, the sub grade already finished as applicable shall be
prepared by removing all vegetation and other extraneous matter, lightly sprinkled with water in
necessary and rolled with two passes of 80-100 KN smooth wheeled roller.

1.4.2 Spreading and compacting: -

The sub base material of grading specified in the Contract shall be spread on the prepared sub
grade with the help of a motor grader of adequate capacity, its blade having hydraulic controls suitable
for initial adjustment and for maintaining the required slope and grade during the operation or other
means as approved by the Engineer.

When the sub-base material consists of combination of materials m entioned as above mixing shall be
done mechanically by the mix-in-place method. Manual mixing shall be permitted only where the width
of laying is not adequate for mechanical operations as in small-sized jobs. The equipment used for mix-
in place construction shall be a rotavator or similar approved equipment capable of mixing the material
to the desired degree. If so desired by the Engineer, trial runs with the equipment shall be carried out to
establish its suitability for the work.

Moisture content of the loose material shall be checked in accordance with IS: 2720 (Part-2) and
suitably adjusted by sprinkling additional water from a truck mounted or trailer mounted water tank and
suitable for applying water uniformly and at controlled quantities to variab Ie widths of surface or other
means approved by the Engineer so that, at the time of compaction, it is from 1 percent above to 2
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percent below the optimum moisture content corresponding to IS: 2720 (Part-8). While adding water,
due allowance shall be made for evaporation losses.
Immediately thereafter, rolling shall start if the thickness of the compacted layer does not exceed
100mm a smooth wheeled roller of 80 to 100 KN weight may be used. For a compacted single layer up

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to 225 mm the compaction shall be done with the help of a vibratory roller of minimum 80 to 100 KN.
Static weight with plain drum or pad foot drum or heavy pneumatic tired roller of minimum 200 to 300
KN weight having a minimum tire pressure of 0.7MN/m2 or equivalent capacity roller capab Ie of
achieving the required compaction. Rolling shall commence at the lower edge and proceed towards the
upper edge longitudinally for portions having unidirectional cross fall and super elevation and shall
commence at the edges and progress towards the centre for portions having cross fall on both sides.

Each pass of the roller shall uniformly overlap not less than one-third of the track made in the
preceding pass. During rolling, the grade and cross fall (camber) shall be checked and any high spots
or depressions, which become apparent, corrected by removing or adding fresh material. The speed of
the roller shall not exceed 5 km. per hour.

Rolling shall be continued till the density achieved is at least 98 percent of the maximum dry density for
the material determined as per IS: 2720 (Part-8). The surface of any layer of material on completion of
compaction shall be well closed, free from movement under compaction equipment and from
compaction planes, ridges, cracks or loose material. All those, segregated or otherwise defective areas
shall be made good to the full thickness of layer and re compacted.

1.5. Surface Finish and Quality Control of Work:

The surface finish of construction shall conform to the requirements. Control on the quality of materials
and works shall be exercised by the Engineer-in-Charge.

1.6. Arrangements for Traffic:

During the period of construction, arrangement of traffic shall be maintained .

1.7. Measurements for Payment:

Granular sub base shall be measured as finished work in position on cross sectional
measurement and computing the volume of GSB work in cubic meter by average area method.
The protection of edges of granular sub-base extended over the full formation as shown in the
drawing shall be considered incidental to the work of providing granular sub-base and as such
no extra payment shall be made for the same
1.8. Rate:
The contract unit rate for granular sub-base shall be payment in full for carrying out the required
operations including full compensation for;
1. Making arrangements for traffic except for initial treatment to verges, shoulders and
construction of diversions.
2. Furnishing all materials to be incorporated in the work including all royalties, fees, rents
where necessary and all leads and lifts.
3. All labours tools, equipment and incidentals to complete the work to the Specifications.
4. Carrying out the work in part widths of road where directed and
5. Carrying out the required tests for quality control.
1.9. Mode of Measurement and Payment:
The rate includes cost of collection conveyance to the site with all lead and lift including labour,
tools, equipments and other incidental expenses like royalties.
The payment shall be made on Cubic meter basis without deduction of voids.

Item No.7

Supplying of murrum/binding materials, including transportation, loading, unloading,

ramming with labours, tools, tackles etc. as per direction of Engineer incharge.

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 1. The murrum for the purpose shall be of approved quality. Any material which is found inferior
shall be rejected and the contractor shall remove such rejected materials from the site at his own
cost. The material shall be approved by the Executive Engineer of his authorized agent

2. River or nala or sea sand required for the work shall be clear, sound , properly, graded , free from
organic material silt clay etc. and shall be got approved by the Engineer — in — charge . The
sand shall be obtained and brought from the source approved by the Engineer-in-charge. The
sand shall be well graded.

3. Stacking shall be done by filling in the standard steel boxes of 2 m X 1.5 m X 0.5 m size which
shall be supplied by the department if available on rent. Otherwise contractor shall make his own
arrangement. No deduction for voids shall be made from the grade measurements. Where any
doubt exists as to whether the quality of stacked murrum in an hectometer is not confirming with
the cubic content of the standard pharas ( 2 X1.5X0.5 M ) the same shall be got corrected by the
contractor if so order by the Engineer-in-charge for which no extra pay shall be claimed by the
contractor. If the quality of the murrum in any stack in a particular hectometer is found to less than
the standard measurement viz., 1.5 cmt. The entire collection in the hectometer shall be paid on
the basis of the quality so found. Regular stacks shall be done by the contractor on a fairly level
ground. Stacking of the murrum shall be done in a manner as directed by the Engineer-in —
Charge.

4. For road work complete stacking of murrum as per requirement shall be carried out in 2 km length
before spreading. The collection shall always, be commenced at one end of the km and be
continuously towards the other end unless the Engineer-in-charge shall direct otherwise.

5. The payment shall be made on cubic meter basis without deduction for voids. The contractor
shall maintain all stacks in regular and proper size till the whole material are collected, measured
and finally accepted by the department. The spreading of the material shall not be allowed till the
materials are fully stacked and completed kilometer wise.

6. The rate includes cost of collection, conveyance to the site with all lead and lift and filling the
boxes including all labour, tools equipment and other incidental expense.

7. The rate quoted are inclusive of all such tools , duties, fees ,royalties , taxes etc.

Item No.8

Spreading blindage or road crust filling the gaps in metal and leveling to camber and gradient as
directed - Murrum

1. Preparation of base:

The sub-grade/sub-base/base to receive the water bound macadam course shall be prepared to
the specified grade and camber and made free of dust and other extraneous material. Any ruts or
soil yielding places shall be corrected in an approved manner and roiled until from where water
bound macadam is to be laid over. An existing black topped surface 50 mm x 50 mm furrows
shall be cut at an angle of 45 degrees to the road at 1 meter intervals in the latter before laying
the coarse aggregate.

2 .Spreading course aggregate:

The coarse aggregates shall be spread uniformly upon the prepared base in arch quantities that
the thickness of the compacted layer is 100 mm (or grading 1 and 75-100 mm for grading 2 and 3
as specified. The spreading shall be done from stock piles along the side of the roadway or
directly from vehicle. In no case shall the aggregate be dumped in heaps directly on the surface
prepared to receive the aggregate nor shall hauling over uncarpeted or partiality compacted base
be permitted. The surface of the aggregates spread shall be carefully checked with templates and
all high or low spots remedied by removing or adding aggregate as may be required. No
segregation on large or fine particles shall be allowed and the coarse aggregate as may be
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 required. No segregation of large or line particles shall by allowed and the coarse aggregate as
spread shall be of uniform gradation with no pockets of fine material. The coarse aggregate shall
not normally be spread more than 3 days in advance of the subsequent construction operations.

3. Rolling:

Immediately following the spreading of the coarse aggregate rolling shall be started with three
wheeled power rollers of 6 to 10 tonne capacity or tandem or vibratory rollers of approved type.
The weight of the roller shall depend upon the type of the aggregate and as may be indicated by
the Engineer-in-charge. Except on super elevated portions where the rolling shall proceed from
inner edge to the outer, rolling shall begin from the edges gradually progressing towards the
centre. First the edge/edges shall be compacted with roller running forward and backward. The
roller shall then move inwards parallel to the centre line of the road. In successive passes
uniformly lapping proceeding tracks by at least one half widths. Rolling shall continue until the
aggregate are thoroughly keyed and the creeping of aggregates ahead or toiler is longer visible,
during rolling slight sprinkling of water may be done. If necessary rolling shall not be done when
the sub grade is soft or yielding or when it causes a wave-like motion in the sub grade or sub-
base course. The rolled surface shall be checked transversely and longitudinally with templates
and any irregularities corrected by loosening the surface, adding and removing necessary
amounts of aggregates and re-rolling until the entire surface conforms to desired number and
grade, in no case shall the use of screenings be permitted to make up depressions.

4. Application of screenings/ murrum/ gritty material:

After the coarse aggregate has been rolled to Clause 3.3 screenings/murrum/gritty material to
completely till the interstices shall be applied gradually over the surface. These shall not be damp
or wet at the time of application-Dry rolling shall be done while the screenings /murrum/gritty
material are being spread so that vibrations of the roller cause them to settle into the voids of the
coarse aggregate. The screenings/murrum/gritty material shall not be dumped in piles but spread
uniformly in successive thin layers either by the spreading motion of hand shovels or by
mechanical spreaders or directly from trucks. Trucks operation for spreading the
screenings/murrum/gritty material shall be driven as not to disturb the coarse aggregate. The
screenings/approved quality murrum/gritty material shall be applied at a slow and uniform rate (in
three or more applications) so as to ensure filling of all voids. This shall be accompanied by dry
rolling and brooming with mechanical brooms, hand-brooms or both. In no case shall the
screenings be applied so fast and thick as to form cakes or ridges on the surface in such a
manner as would prevent filling of voids or prevent the direct bearing of the roller on the coarse
aggregate. These operations shall continue until no more screenings can be forced into the voids
of the coarse aggregate.

The spreading, rolling and brooming of screening/murrum/gritty material shall be carried

out in only such lengths of the road which could be completed within one day's operation.

5. Sprinkling and grouting:

Alter the screenings/murrum/gritty material have been applied the surface shall be continuously
sprinkled with water, swept and rolled Hand brooms shall be used to sweep the wet
screenings/murrum/gritty material into void and to distribute them evenly. The sprinkling sweeping
and rolling operations shall be continued with additional screenings applied as necessary until the
coarse aggregate has been thoroughly well-bonded and firmly set in full depth and a grout has
been formed of screenings/murrum/gritty material. Care shall be taken to see that the base or sub
grade does not get damaged due to the addition of excessive quantities of water during
construction.

6 .Setting and drying:

Alter the final compaction of water bound macadam course, the road shall be allowed to dry
overnight. Next morning hungry spots shall be filled with screenings /murrum/gritty material as
directed, slightly sprinkled with water if necessary and roiled. No traffic shall be allowed on the
road until the macadam has set. The Engineer-in-charge shall have the discretion to stop having

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 traffic from using the completed water bound macadam course if in his opinion it would cause
excessive from to the surface.

7. Surface Finish:

The surface finish of construction shall confirm to the following requirements:

8. General:

All works performed shall conform to the lines, grades, cross sections and dimensions shown on
the drawings or as directed by the Engineer-in-charge subject to the permitted tolerances
described hereinafter.

8.1. Horizontal Alignments_

Horizontal alignments shall be reckoned with respect to the centre line of the carriage way as
shown on the drawings. The edges of the carriage way as constructed shall be correct within a
tolerance of + 25 mm thick. The corresponding tolerance for edges of the roadway and lower
layers of pavements shall a 40 mm.

8.2. Longitudinal profile:

The levels of the sub grade and different pavement course as constructed shall not -very from
those calculated with reference to the longitudinal and cross-profile of the road shown on the
drawings or as directed by the Engineer-in charge Beyond the tolerances mentioned below;
Sub grade + 25 mm
Sub-base + 20 mm
Base course + 15
mm
Wearing course + 10 mm
Provided, however, the negative tolerance for wearing course shall not be permitted in
conjunction with the positive tolerance for base course if the thickness of the former is thereby
reduced by more than 6 mm.

8.3. Surface Regularity:

The surface regularity of completed sub-base, base course and wearing surface in the
longitudinal and transverse directions shall be within the tolerance indicated in Table below:

Table show permitted tolerance of surface Regularity for payment course

Sr.
Type of Cross
Longitudinal Profile with 3 meter
No. profile
Construction straight edge
Maximum
Maximum
Permissible
number of
Maximum variation
undulations
permissible from
permitted
Template undulation specified
in any
Profile
300 m,
mm under
length
camber
exceeding
Water Bound
Macadam with
Normal size
1
metal (20-50 mm
12 30 8
and 40-63 mm
size)

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 The longitudinal profile shall be checked with a 3 meter long straight edge at the middle of
each traffic lane along a line parallel to the centre line of the road. The transverse profile
shall be checked with a set of three cambers at intervals of 10 meters.

8.4. Rectification:

Where the surface irregularly of sub grade and the various pavement course fall outside the
specified tolerances, the shall be liable to rectify these in the manner described below and to the
satisfaction of the Engineer-in-charge. When the surface is high or low, the top 75 mm shall
be scarified, reshaped with added material as necessary and recompacted as per the
specification of
W.B.M. The area treated at a place shall not be less than 5 meters long and 2 meters wide.

item /\/o.9

Construction of dry lean cement concrete Sub- base over a prepared sub-grade with
coarse and fine aggregate conforming to IS: 383, the size of coarse aggregate
not exceeding 25 mm, aggregate cement ratio not to exceed 15:1, aggregate
gradation after blending to be as per table 600-1, cement content not to be less
than 150 kg/ cum, optimum moisture content to be determined during trial length
construction, concrete strength not to be less than 10 Mpa at 7 days, mixed in a
batching plant, transported to site, spreading the concrete with shovels, rakes
and levelling to garde and camber, compacting with 8-10 tonnes vibratory roller,
finishing and curing including finished in a continuous operation for completion of one
panel, transportation,Ioading, unloading, ramming with labours, tools, tackles etc. as
per direction of Engineer incharge.
1. Scope

1.1. The workshall consist of construction of dry lean concrete sub-base forcement
concretepavementin accordance with the requirements of these Specifications and in
conformity with the lines, grades and cross-sections shown on the drawings or as directed by
the Engineer. The work shall include furnishing of all plant and equipment, materials and
Labour and performing all operations, in connection with the work, as approved by the
Engineer.
1.2. The designparameters of dry lean concrete sub-base, viz., width, thickness, grade of
concrete, details of joints, if any, etc. shall be as stipulated in the Contract drawings.

2. Materials
2.1. Source of Materials:

The Contractor shall indicate to the Engineer the source of all materials with relevanttestdata to be used
in the lean concreteworksufficiently in advance and the approval of the Engineer for the
same shall be obtained at least 45 days before the scheduled commencement of the work. If
the Contractor later proposes to obtain the materials from a different source, he shall notify
the Engineer for his approval at least 45 days before such materials are to be used.

2.2. Cement:

Any of the following types of cement may be used with priorapproval of the Engineer:
(i) Ordinary Portland cement IS: 269
(ii) Portland Slag Cement IS: 455
(iii) Portland Pozzolona Cement IS: 1489
If the sub-grade is found to consist of soluble sulphates in a concentration more than 0.5 per cent,
cement used shall be sulphate resistant and shall conform to IS: 6909.
Cementtobe used may preferably be obtained in bulk form. It shall be stored in accordance with
stipulations contained in Clause 1014 and shall be subjected toacceptancetestprior to its
immediate use.

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3. Aqqreqates:

3.1. Aggregatesfor lean concrete shall benaturalmaterial complying with IS: 383. The aggregates
shall not be alkali reactive. The limits of deleterious materials shall not exceed the
requirementsset out in IS: 383. In case the Engineer considers that the aggregates are not
freefrom this, the same may be washed and drained for at least 72 hours before batching, as
directed by the Engineer.
3.2. Coarse aggregate:
Coarse aggregate shall consist of clean, hard, strong, dense, non -porous and durablepieces of
crushed stone or crushed gravel and shall bedevoid of pieces of disintegrated stone, soft, flaky,
elongated, very angular or splintery pieces. The maximumsize of the coarse aggregate shall be
25 mm. The coarse aggregate shall comply with Clause 602.2.4.2.
3.3. Fineaggregate:
The fine aggregate shall consist of clean, natural sand or crushed stone sand or a combinatio n
of the two and shall conform to IS: 383. Fine aggregate shall befreefrom soft particles, clay,
shale, loam, cemented particles, mica, organic and other foreign matter. The fine aggregate
shall comply with Clause 602.2.4.3.
3.4. The coarse and fineaggregates may be obtained in either of the following manner:
(i) In separate nominal sizes of coarse and fine aggregates and mixed together intimately
before use.
(ii) Separately as 25 mm nominal single size, 12.5 mm nominal size graded
Aggregates and fine aggregate of crushed stone dust or sand or a combination of these two.
The material after blending shall conform to the grading as indicated in Table 600 -1.

TABLE 600-1. AGGREGATE GRADATION FOR DRY LEAN CONCRETE

Percentage passing the
Sieve Designation
sieve by weight
26.50mm 100
19.00mm 80-100
9.50mm 55-75
4.75mm 35-60
600.00 micron 10-35
75.00 micron 0-8

3.4. Water:
Water used for mixing and curing of concrete shall be clean and free from injurious amounts of
oil, salt, acid, vegetable matter or other substances harmful to the finished concrete. It shall
meet the requirements stipulated in IS: 456.

3.5. Storage of materials:

All materials shall bestored in accordance with the provisions of Clause 1014 of these
Specifications and other relevant IS Specifications. All efforts must be made to store the
materials in proper places so as to prevent their deteriorationor contamination by foreignmatter
and to ensure their satisfactory quality and fitness for use in the work. The storage place must
also permit easy inspection, removal and storage of materials. All such materials even though
stored in approved godowns must be subjected toacceptancetestimmediatelyprior to their u se.
The requirement of storage yardspecified in Clause 602.2.9 shall also be applicable.

4. Proportioning of Materialsfor the Mix

4.1. The mix shall be proportioned with a maximum aggregate cement ratio of 15:1. The water
content shall be adjusted to the optimum as per Clause 601.3.2 of MOST for facilitating
compaction by rolling. The strength and density requirements of concrete shall be determined
in accordance with Clause 601.6 by making trial mixes.

4.2. Moisture content:

The rightamount of water for the lean concrete in the mainworkshall be decided so astoensure
full compactionunder rolling and shall be assessed at the time of rolling the trial length. Too
much water will cause the lean concrete to be heaving up before the wheels and picked up on

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 the wheels of the roller and too little will lead to inadequate compaction, a low in -situ strength
and an open- textured surface.
The optimum water content shall be determined and demonstrated by rolling during trial length
construction and the optimum moisture content and degree of compaction shall be got
approved from the Engineer. While laying in the main work, the lean concrete shall have
moisture content between the optimum and optimum +2 per cent, keeping in view the
effectiveness of compaction achieved and tocompensateforevaporation losses.

4.3. Cementcontent:

The minimum cement content in the lean concrete shall not be less than 150 kg/cu.m. of
concrete. If this minimum cement content is not sufficienttoproduce concrete of the specified
strength, it shall be increased as necessary without additionalcostcompensation to the
Contractor.

4.4. Concretestrength:

The average compressive strength of each consecutivegroup of 5 cubes made in accordance

with Clause 903.5.1.1 shall not be less than 10 MPa at 7 days. In addition, the minimum
compressive strength of any individual cube shall not be less than 7.5 MPa at 7 days. The
designmix complying with the above Clauses shall be got approved from the Engineer and
demonstrated in the trial length construction.

4.5. Sub-grade

The sub-grade shall conform to the grades and cross sections shown on the drawings and shall
beuniformly compacted to the designstrengthin accordance with these Specifications and
Specification stipulated in the Contract. The lean concrete sub-base shall not be laid on a sub-
grade softened by rain after its final preparation; surface trenches and soft spots, if any, must
be properly back-filled and compacted to avoid any weak or soft spot. As far as possible, the
constructiontraffic shall be avoided on the prepared sub-grade. A day beforeplacing of the sub-
base, the sub-grade surface shall be given a finespray of water and rolled with one or two
passes of a smooth wheeled roller after a lapse of 2-3 hours in order to stabilize loose surface.
If Engineer feels it necessary, another fine spray of water may be applied just before placing
sub-base.

5. Construction
5.1. General:

The place and programme of the lean concretesub-baseconstruction shall be matching suitably
with the programme of construction of the cement concrete pavement over it. The sub-base
shall be overlaid with cement concrete pavement only after 7 days after sub-base
construction.

5.2. Batching and mixing:

The batching plant shall becapable of proportioning the materials by weight, each type of
material being weighed separately in accordance with Clause 602.9.3.2 of MOST. The cement
from the bulk stock shall be weighed separately from the aggregates. The capacity of batching
and mixing plant shall be at least 25 per cent higher than the proposed capacity for the laying
arrangements. The batching and mixing shall be carried out preferably in a forced action
central batching and mixing plant having necessary automatic controls to ensure accurate
proportioning and mixing. Other types of mixers shall be permitted subject to demonstration of
their satisfactory performance during the trial length. The type and capacity of the plant shall be
got approved by the Engineer before commencement of the trial length. The weighing balances
shall be calibrated by weighing the aggregates, cement, water and admixtures physically either
by weighing with large weighing machine or in a weigh bridge. The accuracy of weighing scales
of the batching plant shall be within + 2 per cent in the case of aggregates and +1 percent in the
case of cement and water.
The designfeatures of Batching Plant should besuch that the shifting operations of the plant will
not take very long time when they are to be shifted from place to place with the progress of the
work.
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5.3. Transporting:

Plant mix lean concrete shall be discharged immediatelyfrom the mixer, transported directly to
the point where it is to be laid and protected from the weather by covering the tippers/ dumper s
with tarpaulin during transit. The concrete shall be transported by tipping trucks, sufficient in
number to ensure a continuous supply of material to feed the laying equipment to workat a
uniformspeed and in an uninterrupted manner. The lead of the batching plant to paving site
shall be such that the travel time available from mixing to paving as specified in Clause
601.5.5.2 of MOST will be adhered to.

5.4. Placing:

Lean concrete shall be laid/placed by a paver with electronic sensor. The equipment sha II be
capable of laying the material in one layer in an even manner without segregation, so that after
compaction the total thickness is as specified. The paving machine shall have high amplitude
tamping bars to give good initial compaction to the sub-base.
The laying of the two-lane road sub-base may be done either in full width or lane by lane.
Preferably the lean concrete shall be placed and compacted across the full width of the road, by
constructing it in one go or in two lanes running forward simultan eously. Transverse and
longitudinal construction joints shall be staggered by 500-1000 mm and 200-400 mm
respectivelyfrom the corresponding joints in the overlaying concrete slabs.

5.5. Compaction

5.5.1. The compaction shall be carried out immediately after the material is laid and leveled.
In ordertoensure thorough compaction which is essential, rolling shall be continued on the full
width till there is no further visiblemovementunder the roller and the surface is closed. The
minimum dry density obtained shall be 97 per cent of that achieved during the trial length
constructionvideClause 601.7 of MOST. The densities achieved at the edges i.e. 0.5m from the
edge shall not be less than 95 per cent of that achieved during the trial construction vide Clause
601.7 of MOST.

5.5.2. The spreading, compacting and finishing of the lean concrete shall be carried out as
rapidly as possible and the operation shall be so arranged as to ensure that the time between
the mixing of the first batch of concrete in any transverse section of the layer and the final
finishing of the same shall not exceed 90 minutes when the concrete temperature is above 25
and below 30 degree Celsius and 120 minutes if less than 25 degree Celsius , this period may
be reviewed by the Engineer in the light of the results of the trial run but in no case shall it
exceed 2 hours. Work shall not proceed when the temperature of the concrete exceeds 30
degree Celsius. If necessary, chilled water or addition of ice may be resorted to for bringing
down the temperature. It is desirable to stop concreting when the ambient temperature is above
35°C. After compaction has been completed, roller shall not stand on the compacted surface for
the duration of the curing period except during commencement of next day work near the
location where work was terminated the previous day.

5.5.3. Double drum smooth-wheeled vibratory rollers of minimum 80 to 100 KN static weights
are considered to be suitable for rolling dry lean concrete. In case any other roller is prop osed,
the same shall be got approved from the Engineer, after demonstrating its performance. The
number of passes required to obtain maximum compaction depends on the thickness of the
lean concrete, the compatibility of the mix, and the weight and type of the roller etc., and the
same as well as the total requirement of rollers for the job shall be determined during trial run
by measuring the in-situ density and the scale of the work to be undertaken.

5.5.4. In addition to the number of passes required for compaction there shall be a preliminary
pass without vibration to bed the lean concrete down and again a final pass without vibration to
remove roller marks and to smooth the surface.

Special care and attention shall be exercised during compaction nea r joints, kerbs, channels,
side forms and around gullies and manholes. In case adequate compaction is not achieved by
the roller at these points, use of plate vibrator shall be made, if so directed by the Engineer.

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 5.5.5. The final lean concrete surface on completion of compaction and immediately before
overlaying shall be well closed, free from movement under roller and free from ridges, low
spots, cracks, loose material, pot holes, ruts or other defects. The final surface shall be
inspected immediately on completion and all loose, segregated or defective areas shall be
corrected by using fresh lean concrete material laid and compacted as per Specification. For
repairing honeycombed surface, concrete with aggregates of size 10 mm and below shall be
spread and compacted. It is necessary to check the level of the rolled surface for compliance.
Any level/thickness deficiency should be corrected after applying concrete with aggregates of
size 10 mm and below after roughening the surface. Similarly the surface regularity also should
be checked with 3m straight edge. The deficiency should be made up with concrete, with
aggregates of size 10 mm and below.

5.5.6. Segregation of concrete in the dumpers shall be controlled by premixing each fraction
of the aggregates before loading in the bin of the batching plant, by moving the dumper back
and forth while discharging the mix on it and other means. Even paving operation shall such
that the mix does not segregate.

5.6. Joints:

Contraction and longitudinal joints shall be provided as per the drawing. At longitudinal or
transverse construction joints, unless vertical forms are used, the edge of compacted material
shall be cut back to a vertical face where the correct thickness of the properly compacted
material has obtained.

5.7. Curing:

As soon as the lean concrete surface is compacted, curing shall commence. One of the
following two methods shall be adopted:
(a) The initial curing shall be done by spraying with liquid curing compound. The curing
compound shall be while pigmented or transparent type with water retention index of 90 per
cent when tested in accordance with BS 7542. Curing compound shall be sprayed immediately
after rolling is complete. As soon as the curing compound has lost its tackiness, the surface
shall be covered with wet hessian for three days.
(b) Curing shall be done by covering the surface by gunny bags/hessian which shall be kept
continuously moist for 7 days by sprinkling water.

6. Trial Mixes

The Contractor shall make trial mixes of dry lean concrete with moisture contents like 5.0, 5.5,
6.0, 6.5 and 7.0 per cent using cement content specified and the specified aggregate grading
but without violating the requirement of aggregate-cement ratio specified in Clause 601.3.1.
Optimum moisture and density shall be established by preparing cubes with varying moisture
contents. Compaction of the mix shall be done in three layers with vibratory hammer fitted with
a square or rectangular foot as described in Clause 903.5.1.1. After establishing the optimum
moisture, a set of six cubes shall be cast at that moisture for the determination of compressive
strength on the 3rd and the seventh day. Trial mixes shall be repeated if the strength is not
satisfactory either by increasing cement content or using higher grade of cement. After the mix
design is approved, the Contractor shall construct a trial section in accordance with Clause
601.7.
If during the construction of the trial length, the optimum moisture content determined as above
is found to be unsatisfactory, the Contractor may make suitable changes in the moisture
content to achieve a satisfactory mix. The cube specimens prepared with the changed moisture
content should satisfy the strength requirement. Before production of the mix, natural moisture
content of the aggregate should be determined on a day-to-day basis so that the moisture
content could be adjusted. The mix finally designed should neither stick to the rollers, nor
become too dry resulting in raveling of surface.

7. Trial Length

7.1. The trial length shall be constructed at least 14 days in advance of the proposed date of
commencement of work. At least 30 days prior to the construction of the trial length, the
Contractor shall submit for the Engineer's approval a “Method Statement" giving detailed
description of the proposed materials, plant, equipment, mix proportion, and procedure for
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 batching, mixing, laying, compaction and other construction procedures. The Engineer shall
also approve the location and length of trial construction which shall be a minimum of 60 m
length and for full width of the pavement. The trial length shall contain the construction of at
least one transverse construction joint involving hardened concrete and freshly laid sub -base.
The construction of trial length will be repeated till the Contractor proves his ability to
satisfactorily construct the sub-base.

7.2. In order to determine and demonstrate the optimum moisture content which results in the
maximum dry density of the mix compacted by the rolling equipment and the minimum
cement content that is necessary to achieve the strength stipulated in the drawing, trial mixes
shall be prepared as per Clause 601.6.

7.3. After the construction of the trial length, the in-situ density of the freshly laid
material shall be determined by sand replacement method with 20 cm diameter density
cone. Three density holes shall be made at locations equally spaced along a diagonal that
bisects the trial length; average of these densities shall be determined. These main density
holes shall not be made in the strip 50 cm from the edges. The average density obtained from the
three samples collected shall be the reference density and is considered as 100 per cent. The
field density of regular work will be compared with this reference density in accordance with
Clause 601.5.5.1 and 903.5.1.2. A few cores may be cut as per the instructions of the Engineer to
check segregation or any other deficiency.

7.4. The hardened concrete shall be cut over 3m width and reversed to inspect the bottom
surface for any segregation taking place. The trial length shall be constructed after making
necessary changes in the gradation of the mix to eliminate segregation of the mix. The lower
surface shall not have honey-combing and the aggregates shall not be held loosely at the
edges.

7.5. The trial length shall be outside the main works. The main work shall not start until
the trial length has been approved by the Engineer. After approval has been given, the material s,
mix proportions, moisture content, mixing, laying, compaction plant and construction
procedures shall not be changed without the approval of the Engineer.

8. Tolerances for Surface Regularity, Level, Thickness, Density and Strength:

The tolerances for surface regularity, level, thickness, density and strength shall conform to the
requirements given in Clause 903.5. Control of quality of materials and works shall be exercised
by the Engineer in charge with Section 900.

9. Traffic
No heavy commercial vehicles like trucks and buses shall be permitted on the lean concrete
sub-base after its construction. Light vehicles if unavoidable may, however, be allowed after 7
days of its construction with prior approval of the Engineer.

10. Measurements for Payment

The unit of measurement for dry lean concrete pavement shall be the cubic meter of concrete
placed, based on the net plan areas for the Specified thickness shown on the drawings or as
directed by the Engineer.
11. Rate
The Contract unit rate payable for dry lean concrete sub-base shall be payment in full for
carrying out the required operations including full compensation for all labour, materials and
equipment's, mixing, transport placing, compacting, finishing, curing, testing and incidentals to
complete the work as per Specifications, all royalties, fees, storage and rents where necessary
and all leads and lifts.

Item No.10

Construction of un-reinforced, dowel jointed, Controlled cement concrete pavement over

a prepared sub-base of M-40 with 53 grade cement, coarse and fine aggregate confirming
to IS:383, maximum size of coarse aggregate not exceeding 25mm, mixed in batching
plant or in well equipped mixer machine as per approved mix design, transported to site,

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laid with trimix vacume de watering process using vacuum dewatering machine ,
mechanical vibrator , mechanical flotter , mechanical Towel for finishing by mixture as
directed including cutting grooves of size etc. as per drawing and finished in a
continuous operation for completion of one panel(4 mt X 4Mt, however dimension will
be as per the drawing) including provision of contraction, expansion, construction and
longitudinal joints, joint filler as per the drawings, separation membrane, sealant primer,
joint sealant, bonding strip, cost of admixture as approved, curing compound,
formwork, rails, guidewires, finishing to lines and grades as per drawings as specified
in clause 602 of MORTH including the cost of all material, labour charges,
transportation and conveyance, loading and unloading etc. complete with all lead and
lift as per specification and directed by the engineer. (Min. Cement consumption:425
Kg/Cmt)

10.1.1 The work shall consist of construction of cement concrete pavement in accordance with
the requirements of the Specifications and in conformity with the lines, grades and cross
sections shown on the drawings. The work shall include furnishing of all plant and equipment,
materials and labour and performing all operations in connection with the work, as approved by
the Engineer.

10.1.2. The design parameters, viz., thickness of pavement slab, grade of concrete, joint details
etc. shall be as stipulated in the drawings.

10.2. Materials

10.2.1. Source of materials: The Contractor shall indicate to the Engineer the source of all
materials to be used in the concrete work with relevant test data sufficiently in advance, and the
approval of the Engineer for the same shall be obtained at least 45 days before the scheduled
commencement of the work. If the Contractor later proposes to obtain materials from a different
source, he shall notify the Engineer for his approval, at least 45 days before such materials are
to be used with relevant test data.

10.2.2. Cement: Any of the following types of cement capable of achieving the design strength
may be used with prior approval of the Engineer, but the preference should be to use at least
the 43 Grade or higher.

i) Ordinary Portland Cement, 33 Grade IS : 269.

ii) Ordinary Portland Cement, 43 Grade IS : 8112.

iii) Ordinary Portland Cement, 53 Grade IS : 12269.

If the soil around has soluble salts like sulphate in excess of 0.5 per cent, the cement used shall
be sulphate resistant and shall conform to IS : 12330.

Guidance may be taken from IS: SP: 23, Handbook for Concrete Mixes for ascertaining the
minimum 7 days strength of cement required to match with the design concrete strength.
Cement to be used may preferably be obtained in bulk form. If cement in paper bags are
proposed to be used, there shall be bag-splitters with the facility to separate pieces of paper
bags and dispose them of suitably. No paper pieces shall enter the concrete mix. Bulk cement
shall be stored in accordance with Clause 1014 of MOST. The cement shall be subjected to
acceptance test just prior to its use.

10.2.3. Admixtures: Admixtures conforming to IS : 6925 and IS : 9103 shall be permitted to

improve workability of the concrete or extension of setting time, on satisfactory evidence that
they will not have any adverse effect on the properties of concrete with respect to strength,
volume change, durability and have no deleterious effect on steel bars. The particulars of the
admixture and the quantity to be used, must be furnished to the Engineer in advance to obtain

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the laboratory concrete trial mixes and in trial paving works. If air entraining admixture is used,
the total quantity of air in air-entrained concrete as a percentage of the volume of the mix shall
be 56 1.5 per cent for 25 mm nominal size aggregate.

10.2.4. Aggregates

10.2.4.1. Aggregates for pavement concrete shall be natural material complying with IS : 383
but with a Los Angeles Abrasion Test result not more than 35 per cent. The limits of deleterious
materials shall not exceed the requirements set out in IS : 383.

The aggregates shall be free from chert, flint, chalcedony or other silica in a form that can react
with the alkalies in the cement. In addition, the total chlorides content expressed as chloride ion
content shall not exceed 0.06 per cent by weight and the total sulphate content expressed as
sulphuric anhydride (SO3) shall not exceed 0.25 per cent by weight.

10.2.4.2. Coarse aggregate: Coarse aggregate shall consist of clean, hard, strong, dense, non-
porous and durable pieces of crushed stone or crushed gravel and shall be devoid of pieces of
disintegrated stone, soft, flaky, elongated, very angular or splintery pieces. The maximum size
of coarse aggregate shall not exceed 25 mm for pavement concrete. Continuously graded or
gap graded aggregates may be used, depending on the grading of the fine aggregate. No
aggregate which has water absorption more than 2 per cent shall be used in the concrete mix.
The aggregates shall be tested for soundness in accordance with IS : 2386 (Part-5). After 5
cycles of testing the loss shall not be more than 12 per cent if sodium sulphate solution is used
or 18 percent if magnesium sulphate solution is used.

Dumping and stacking of aggregates shall be done in an approved manner. In case the
Engineer considers that the aggregates are not free from dirt, the same may be washed and
drained for at least 72 hrs before batching as directed by the Engineer.

10.2.4.3. Fine aggregate: The fine aggregate shall consist of clean natural sand or crushed
stone sand or a combination of the two and shall conform to IS : 383. Fine aggregate shall be
free from soft particles, clay, shale, loam, cemented particles, mica and organic and other
foreign matter. The fine aggregate shall not contain deleterious substances more than the
following:

Clay lumps 4.0 percent

Coal and lignite 1.0 percent
Material passing IS Sieve No. 75 micron 4.0 percent

10.2.5. Water: Water used for mixing and curing of concrete shall be clean and free from
injurious amount of oil, salt, acid, vegetable matter or other substances harmful to the finished
concrete. It shall meet the requirements stipulated in IS : 456.

10.2.6. Mild steel bars for dowels and tie bars: Reinforcing steel for concrete pavements shall
comply with the requirements of IS : 432,
IS : 1139 and IS : 1786 as appropriate.

All steel shall be clean and free from mill scale, loose rust and oil.

Tie bars shall be Grade S 415 and dowels shall be Grade S 240 in accordance with IS.

Dowels shall be straight, one-piece and cut accurately to length. Ends of dowels shall be
square and free from burrs.

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10.2.7. Premoulded joint filler: Joint filler board for expansion joints which are proposed for use
only at some abutting structures like bridges and culverts shall be of 20-25 mm thickness within
a tolerance of 61.5 mm and of a firm compressible material and complying with the
requirements of IS :1838, or BS Specification Clause No. 2630 or Specification for Highway
Works, Vol .I Clause 1015. It shall be 25 mm less in depth than the thickness of the slab within a
tolerance of 63 mm and provided to the full width between the side forms. It shall be in suitable
lengths which shall not be less than one lane width. Holes to accommodate dowel bars shall be
accurately bored or punched out to give a sliding fit in the dowel bars.

10.2.8. Joint sealing compound: The joint sealing compound shall be of hot poured, elastomeric
type or cold polysulphide type having flexibility, resistance to age hardening and durability. If the
sealant is of hot poured type it shall conform to AASHTO M282 and cold applied sealant shall
be in accordance with BS 5212 (Part 2).

10.2.9. Storage of materials: All materials shall be stored in accordance with the provisions of
Clause 1014 of the Specifications and other relevant IS Specifications. All effort must be made
to store the materials in proper places so as to prevent their deterioration or contamination by
foreign matter and to ensure their satisfactory quality and fitness for the work. The platform
where aggregates are stock piled shall be levelled with 15 cm of watered, mixed and compacted
granular sub-base material. The area shall have slope and drain to drain off rain water. The
storage space must also permit easy inspection, removal and storage of the materials.
Aggregates of different sizes shall be stored in partitioned stack-yards. All such materials even
though stored in approved godowns must be subjected to acceptance test as per Clause 903 of
these Specifications immediately prior to their use.

10.3. Proportion of Concrete

10.3.1. After approval by the Engineer of all the materials to be used in the concrete, the
Contractor shall submit the mix design based on weighed proportions of all ingredients for the
approval of the Engineer. The mix design shall be submitted at least 30 days prior to the paving
of trial length and the design shall be based on laboratory trial mixes using the approved
materials and methods as per IS : 10262 (Recommended Guidelines for Mix Design) or on the
basis of any other rational method agreed to by the Engineer. Guidance in this regard can also
be obtained from IS : SP : 23 Handbook on Concrete Mixes. The target mean strength for the
design mix shall be determined as indicated in Clause 903.5.2. The mix design shall be based
on the flexural strength of concrete.

10.3.2. Cement content: The cement content shall not be less than 350 kg per cu.m. of
concrete. If this minimum cement content is not sufficient to produce in the field, concrete of the
strength specified in the drawings/design, it shall be increased as necessary without additional
compensation under the Contract. The cement content shall, however, not exceed 425 kg per
cu.m. of concrete.

Concrete strength

10.3.3.1. While designing the mix in the laboratory, correlation between flexural and
compressive strengths of concrete shall be established on the basis of at least thirty tests on
samples. However, quality control in the field shall be exercised on the basis of flexural strength.
It may, however, be ensured that the materials and mix proportions remain substantially
unaltered during the daily concrete production. The water content shall be the minimum required
to provide the agreed workability for full compaction of the concrete to the required density as
determined by the trial mixes or other means approved by the Engineer and the maximum free
water cement ratio shall be 0.50.

10.3.3.2. The ratio between the 7 and 28 day strengths shall be established for mix to be used
in the slab in advance, by testing pairs of beams and cubes at each stage on at least six
batches of trial mix. The average strength of the 7 day cured specimens shall be divided by the

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strength of the 28 day specimens for each batch, and the ratio ‘R’ shall be determined. The ratio
‘R’ shall be expressed to three decimal places.

If during the construction of the trial length or during normal working, the average value of any
four consecutive 7 day test results falls below the required 7 day strength as derived from the
value of ‘R’, then the cement content of the concrete shall, without extra payment, be increased
by 5 per cent by weight or by an amount agreed by the Engineer. The increased cement content
shall be maintained at least until the four corresponding 28 day strengths have been assessed
for its conformity with the requirements as per Clause 10.3.1. Whenever the cement content is
increased, the concrete mix shall be adjusted to maintain the required workability.

10.3.4. Workability

10.3.4.1. The workability of the concrete at the point of placing shall be adequate for the
concrete to be fully compacted and finished without undue flow. The optimum workability for the
mix to suit the paving plant being used shall be determined by the Contractor and approved by
the Engineer. The control of workability in the field shall be exercised by the slump test as per
IS : 1199.

10.3.4.2. The workability requirement at the Batching Plant and paving site shall be established
slump tests carried during trial paving. These requirements shall be established from season to
season and also when the lead from Batching plant site to the paving site changes. The
workability shall be established for the type of paving equipment available. A slump value in the
range of 30 6 15 mm is reasonable for paving works but this may be modified depending upon
the site requirement and got approved by the Engineer. These tests shall be carried out on
every truck/dumper at Plant site and paving site initially when the work commences but
subsequently the frequency can be reduced to alternate trucks or as per the instructions of the
Engineer.

10.3.5. Design mix

10.3.5.1. The Contractor shall carry out laboratory trials of design mixes with the materials from
the approved sources to be used. Trial mixes shall be made in presence of the Engineer or his
representative and the design mix shall be subject to the approval of the Engineer. They shall
be repeated if necessary until the proportions that will produce a concrete which complies in all
respects with this Specification, and conforms to the design/drawings have been determined.

10.3.5.2. The proportions determined as a result of the laboratory trial mixes may be adjusted if
necessary during the construction of the trial length. Thereafter, neither the materials nor the
mix proportions shall be varied in any way except with the written approval of the Engineer.

10.3.5.3. Any change in the source of materials or mix proportions proposed by the Contractor
during the course of work shall be assessed by making laboratory trial mixes and the
construction of a further trial length unless approval is given by the Engineer for minor
adjustments like compensation for moisture content in aggregates or minor fluctuations in the
grading of aggregate.

10.4. Sub-base

The cement concrete pavement shall be laid over the sub-base constructed in accordance with
the relevant drawings and Specifications contained in Clause 601. If the sub-base is found
damaged at some places or it has cracks wider than 10mm, it shall be repaired with fine cement
concrete or bituminous concrete laying separation layer. Prior to laying of concrete it shall be
ensured that the separation membrane as per Clause 10.5 is placed in position and the same is
clean of dirt or other extraneous materials and free from any damage.

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10.5. Separation Membrane

A separation membrane shall be used between the concrete slab and the sub-base. The
separation membrane shall be a primer seal produced and placed in accordance with Sub-
Clause 508.4.

10.6. Joints

10.6.1. The location and type of joints shall be as shown in the drawing. Joint shall be
constructed depending upon their functional requirement as detailed in the following
paragraphs. The location of the joints should be transferred accurately at the sire and
mechanical saw cutting of joints done as per stipulated dimensions. It should be ensured that
the full required depth of cut is made from edge to edge of the pavement. Transverse and
longitudinal joints in the pavement and sub-base shall be staggered so that they are not
coincident vertically and are at least 1 m and 0.3 m apart respectively. Sawing of joints shall be
carried out with diamond studded blades soon after the concrete has hardened to take the load
of the sawing machine and personnel without damaging the texture of the pavement. Sawing
operation could start as early as 6-8 hours depending upon the season.

10.6.2. Transverse joints

10.6.2.1. Transverse joints shall be contraction and expansion joints constructed at the spacing
described in the Drawings. Transverse joints shall be straight within the following tolerances
along the intended line of joints which is the straight line transverse to the longitudinal axis of the
carriageway at the position proposed by the Contractor and agreed to by the Engineer, except
at road junctions or roundabouts where the position shall be as described in the drawings:

(i) Deviations of the filler board in the case of expansion joints from the intended line
of the joint shall not be greater than 6 10 mm.

The best fit straight line through the joint grooves as constructed shall be not more than 25 mm
from the intended line of the joint.

Deviations of the joint groove from the best fit straight line of the joint shall not be greater than
10 mm.

Transverse joints on each side of the longitudinal joint shall be in line with each other and of the
same type and width. Transverse joints shall have a sealing groove which shall be sealed in
compliance with Clause 10.11.
10.6.2.2. Contraction joints: Contraction joints shall consist of a mechanical sawn joint
groove, 3 to 5 mm wide and 1/4 to 1/3 depth of the slab 6 5 mm or as stipulated in the drawings
and dowel bars complying with Clause 10.6.5 and as detailed in the drawings.

The contraction joints shall be cut as soon as the concrete has undergone initial hardening and
is hard enough to take the load of joint sawing machine without causing damage to the slab.

10.6.2.3. Expansion joints: The expansion joints shall consist of a joint filler board complying
with Clause 10.2.7 and dowel bars complying with Clause 10.6.5 and as detailed in the
drawings. The filler board shall be positioned vertically with the prefabricated joint assemblies
along the line of the joint within the tolerances given in Clause 10.6.2.1 and at such depth below
the surface as will not impede the passage of the finishing straight edges or oscillating beams of
the paving machines. The adjacent slabs shall be completely separated from each other by
providing joint filler board. Space around the dowel bars, between the sub-base and the filler
board shall be packed with a suitable compressible material to block the flow of cement slurry.

Transverse construction joint: Transverse construction joints shall be placed whenever

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joints shall be provided at the regular location of contraction joints using dowel bars. The joint
shall be made butt type. At all construction joints, steel bulk heads shall be used to retain the
concrete while the surface is finished. The surface of the concrete laid subsequently shall
conform to the grade and cross sections of the previously laid pavement. When positioning of
bulk head/stop-end is not possible, concreting to an additional 1 or 2 m length may be carried
out to enable the movement of joint cutting machine so that joint grooves may be formed and
the extra 1 or 2 m length is cut out and removed subsequently after concrete has hardened.
10.6.4. Longitudinal joint

10.6.4.1. The longitudinal joints shall be saw cut as per details of the joints shown in the
drawing. The groove may be cut after the final set of the concrete. Joints should be sawn to at
least 1/3 the depth of the slab 6 5 mm as indicated in the drawing.

10.6.4.2. Tie bars shall be provided at the longitudinal joints as per dimensions and spacing
shown in the drawing and in accordance with Clause 10.6.6.

10.6.5. Dowel bars

10.6.5.1. Dowel bars shall be mild steel rounds in accordance with Clause 10.2.6 with
details/dimensions as indicated in the drawing and free from oil, dirt, loose rust or scale. They
shall be straight, free of irregularities and burring restricting slippage in the concrete. The sliding
ends shall be sawn or cropped cleanly with no protrusions outside the normal diameter of the
bar. The dowel bar shall be supported on cradles/dowel chairs in pre-fabricated joint assemblies
positioned prior to the construction of the slabs or mechanically inserted with vibration into the
plastic concrete by a method which ensures correct placement of the bars besides full re-
compaction of the concrete around the dowel bars.

10.6.5.2. Unless shown otherwise on the drawings, dowel bars shall be positioned at mid depth
of the slab within a tolerance of 6 20 mm, and centered equally about intended lines of the joint
within a tolerance of 6 25 mm. They shall be aligned parallel to the finished surface of the slab
and to the centre line of the carriageway and to each other within tolerances given hereunder,
the compliance of which shall be checked as per Clause 10.10.7.

(i) For bars supported on cradles prior to the laying of the

slab: All bars in a joint shall be within 6 3 mm per 300 mm length of bar

2/3rd of the bars shall be within 6 2mm per 300 mm length of bar

No bar shall differ in alignment from an adjoining bar by more than 3 mm per 300 mm length of
bar in either the horizontal or vertical plane

Cradles supporting dowel bar shall not extend across the line of joint i.e. no steel bar of the
cradle assembly shall be continuous across the joint.

(ii) For all bars inserted after laying of the slab:

(a) Twice the tolerance for alignment as indicated in (i) above

10.6.5.3 Dowel bars, supported on cradles in assemblies, when subject to a load of 110 N
applied at either end and in either the vertical or horizontal direction (upwards and downwards
and both directions horizontally) shall conform to be within the following limits:

Two-thirds of the number of bars of any assembly tested shall not deflect more than 2 mm per
300 mm length of bar

The remainder of the bars in that assembly shall not deflect more than 3 mm per 300 mm length
of bar.

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the case of expansion joints, shall have the following degree of rigidity when fixed in position:-

For expansion joints, the deflection of the top edge of the filler board shall be not greater than 13
mm, when a load of 1.3 kN is applied perpendicular to the vertical face of the joint filler board
and distributed over a length of 600 mm by means of a bar or timber packing, at mid depth and
midway between individual fixings, or 300 mm from either end of any length of filler board, if a
continuous fixing, is used. The residual deflection after removal of the load shall be not more
than 3 mm.

The joint assembly fixings to sub-base shall not fail under the 1.3 kN load applied for testing the
rigidity of the assembly but shall fail before the load reaches 2.6 kN.

The fixings for contraction joint shall not fail under 1.3 kN load and shall fail before the load
reaches 2.6 kN when applied over a length of 600 mm by means of a bar or timber packing
placed as near to the level of the line of fixings as practicable.

Fixings shall be deemed to fail when there is displacement of the assemblies by more than 3mm
with any form of fixing, under the test load. The displacement shall be measured at the nearest
part of the assembly to the centre of the bar or timber packing.

10.6.5.5 The free portion of dowels shall be painted with two coats of bituminous emulsion. The
unpainted portion of the dowels shall be located in the initially placed concrete slab.

10.6.5.6. For expansion joints, a closely fitting cap 100 mm long consisting of waterproofed card
board or an approved synthetic material like PVC or GI pipe shall be placed over the sheathed
end of each dowel bar. An expansion space at least equal in length to the thickness of the joint
filler board shall be formed between the end of the cap and the end of the dowel bar by using
compressible sponge. To block the entry of cement slurry between dowel and cap it may be
taped.

10.6.6. Tie bars

10.6.6.1. Tie bars in longitudinal joints shall be deformed steel bars of strength 415 MPa
complying with IS:1786 and in accordance with the requirements given below. The bars shall be
free from oil, dirt, loose rust and scale.

10.6.6.2. Tie bars projecting across the longitudinal joint shall be protected from corrosion for 75
mm on each side of the joint by a protective coating of bituminous paint with the approval of the
Engineer. The coating shall be dry when the tie bars are used.

10.6.6.3. Tie bars in longitudinal joints shall be made up into rigid assemblies with adequate
supports and fixings to remain firmly in position during the construction of the slab. Alternatively,
tie bars at longitudinal joint may be mechanically or manually inserted into the plastic concrete
from above by vibration using a method which ensures correct placement of the bars and
recompaction of the concrete around the tie bars.

10.6.6.4 Tie bars shall be positioned to remain within the middle third of the slab depth as
indicated in the drawings and approximately parallel to the surface and approximately
perpendicular to the line of the joint, with the center of each bar on the intended line of the joints
within a tolerance of 650 mm, and with a minimum cover of 30 mm below the joint groove.

10.7. Weather and Seasonal Limitations

10.7.1. Concrete during monsoon months: When concrete is being placed during monsoon
months and when it may be expected to rain, sufficient supply of tarpaulin or other water proof
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damaged by rain shall be removed and replaced. If the damage is limited to texture, it shall be
retextured in accordance with the directives of the Engineer.

10.7.2. Concreting in hot weather: No concreting shall be done when the concrete temperature
is above 30 degree Centigrade. Besides, in adverse conditions like high temperature, low
relative humidity, excessive wind velocity, imminence of rains etc., if so desired by the Engineer,
tents on mobile trusses may be provided over the freshly laid concrete for a minimum period of
3 hours as directed by the Engineer. The temperature of the concrete mix on reaching the
paving site shall not be more than 30oC. To bring down the temperature, if necessary, chilled
water or ice flakes should be made use of.

No concreting shall be done when the concrete temperature is below 5 degree Centigrade and
the temperature is descending.

10.8. Side Forms, Rails and Guidewires

10.8.1 Side forms and rails: All side forms shall be of mild steel of depth equal to the thickness
of pavement or slightly less to accommodate the surface regularity of the sub-base. The forms
can be placed on series of steel packing plates or shims to take care of irregularity of sub-base.
They shall be sufficiently robust and rigid to support the weight and pressure caused by a
paving equipment. Sideforms for use with wheeled paving machines shall incorporate metal rails
firmly fixed at a constant height below the top of the forms. The forms and rail shall be firmly
secured in position by not less than 3 stakes/pins for each 3m length so as to prevent
movement in any direction. Forms and rails shall be straight within a tolerance of 3 mm in 3m
and when in place shall not settle excess of 1.5 mm in 3 m while paving is being done. Forms
shall be cleaned and oiled immediately before each use. The forms shall be bedded on a
continuous bed of low moisture content lean cement mortar or concrete and set to the line and
levels shown on the drawings within tolerances 610 mm and 6 3 mm respectively. The bedding
shall not extend under the slab and there shall be no vertical step between adjacent forms of
more than 3 mm. The forms shall be got inspected from the Engineer for his approval before 12
hours on the day before the construction of the slab and shall not be removed until at least 12
hours afterwards.

10.8.2. At all times sufficient forms shall be used and set to the required alignment for at least
200 m length of pavement immediately in advance of the paving operations, or anticipated
length of pavement to be laid within the next 24 hrs whichever is more.

10.8.3. Use of guidewires

10.8.3.1. Where slip form paving is proposed, a guidewire shall be provided along both sides of
the slab. Each guidewire shall be at a constant height above and parallel to the required edges
of the slab as described in the contract/drawing within a vertical tolerance of 6 3 mm.
Additionally, one of the wires shall be kept at a constant horizontal distance from the required
edge of the pavement as indicated in the contract/drawing within a lateral tolerance of 6 10 mm.

10.8.3.2. The guidewires shall be supported on stakes not more than 8 m apart by connectors
capable of fine horizontal and vertical adjustment. The guidewire shall be tensioned on the
stakes so that a 500 gram weight shall produce a deflection of not more than 20 mm when
suspended at the mid point between any pair of stakes. The ends of the guidewires shall be
anchored to fixing point or winch and not on the stacks.

10.8.3.3. The stack shall be positioned and the connectors maintained at their correct height
and alignment from 12 hours on the day before concreting takes place until 12 hours after
finishing of the concrete. The guidewire shall be erected and tensioned the connectors at any
section for at least 2 hours before concreting that section.

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10.8.4. The Contractor shall submit to the Engineer for his approval of line and level, the stakes
and connectors which are ready for use in the length of road to be constructed by 12 hours on
the working day before the day of construction of slab. Any deficiencies noted by the Engineer
shall be rectified by the Contractor who shall then re-apply for approval of the affected stakes.
Work shall not proceed until the Engineer has given his approval. It shall be ensured that the
stakes and guidewires are not affected by the construction equipment when concreting is in
progress.

10.9. Construction

10.9.1 General: A systems approach may be adopted for construction of the pavement, and the
Method Statement for carrying out the work, detailing all the activities including indication of
time-cycle, equipment, personnel etc., shall be got approved from the Engineer before the
commencement of the work. The above shall include the type, capacity and make of the
batching and mixing plant besides the hauling arrangement and paving equipment. The capacity
of paving equipment, batching plant as well as all the ancillary equipment shall be adequate for
a paving rate of atleast 300 m in one day.

10.9.2. Batching and mixing: Batching and mixing of the concrete shall be done at a central
batching and mixing plant with automatic controls, located at a suitable place which takes into
account sufficient space for stockpiling of cement, aggregates and stationary water tanks. This
shall be, however, situated at an approved distance, duly considering the properties of the mix
and the transporting arrangements available with the Contractor.

10.9.3. Equipment for proportioning of materials and paving

10.9.3.1. Proportioning of materials shall be done in the batching plant by weight, each type of
material being weighed separately. The cement from the bulk stock may be weighed separately
from the aggregates and water shall be measured by volume. Wherever properly graded
aggregate of uniform quality cannot be maintained as envisaged in the mix design, the grading
of aggregates shall be controlled by appropriate blending techniques. The capacity of batching
and mixing plant shall be at least 25 per cent higher than the proposed capacity of the
laying/paving equipment.

10.9.3.2. Batching plant and equipment:

General- The batching plant shall include minimum four bins, weighing hoppers, and scales for
the fine aggregate and for each size of coarse aggregate. If cement is used in bulk, a separate
scale for cement shall be included. The weighing hoppers shall be properly sealed and vented
to preclude dust during operation. Approved safety devices shall be provided and maintained for
the protection of all personnel engaged in plant operation, inspection and testing. The batch
plant shall be equipped with suitable non-resettable batch counter which will correctly indicate
the number of batches proportioned.

(2) Bins and hoppers- Bins with minimum number of four adequate separate compartments
shall be provided in the batching plant.

Automatic weighing devices- Batching plant shall be equipped to proportion aggregates and
bulk cement by means of automatic weighing devices using load cells.

Mixers- Mixers shall be pan type, reversible type or any other mixer capable of combining the
aggregates, cement, and water into a thoroughly mixed and uniform mass within the specific
mixing period, and of discharging the mixture, without segregation. Each stationary mixer shall
be equipped with an approved timing device which will automatically lock the discharge lever
when the drum has been charged and release it at the end of the mixing period. The device
shall be equipped with a bell or other suitable warring device adjusted to give a clearly audible
signal each time the lock is released. In case of failure of the timing device, the mixer may be

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used for the balance of the day while it is being repaired, provided that each batch is mixed 90
seconds or as per the manufacturer's recommendation. The mixer shall be equipped with a
suitable non-resettable batch counter which shall correctly indicate the number of batches
mixed.
The mixers shall be cleared at suitable intervals. The pickup and throw-over blades in the drum
or drums shall be repaired or replaced when they are worn down 20 mm or more. The
Contractor shall (1) have available at the job site a copy of the manufacturer's design, showing
dimensions and arrangements of blades in reference to original height and depth, or (2) provide
permanent marks on blade to show points of 20 mm wear from new conditions. Drilled holes of
5 mm diameter near each end and at mid point of each blade are recommended. Batching Plant
shall be calibrated in the beginning and thereafter at suitable interval not exceeding 1 month.

(5) Control cabin- An air-conditioned centralized control cabin shall be provided for
automatic operation of the equipment.

10.9.3.3. Paving equipment: The concrete shall be placed with an approved fixed form or slip
paver with independent units designed to (i) spread, (ii) consolidate, screed and float-finish, (iii)
texture and cure the freshly placed concrete in one complete pass of the machine in such a
manner that a minimum of hand finishing will be necessary and so as to provide a dense and
homogeneous pavement in conformity with the plans and Specifications. The paver shall be
equipped with electronic controls to control/sensor line and grade from either or both sides of
the machine.

Vibrators shall operate at a frequency of 8300 to 9600 impulses per minute under load at a
maximum spacing of 60 cm. The variable vibration setting shall be provided in the machine.

10.9.3.4. Concrete saw: The Contractor shall provide adequate number of concrete saws with
sufficient number of diamond-edge saw blades. The saw machine shall be either electric or
petrol/diesel driven type. A water tank with flexible hoses and pump shall be made available in
this activity on priority basis. The Contractor shall have at least one standby saw in good
working condition. The concreting work shall not commence if the saws are not in working
condition.

10.9.4. Hauling and placing of concrete

10.9.4.1. Freshly mixed concrete from the central batching and mixing plant shall be transported
to the paver site by means of trucks/tippers of sufficient capacity and approved design in
sufficient numbers to ensure a constant supply of concrete. Covers shall be used for protection
of concrete against the weather. The trucks/tippers shall be capable of maintaining the mixed
concrete in a homogeneous state and discharging the same without segregation and loss of
cement slurry. The feeding to the paver is to be regulated in such a way that the paving is done
in an uninterrupted manner with a uniform speed throughout the days work.

10.9.4.2. Placing of concrete

Concrete mixed in central mixing plant shall be transported to the site without delay and the
concrete which, in the opinion of the Engineer, has been mixed too long before laying will be
rejected and shall be removed from the site. The total time taken from the addition of the water
to the mix, until the completion of the surface finishing and texturing shall not exceed 120
minutes when concrete temperature is less than 25oC and 90 minutes when the concrete
temperature is between 25oC to 30oC. Trucks/tippers delivering concrete shall not run on
plastic sheeting nor shall they run on completed slabs until after 28 days of placing the concrete.
The Paver shall be capable of paving the carriageway as shown in the drawings, in a single
pass and lift.

10.9.4.3. Where fixed form pavers are to be used, forms shall be fixed in advance as per Clause
10.8 of the Specifications. Before any paving is done, the site shall be shown to the Engineer, in

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order to verify the arrangement for paving besides placing of dowels, tie-bars etc., as per the
relevant Clauses of this Specification. The mixing and placing of concrete shall progress only at
such a rate as to permit proper finishing, protecting and curing of the pavement.

10.9.4.4. In all cases, the temperature of the concrete shall be measured at the point of
discharge from the delivery vehicle.

10.9.4.5. The addition of water to the surface of the concrete to facilitate the finishing operations
will not be permitted except with the approval of the Engineer when it shall be applied as a mist
by means of approved equipment.

10.9.4.6. If considered necessary by the Engineer, the paving machines shall be provided with
approved covers to protected the surface of the slab under construction from direct sunlight and
rain or hot wind.

10.9.4.7. While the concrete is still plastic, its surface shall be brush textured in compliance with
Clause 10.9.8 and the surface and edges of the slab cured by the application of a sprayed liquid
curing membrane in compliance with Clause 10.9.9. After the surface texturing, but before the
curing compound is applied, the concrete slab shall be marked with the chainage at every 100
m interval.

10.9.4.8. As soon as the side forms are removed, edges of the slabs shall be corrected
wherever irregularities have occurred by using fine concrete composed of one part of cement to
3 parts of fine chips and fine aggregate under the supervision of the Engineer.

10.9.4.9. If the requirement of Clause 902.4 of MOST for surface regularity fails to be achieved
on two consecutive working days, then normal working shall cease until the cause of the
excessive irregularity has been identified and remedied.

10.9.5. Construction by fixed form paver

10.9.5.1. The fixed form paving train shall consist of separate powered machines which spread,
compact and finish the concrete in a continuous operation.

10.9.5.2. The concrete shall be discharged without segregation into a hopper spreader
which is equipped with means for controlling its rate of deposition on to the subbase. The
spreader shall be operated to strike off concrete upto a level requiring a small amount of cutting
down by the distributor of the spreader. The distributor of spreader shall strike off the concrete
to the surcharge adequate to ensure that the vibratory compactor thoroughly compacts the
layer. If necessary, poker vibrators shall be used adjacent to the side forms and edges of the
previously constructed slab. The vibratory compactor shall be set to strike off the surface slightly
high so that it is cut down to the required level by the oscillating beam. The machine shall be
capable of being rapidly adjusted for changes in average and differential surcharge necessitated
by changes in slab thickness or cross fall. The final finisher shall be able to finish the surface to
the required level and smoothness as specified, care being taken to avoid bringing up of
excessive mortar to the surface by overworking.

Construction by slip form paver

10.9.6.1. The slip form paving train shall consist of power machine which spreads, compacts
and finishes the concrete in a continuous operation. The slip form paving machine shall compact
the concrete by internal vibration and shape it between the side forms with either a conforming
plate or by vibrating and oscillating finishing beams. The concrete shall be deposited without
segregation in front of slip form paver across the whole width and to a height which at all times
is in excess of the required surcharge. The deposited concrete shall be struck off to the
necessary average and differential surcharge by means of the strike off plate or a screw auger
device extending across the whole width of the slab. The equipment for striking-off the concrete

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shall be capable of being rapidly adjusted for changes of the average and differential surcharge
necessitated by change in slab thickness or crossfall.

10.9.6.2. The level of the conforming plate and finishing beams shall be controlled automatically
from the guide wires installed as per Clause 10.8 by sensors attached at the four corners of the
slip form paving machine. The alignment of the paver shall be controlled automatically from the
guide wire by at least one set of sensors attached to the paver. The alignment and level of
ancillary machines for finishing, texturing and curing of the concrete shall be automatically
controlled relative to the guide wire or to the surface and edge of the slab.

10.9.6.3. Slip-form paving machines shall have vibrators of variable output, with a maximum
energy output of not less than 2.5 KW per meter width of slab per 300 mm depth of slab for a
laying speed upto 1.5 m per minute or pro-rata for higher speeds. The machines shall be of
sufficient mass to provide adequate reaction during spreading and paving operations on the
traction units to maintain forward movements during the placing of concrete in all situations.

10.9.6.4. If the edges of the slip formed slab slump to the extent that the surface of the top edge
of the slab does not comply with the requirements of Clause 10.14, then special measures
approved by the Engineer shall be taken to support the edges to the required levels and work
shall be stopped until such time as the Contractor can demonstrate his ability to slip form the
edges to the required levels.

10.9.7. Construction by hand-guided method: Areas in which hand-guided methods of

construction become indispensable shall be got approved by the Engineer in writing in advance.
Such work may be permitted only in restricted areas in small lengths. Work shall be carried out
by skilled personnel as per methods approved by the Engineer. The acceptance criteria
regarding level, thickness, surface regularity, texture, finish, strength of concrete and all other
quality control measures shall be the same as in the case of machine laid work.

10.9.8. Surface texture

10.9.8.1. After the final regulation of the slab and before the application of the curing membrane,
the surface of concrete slab shall be brush-textured in a direction at right angles to the
longitudinal axis of the carriageway.

10.9.8.2. The brushed surface texture shall be applied evenly across the slab in one direction by
the use of a wire brush not less than 450 mm wide but longer brushes are preferred. The brush
shall be made of 32 gauge tape wires grouped together in tufts spaced at 10 mm centers. The
tufts shall contain an average of 14 wires and initially be 100 mm long. The brush shall have two
rows of tufts. The rows shall be 20 mm apart and the tufts in one row shall be opposite the
center of the gap between tufts in the other row. The brush shall be replaced when the shortest
tuft wears down to 90 mm long.

10.9.8.3. The texture depth shall be determined by the Sand Patch Test as described in Clause
10.12. This test shall be performed at least once for each day's paving and wherever the
Engineer considers it necessary at times after construction as under:

Five individual measurements of the texture depth shall be taken at least 2 m apart anywhere
along a diagonal line across a lane width between points 50 m apart along the pavement. No
measurement shall be taken within 300 mm of the longitudinal edges of a concrete slab
constructed in one pass.

10.9.8.4. Texture depths shall not be less than the minimum required when measurements are
taken as given in Table 600-2 nor greater than a maximum average 1.25 mm.
TABLE : 600-2 Texture Depth

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 Time of Test Number of Required Texture Depth (mm)
Measurements
Specified Value Tolerance

1. Between 24 hours and 7 days An average of 5 1.00 0.25

after the constn., of the slab or measurements
until the slab is first used by
vehicles.

2. Not later than 6 weeks before An average of 5 1.00 +0.25

the road is opened to public measurements -0.35
traffic.

10.9.8.5. After the application of the brushed texture, the surface of the slab shall have a
uniform appearance.

10.9.8.6. Where the texture depth requirements are found to be deficient, the Contractor shall
make good the texture across the full lane width over length directed by the Engineer, by
retexturing the hardened concrete surface in an approved manner.

10.9.9. Curing

10.9.9.1. Immediately after the surface texturing, the surface and sides of the slab shall be
cured by the application of approved resin-based aluminised reflective curing compound which
hardens into an impervious film or membrane with the help of a mechanical sprayer.

Curing compounds shall contain sufficient flake aluminium in finely divided dispersion to
produce a complete coverage of the sprayed surface with a metallic finish. The compound shall
become stable and impervious to evaporation of water from the surface of the concrete within
60 minutes of application and shall be of approved type. The curing compounds shall have a
water retention efficiency index of 90 per cent in accordance with BS Specification No. 7542.

10.9.9.2. The curing compound shall not react chemically with the concrete and the film or
membrane shall not crack, peel or disintegrate within three weeks after application. Immediately
prior to use, the curing compound shall be thoroughly agitated in its containers. The rate of
spread shall be in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions checked during the
construction of the trial length and subsequently whenever required by the Engineer. The
mechanical sprayer shall incorporate an efficient mechanical device for continuous agitation and
mixing of the compound during spraying.

10.9.9.3. In addition to spraying of curing compound, the fresh concrete surface shall be
protected for at least 3 hours by covering the finished concrete pavement with tents as
described in Clause 10.7.2, during adverse weather conditions as directed by the Engineer.
After three hours, the pavement shall be covered by moist hessian and the same shall then be
kept damp for a minimum period of 14 days after which time the hessian may be removed. The
hessian shall be kept continuously moist. All damaged/torn hessian shall be removed and
replaced by new hessian on a regular basis.

10.9.9.4. The Contractor shall be liable at his expense to replace any concrete damaged as a
result of incomplete curing or cracked on a line other than that of a joint.

10.9.10 Reinforcement

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Reinforcement shall be in accordance with Sub-Clause 10.2.6. Reinforcement shall be placed
prior to pouring of the concrete using wiring and bar chairs, in the arrangement indicated in the
drawings. The wiring and bar chairs shall be sufficient to prevent distortion of the reinforcement
during placement of the concrete.

10.10. Trial Length

10.10.1. The Contractor shall demonstrate the materials, plant, equipment and methods of
construction that are proposed for concrete paving, by first constructing a trial length of slab, at
least 60 m but not more than 300 m long for mechanized construction and at least 30 m long for
hand guided methods. If the first trial is unsatisfactory, the Contractor shall have to demonstrate
his capability to satisfactorily construct the pavement in subsequent trials.

10.10.3. The trial length shall be constructed in two parts over a period comprising at least part
of two separate working days, with a minimum of 30 m constructed each day for mechanized
construction and a minimum of 15 m on each day for hand guided construction. The trial length
shall be constructed at a similar rate (speed, around 1m/hr) to that which is proposed for the
main work.

10.10.4. Transverse joints and longitudinal joints of each type that are proposed for dowel-
jointed unreinforced concrete slabs in the main work shall be constructed and assessed in the
trial length. If in the trial length the construction of expansion joint and longitudinal joint is not
demonstrated, the first 2 expansion joints and at least the first 150 m of longitudinal construction
joint for mechanized paving in the main work, shall be considered as the trial length for these
joints.

10.10.5. The trial length shall comply shall the Specification in all respects, with the following
additions and exceptions:

Surface levels and regularity

(i) In checking for compliance with Clause 903.5 of MOST the levels shall be taken
at intervals at the locations specified in this Clause along any line or lines parallel to the
longitudinal centre line of the trial length.

(ii) The maximum number of permitted irregularities of pavement surface shall

comply with the requirements of Clause 902.4 of MOST. Shorter trial lengths shall be assessed
pro-rata based on values for a 300 m length.

Joints

(iii) Alignment of dowel bars shall be inspected as described in Clause 10.10.7 in any
two consecutive transverse joints. If the position or alignment of the dowel bars at one of these
joints does not comply with Clause 10.6.5, if that joint remains the only one that does not comply
after the next 3 consecutive joints of the same type have been inspected, then the method of
placing dowels shall be deemed to be satisfactory. In order to check sufficient joints for dowel
bar alignment without extending the trial length unduly, the Contractor may, by agreement with
the Engineer, construct joints at more frequent joint intervals than the normal spacing required in
the Contract.

(iv) If there are deficiencies in the first expansion joint that is constructed as a trial,
the next expansion joint shall be a trial joint. Should this also be deficient, further trial expansion
joints shall be made as part of the trial length which shall not form part of the permanent works,
unless agreed by the Engineer.

10.10.5.3. Density

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 (v) Density shall be assessed as described in Clause 10.3.3. from at least 3 cores
drilled from each part of the trial length.

10.10.5.4. Position of tie bars

(vi) Compliance with Clause 10.6.6 for the position and alignment of tie bars shall be
checked by drilling additional cores from the slab unless they can be determined from cores
taken for density.

10.10.6. Approval and acceptance

10.10.6.1. Approval of the materials, plant, equipment and construction methods shall be given
when a trial length complies with the Specification. The Contractor shall not proceed with normal
working until the trial length has been approved and any earlier defective trial lengths have been
removed, unless that can be remedied to the satisfaction of the Engineer. If the Engineer does
not notify the Contractor of any deficiencies in any trial length within 10 days after the
completion of that trial length, the Contractor may assume that the trial length, and the
materials, plant, equipment and construction methods adopted are acceptable.

10.10.6.2. When approval has been given, the materials, plant, equipment and construction
methods shall not thereafter be changed, except for normal adjustments and maintenance of
plant, without the approval of the Engineer. Any changes in material, plant, equipment and
construction methods shall entitle the Engineer to require the Contractor to lay a further trial
length as described in this Clause to demonstrate that the changes will not adversely affect the
permanent works.

10.10.6.3. Trial lengths which do not comply with the Specification, with the exception of areas
which are deficient only in surface texture and which can be remedied in accordance with
Clause 10.9.8.6 shall be removed immediately upon notification of deficiencies by the Engineer
and the Contractor shall construct a further trial length.

10.10.7. Inspection of dowel bars

10.10.7.1. Compliance with Clause 10.6.5. for the position and alignment of dowel bars at
construction and expansion joints shall be checked by measurements relative to the side forms
or guide wires.

10.10.7.2 When the slab has been constructed, the position and alignment of dowel bars and
any filler board shall be measured after carefully exposing them in the plastic concrete across
the whole width of the slab. When the joint is an expansion joint, the top of the filler board shall
first be exposed sufficiently in the plastic concrete to permit measurement of any lateral or
vertical displacement of the board. During the course of normal working, these measurements
shall be carried out in the pavement section at the end of day's work by extending slab length by
2 m. After sawing the transverse joint groove, the extended 2 m slab shall be removed carefully
soon after concrete has set to expose dowels over half the length. These dowels can be tested
for tolerances.

10.10.7.3 If the position and alignment of the bars in a single joint in the slab is unsatisfactory
then the next two joints shall be inspected. If only one joint of the three is defective, the rate of
checking shall be increased to one joint per day until the Engineer is satisfied that compliance is
being achieved. In the event of non-compliance in two or more successive joints, the Contractor
shall revert to the construction of fresh trial lengths and make any necessary alteration to
concrete mix, paving plant or methods until the dowel bar position and alignment are
satisfactory.

10.10.7.4. After the dowel bars have been examined, the remainder of the concrete shall be
removed over a width of 500 mm on each side of the line of the joint and reinstated to the

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satisfaction of the Engineer. The dowels shall be inserted on both sides of the 1 m wide slab by
drilling holes and grouting with epoxy mortar. Plastic sheath as per Clause 10.6.5.5 shall be
provided on dowels on one of the joints. The joint groove shall be widened and sealed as per
Clause 10.11.

10.11. Preparation and Sealing of Joint Grooves

10.11.1. General

All transverse joints in surface slabs shall be sealed using sealants described in Clause 10.2.8.
Joints shall not be sealed before 14 days after construction.

10.11.2. Preparation of joint grooves for sealing

10.11.2.1. Joint grooves usually are not constructed to provide the minimum width specified in
the drawings when saw cut joints are adopted. They shall be widened subsequently by sawing
before sealing. Depth/width gauges shall be used to control the dimension of the groove.

10.11.2.2. If rough arises develop when grooves are made, they shall be ground to provide a
chamfer approximately 5 mm wide. If the groove is at an angle upto 10 degree from the
perpendicular to the surface, the overhanging edge of the sealing groove shall be sawn or
ground perpendicular. If spalling occurs or the angle of the former is greater than 10 degrees,
the joint sealing groove shall be sawn wider and perpendicular to the surface to encompass the
defects upto a maximum width, including any chamfer, of 35 mm for transverse joints and 20
mm for longitudinal joints. If the spalling cannot be so eliminated then the arises shall be
repaired by an approved thin bonded arris repair using cementitious materials.

10.11.2.3. All grooves shall be cleaned of any dirt or loose material by air blasting with filtered,
oil-free compressed air. If need arises the Engineer may instruct cleaning by pressurized water
jets. Depending upon the requirement of the sealant manufacture, the sides of the grooves may
have to be sand blasted to increase the bondage between sealant and concrete.

10.11.2.4 The groove shall be cleaned and dried at the time of priming and sealing.

10.11.2.5. Before sealing the temporary seal provided for blocking the ingress of dirt, soil etc.,
shall be removed. A highly compressible heat resistant paper-backed debonding strip as per
drawing shall be inserted in the groove to serve the purpose of breaking the bond between
sealant and the bottom of the groove and to plug the joint groove so that the sealant may not
leak through the cracks. The width of debonding strip shall be more than the joint groove width
so that it is held tightly in the groove. In the case of longitudinal joints, heat resistant tapes may
be inserted to block the leakage through bottom of the joint.

10.11.3. Sealing with sealants

10.11.3.1. When sealants are applied, an appropriate primer shall also be used if recommended
by the manufacturer and it shall be applied in accordance with their recommendation. The
sealant shall be applied within the minimum and maximum drying times of the primer
recommended by the manufacturer. Priming and sealing with applied sealants shall not be
carried out when the naturally occurring temperature in the joint groove to be sealed is below
7oC.

10.11.3.2. If hot applied sealant is used it shall be heated and applied from a thermostatically
controlled, indirectly heated preferably with oil jacketed melter and pourer having recirculating
pump and extruder. For large road projects, sealant shall be applied with extruder having
flexible hose and nozzle. The sealant shall not be heated to a temperature higher than the safe
heating temperature and not for a period longer than the safe heating period, as specified
by the

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manufacturer. The dispenser shall be cleaned out at the end of each day in accordance with the
manufacturer=s recommendations and reheated material shall not be used.

10.11.3.3 Cold applied sealants with chemical formulation like polysulphide may be used.
These shall be mixed and applied within the time limit specified by the manufacturer. If primers
are recommended they shall be applied neatly with an appropriate brush. The Movement
Accommodation Factor (MAF) shall be more than 10 per cent

10.11.3.4. The sealants applied at contraction phase of the slabs would result in bulging of the
sealant over and above the slab. Therefore, the Contractor in consultation with the Engineer,
shall establish the right temperature and time for applying the sealant. Thermometer shall be
hung on a pole in the site for facilitating control during the sealing operation.

10.11.3.5. Sealant shall be applied, slightly to a lower level than the slab with a tolerance of 5 2

10.11.3.6. During sealing operation, it shall be seen that no air bubbles are introduced in the
sealant either by vapors or by the sealing process.

10.11.4. Testing of applied sealants: Manufacturer's certificate shall be produced by the

Contractor for establishing that the sealant is not more than six months old and stating that the
sealant complies with the relevant standard as in Clause 10.2.8. The samples shall meet the
requirement of AASHTO M282 for hot applied sealant or BS 5212 : (Part- 2) for cold applied
sealant.

10.12. Measurement of Texture Depth - Sand Patch Method

10.12.1. The following apparatus shall be used:

A cylindrical container of 25 ml internal capacity

A flat wooden disc 64 mm diameter with a hard rubber disc, 1.5 mm thick, stuck to one face, the
reverse face being provided with a handle.

Dry natural sand with a rounded particle shape passing a 300 micron IS sieve and retained on a
150 micron IS sieve.

10.12.2. Method: The surface to be measured shall be dried, any extraneous mortar and loose
material removed and the surface swept clean using a wire brush both at right angles and
parallel to the carriageway. The cylindrical container shall be filled with the sand, tapping the
base 3 times on the surface to ensure compaction, and striking off the sand level with the top of
the cylinder. The sand shall be poured into a heap on the surface to be treated. The sand shall
be spread over the surface, working the disc with its face kept flat in a circular motion so that the
sand is spread into a circular patch with the surface depressions filled with sand to the level of
peaks.

10.12.3. The diameter of the patch shall be measured to the nearest 5 mm. The texture depth
of concrete surface shall be calculated from 31000/(DxD) mm where D is the diameter of the
patch in mm.

10.13. Opening to Traffic

No vehicular traffic shall be allowed to run on the finished surface of a concrete pavement within
a period of 28 days of its construction and until the joints are permanently sealed. The road may
be opened to regular traffic after completion of the curing period of 28 days and after sealing of
joints is completed including the construction of shoulder, with the written permission of the
Engineer.

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10.14. Tolerance for Surface Regularity, Level, Thickness and Strength

The tolerances for surface regularity, level, thickness and strength shall conform to the
requirements given in Clause 903.5. Control of quality of materials and works shall be exercised
by the Engineer in accordance with Section 900.

10.15 Measurements for Payment

10.15.1 Cement Concrete pavement shall be measured as a finished work in square metres
with specified thickness. The volume to be paid for will be calculated on the basis of thickness
and plans shown on the project drawings and adjusted for the deficiency in thickness. No
additional payment shall be made for extra thickness of the slab. The full payment will be made
to this item after 28 days strength of the concrete is found to be satisfactory.

The unit for measurement for concrete pavement shall be the cubic metre of concrete placed,
based on the net plan areas for the specified thickness shown on the Drawings or directed by
the Engineer. The rate shall include all provisions of this Specification and shall include the
provision of all materials including polythene film, concrete, stock piling, mixing, transport,
placing, compacting, finishing, curing together with all formwork, and including testing and
submission of test certificates and records. No deduction shall be made in measurement for
openings provided that the area of each is less than 0.5 sq.m. The unit rate as entered in the Bill
of Quantities shall also include the full costs of contraction, expansion, construction, and
longitudinal joints. It shall also include joint filler, keys, caulking rod, debonding strip, sealant
primer, joint sealant.

10.15.2. Pavement thickness

All precautions and care shall be taken to construct pavement having uniform thickness as
called for on the plans.
Thickness of the cement concrete pavement shall be calculated on the basis of level data of the
cement concrete pavement and the underlying sub-base taken on a grid of 5 m x 3.5 m or 6.25
m x 3.5 m, the former measurement being in longitudinal direction.

A days work is considered as a ‘lot’ for calculating the average thickness of the slab. In
calculating the average thickness, individual measurements which are in excess of the specified
thickness by more than 10 mm shall be considered as the specified as thickness plus 10 mm.

Individual areas deficient by more than 25 mm shall be verified by the Engineer by ordering core
cutting and if in his opinion the deficient areas warrant removal, they shall be removed and
replaced with concrete of the thickness shown on the plans.

When the average thickness for the lot is deficient by the extent shown in Table 600-3, the
Contract unit price will be adjust as per this Table.

TABLE 600-3 PAYMENT ADJUSTMENT FOR DEFICIENCY IN THICKNESS

Deficiency in the average thickness of day's Per cent of Contract unit price payable
work

Up to 11-15 mm

Smm 6 —

10 mm

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100

87

81

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 16 — 20 mm 75

21 —25 mm 70

In the stretch where deficiency of average thickness is more than 25 mm, the section whose
thickness is deficient by 26 mm or more is identified with the help of cores. Such slabs shall be
removed and reconstructed at the cost of the Contractor. During such rectification work, care
shall be taken to replace full slab and to the full depth.

10.16. Rate

The Contract unit rate for the construction of the cement concrete shall be payment in full for
carrying out the operations required for the different items of the work as per these
Specifications including full compensation for all labour, tools, plant, equipments, testing and
incidentals to complete the work as per Specifications, providing all materials to be incorporated
in the work including all royalties, fees, storage, rents where necessary and all leads and lifts.

The separation membrane shall be measured and paid in accordance with Sub-Clause
508.4.14, 508.4.15 and 508.4.16 of MOST. Reinforcement, dowel bars and tie rods shall be
measured in Nos. The Contract unit rate for reinforcement shall include dowel bars, tie rods and
all items included in Clause 1609 of MOST.

Item No.11

Providing and fixing in position mild steel dowel bar of 32mm diameter and 500 mm
length at 200 mm c/c in transverse direction at expansion joint which is provided at 4.0 m
c/c longitudinally with plastic cap of 3 to 5 mm thick black coloured as a cover of dowel
bar which sustain the movement of dowel bar including cutting, placing of same, with all
machinery, tools, tackles, labours etc. complete.

1. This item provides for necessary mild steel bar of 32 mm. diameter for anchoring in
foundations strata as per detailed drawings and as directed by Engineer-in-charge. For this
purpose, 100 mm holes shall be kept in staining itself at regular intervals as shown in
drawing or as directed by Engineer in-charge. Mild steel bars shall be supplied by the
department at the rate and place shown in schedule A of the tender. The item includes
transporting the bars to the site of work, handling, and cutting, bending, hooking and placing
the same in position as required as per drawing. The grout holes shall be not less than 100
mm. diameter. The anchorage length of bars shall not be less than 60 times diameter of bar.
Grouting shall be of 1:2 proportions (1 part of cement, 2 parts of sand) and shall be done
under pressure as directed. These dowels bars shall be inserted through holes kept in the
well staining to the bottom of the grout holes. Grout holes shall not be less than 1 Mt. in
depth. In case, no dowel bars are ultimately decided to be provided in the holes of the
staining kept for the purpose, the same shall be filled with the concrete of the same
proportion as of well staining at the cost of the contractor.

2. Mode of measurement will be per number of dowel bar considered as one number from bottom of
grout hole to the top of staining,

3. Unit rate includes cost of material, labour, tools and plant and grouting the staining holes to
complete the work.

Item No.12

Providing and fixing in position TMT tie bar of 12mm diameter and 500mm length at 300
mm c/c in longitudinal direction as per IS 1786 (Latest) including cutting, placing of same,

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with all machinery, tools, tackles, labours etc. complete.

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 The work includes providing & laying in position HYSD / Mils steel / Thermo Mechanically
Treated bar of the following grade. Grade Designation Bar type confirming to governing IS
specification Characteristic strength by MPa Elastic Modulus GPa S 415 IS 1786 High yield
strength deformed bar 415 200 S 240 IS 432 Part-II 240

TMT BAR 415 TMT bar shall conform to min 415 MPa yield strength. Tensile strength of in 500
MPa and elongation percentage min 22. The chemical composition of bars shall be as below.

% Max
Carbon 0.25
Sulphur 0.05
Phosphorus 0.05
Sulphur & Phosphorus 0.01

All steel shall be procured form original procedures no rolled steel shall be incorporated in the
work. Only new steel bars shall deliver to the site. Every bar discarded cracked ends of bars
shall be discarded.

1. The work shall consist of furnishing and placing reinforcement the shape and dimensions
shown on the drawings or as directed by the engineer-in-charge.

2. Steel shall be clean and free from loose and loose mall scale at the havin g position and
subsequent concreting.

3. Reinforcing steel conform accurately to the dimensions given in the bar bending schedules
shown on relevant drawings. Bars shall be bent cold to the specification shape and dimensions
or as directed by the Engineer-in-Charge using a proper bar bender, operated by hand power to
attain proper radius of bends. Bars shall be bending or straightened in such a manner that will
not injure the material. Bars bent during transport or handing shall be straightened before bei ng
used on work they shall be not heated to facilitate bending. Unless otherwise specified a “U”
type hook at the end of each bar shall be invariably provided. The radius of the bend shall not
be less than twice the diameter of the round bar and the length of the straight part of the
beyond the ends of the curve shall be at least four times the diameter of the round bar. In the
case of bars which are not round and in the case of deformed bars ten diameter shall be taken
as the diameter of circle having an equivalent effective area. The hooks shall be suitably
encased to prevent any splitting of the concrete.

4. All reinforcement bars shall be accurately placed in exact position shown on the drawings, and
shall be security held in position during placing of concrete by annealed binding wire not less
than 1 mm in size and confirming to IS: 280 by using stay block or metal chairs, spacers, metal
hangers supporting wires or other approved device at sufficiently close intervals. Bars will not
be allowed to sag between supports nor displaced during concreting or any other operation of
the work. All devices used for positioning shall be on non corrodible material wooden and metal
support will not extent to the surface or concrete, except where shown on the drawings . Placing
bars on layers of freshly laid concrete as the work progress for adjusting for spacing will not be
allowed pieces of brocket stone or brick and wooden block shall not be used layers of bars shall
be separated by spacer bars, precast mortar blocks or other approved devices, reinforcement
after being placed in position shall be maintained in a clean condition unit completely
embedding concrete special care shall be exercised to prevent any displacement of
reinforcement from corrosion concrete cover shall be provided as indicated on the drawing. All
bars producing from concrete and to which other bars to be spliced and which are likely to be
exposed for an indefinite period shall be protected by a thick coat of neat cement grout.

5. Bars crossing each other, where required shall be secured by bidding wire (annealed) of size
not less than 1 mm and confirming to IS 28 in such a manner that they do not slip over each
other at the time of fixing and concreting.

6. As far as possible bars of full length shall be used. In case this is not possible overlapping bars
shall be done as directed by the Engineer-in-Charge. When practicable overlapping bars shall
not tough each other but the kept apart of 25mm or 1.25 times the maximum size of the coarse
aggregate whichever is greater by concrete between them, where not feasible overlapping bars
shall be bound with annealed steel wire, and not less than 1 mm thickness twisted tight. The

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 overlaps shall be staggered for different bars and located at points, along th e span where
neither sphere not bending moment is maximum.

7. Whenever indicated on the drawings or desired by the Engineer-in-charge. Bar transmit the full
stresses of bars. The ends of the bars that are joined by coupling shall be upset for a sufficient
length so that the effective cross section at the base of treads is not less than the normal cross
section of the bar. Threads shall be standard white worth threads still for coupling shall conform
to IS 226.

8. When permitted or specified on the drawing joints reinforcement bars shall be but welded so as
to transmit their full stresses. Welded joints shall preferably by located at points where steel not
be subjected to more than at any one section and not more than 20 percent of the folds are
welded. Only electric arc welding using a proves which excludes air form the molten metal and
confirms to any of all other special provision for the work will be accepted. Enable means slab
be provided for holding the bars supply as position during welding. It must be ensured that no
voids are left in welding and when welding is done in 2 or 3 stages, previous surface shall be
cleaned properly ends of the bars shall be cleaned of all loose scale, rust, grease, paint and
other foreign matter before welding shall conform to IS 814 welded pieces of reinforcement
shall be tested. Specimen shall be taken from the actual site and their number and frequency of
test shall be as directed by the Engineer-in-charge.

9. Reinforcement shall be measured in length including overlaps separately for different diameters
as actually used in the work , where welding or coupling is restored to in place of lap -joints such
joints shall be measured for payment as the equivalent length of overlap as power design
requirement .From the length so measured the weight of reinforcement shall be calculated in
tons on the same basis of I.S. 1732 Length shall include hooks at ends wastage and annealed
steel wire for binding shall not be measured and cost of these items shall be deemed to be
included in the rates for reinforcement.

10. Rate for reinforcement shall include of all steel, the carting to work site cutting, bending, placing
binding and fixing in position as shown on the drawing Sqm. And as directed by the Engineer-
in-charge. It shall also include cost of all devices for keeping reinforcement in approved position
cost of joints as per approved methods and all wastage and spacer bars.

11. The rate shall be paid for complete item on “M.T." Basis.

Item No.13

Providing Pre-moulded asphalt filler joints as per drawings For 12mm width including
with labours, tools, tackles etc. as per direction of Engineer incharge & As per detail
specification mentioned in technical bid.

1. Open joints shall be constructed at the locations as directed by the Engineer-in- charge using a
wood strip, metal plate, other suitable material which is subsequently removed. When removing
the material, care shall be exercised to avoid chipping or breaking the corners of the concrete.
The edge of the concrete at the joints shall be edge finished. Reinforcement shall not extend
across as open joint.

2. When performed filler is to be provided the filler shall be placed in correct position before
concrete is placed against the filler. The filler material shall form part of the joint and while
concreting the slab, care shall be taken to prevent the former from being displaced. After the
work is completed, the exposed face of the joint shall be cleaned of all loose material sticking to

3. The material used for filling expansion joint shall be bitumen impregnated felt which shall
conform to the requirements of IS: 1838, and shall be got approved from the Engineer-in-
charge. The joint shall consist of large pieces and assembly of small pieces to make up the
required size shall be avoided.

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4. The expansion joint shall be measured in running meters. Thickness of the expansion joint will
be 20 to 25 mm. Width of the expansion joint shall be equal to full depth of the slab.

5 The rate shall include the cost of all materials, labour, equipments and other incidental charges
for fixing the joints complete in all respect as per these specifications and as shown in the
drawings.

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