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The document outlines the procedures for the removal of structures and obstructions, excavation, and preparation of subgrades for construction projects. It specifies the responsibilities of the contractor regarding compaction, disposal of materials, and quality control of concrete. Additionally, it details the requirements for excavation dimensions, handling of salvaged materials, and the proper installation of concrete and riprap structures.

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The document outlines the procedures for the removal of structures and obstructions, excavation, and preparation of subgrades for construction projects. It specifies the responsibilities of the contractor regarding compaction, disposal of materials, and quality control of concrete. Additionally, it details the requirements for excavation dimensions, handling of salvaged materials, and the proper installation of concrete and riprap structures.

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REMOVAL OF ACTUAL STRUCTURES/OBSTRUCTION


IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING FINAL SPREADING AND SMOOTHENING, EACH LAYER SHALL BE COMPACTED TO THE FULL WIDTH N. CHANNEL EXCAVATION
THIS ITEM SHALL CONSIST OF THE REMOVAL WHOLLY OR IN PART, AND SATISFACTORY DISPOSAL OF ALL BUILDINGS, BY MEANS OF APPROVED COMPACTION EQUIPMENT. ROLLING SHALL PROGRESS GRADUALLY FROM THE SIDES TO THE CENTER,
FENCES, STRUCTURES, OLD PAVEMENTS, ABANDONED PIPE LINES, AND ANY OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS WHICH ARE NOT PARALLEL TO THE CENTERLINE OF THE ROAD AND SHALL CONTINUE UNTIL THE 50 WHOLE SURFACE HAS BEEN ROLLED. ANY WHERE APPLICABLE, THE CONTRACTOR SHALL E-VATE ONLY AFTER THE AREA OF OPERATION HAS BEEN CLEARED AND
DESIGNATED OR PERMITTED TO REMAIN, EXCEPT FOR THE OBSTRUCTIONS TO BEREMOVED AND DISPOSED OFF UNDER OTHER IRREGULARITIES OR DEPRESSIONS THAT DEVELOP SHALL BE CORRECTED BY LOOSENING THE MATERIAL AT THESE PLACES GRUBBED. THE CONTRACTOR MUST EXERCISE CARE NOT TO EXTEND HIS EXCAVATION BEYOND THE RIGHT-OF-WAY LIMITS
ITEMS IN THE CONTRACT. IT SHALL ALSO INCLUDE THE SALVAGING OF DESIGNATED MATERIALS, AND BACKFILLING THE AND ADDING OR REMOVING MATERIAL UNTIL SURFACE IS SMOOTH AND UNIFORM. ALONG CURBS, HEADERS AND WALLS, AND AT CALLED FOR IN THE PLANS. EXCAVATION OPERATIONS SHALL BE SUCH THAT ALL MATERIALS SUITABLE FROM OBJECTIONABLE
RESULTING TRENCHES, HOLES AND PITS. ALL PLACES NOT ACCESSIBLE TO THE ROLLER, THE SUBBASE MATERIAL SHALL BE COMPACTED THOROUGHLY WITH APPROVED MATERIALS WHICH SHALL BE DISPOSED. ALL SURFACE FROM EXCAVATION SHALL BE TRIMMED TO THE REQUIRED SLOPES AND
TAMPERS OR COMPACTORS. GRADES WITHIN THE SPECIFIED TOLERANCES PROVIDED HERETO.
THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PERFORM THE WORK DESCRIBED ABOVE, WITHIN AND ADJACENT TO THE ROADWAY, ON
GOVERNMENT LAND OR EASEMENT, AS SHOWN ON THE PLANS OR AS DIRECTED BY THE ENGINEER. ALL DESIGNATED SALVABLE IF THE LAYER OF SUBBASE MATERIAL, OR PART THEREOF, DOES NOT CONFORM TO THE REQUIRED FINISH, THE TOLERANCE
MATERIAL SHALL BE REMOVED, WITHOUT UNNECESSARY DAMAGE, IN SECTIONS OR PIECES WHICH MAY BE READILY CONTRACTOR SHALL, AT HIS OWN EXPENSE, MAKE THE NECESSARY CORRECTIONS. EXCAVATION SECTIONS, PROFILES AND SLOPES SHALL BE CUT THROUGH AND STRAIGHT IN CONFORMITY WITH THE LINES
TRANSPORTED, AND SHALL BE STORED BY THE CONTRACTOR AT SPECIFIED PLACES ON THE PROJECT OR AS OTHERWISE AND GRADES SHOWN ON THE PLANS WITHIN THE FOLLOWING TOLERANCES, AS MEASURES NORMAL TO THE EXCAVATED
SHOWN IN THE SPECIAL PROVISIONS. PERISHABLE MATERIAL SHALL BE HANDLED AS DESIGNATED IN SUBSECTION 100.2.2 COMPACTION OF EACH LAYER SHALL CONTINUE UNTIL A FIELD DENSITY OF AT LEAST 100 PERCENT OF THE MAXIMUM DRY SURFACES; ITEM TOLERANCE 1. PROFILE OF INVERT CHANNELS+30MM2 SIDE SLOPESINSIDE CHANNEL PRISM +.15 MM3. SIDE
NONPERISHABLE MATERIAL MAY BE DISPOSED OFF OUTSIDE THE LIMITS OF VIEW FROM THE PROJECT WITH WRITTEN DENSITY DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AASHTO T 180, METHOD D HAS BEEN ACHIEVED. IN-PLACE DENSITY SLOPES OUTSIDE CHANNEL PRISM +.15MM.
PERMISSION OF THE PROPERTY OWNER ON WHOSE PROPERTY THE MATERIAL IS PLACED. COPIES OF ALL AGREEMENTS WITH DETERMINATION SHALL BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH AASHTO T 191.
PROPERTY OWNERS ARE TO BE FURNISHED TO THE ENGINEER. BASEMENTS OR CAVITIES LEFT BY THE STRUCTURE REMOVAL CHANNEL SHALL BE EXCAVATED WITH THE USE OF APPROPRIATE MECHANIZED EXCAVATING EQUIPMENT APPROVED BY
SHALL BE FILLED WITH ACCEPTABLE MATERIAL TO THE LEVEL OF THE SURROUNDING GROUND AND, IF WITHIN THE PRISM OF G. PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE PAVEMENT THE DESIGNATED/ASSIGNED ENGINEER.
CONSTRUCTION, SHALL BE COMPACTED TO THE REQUIRED DENSITY.
QUALITY CONTROL OF CONCRETE CONCRETE SLOPE PROTECTION
B. CLEARING AND GRUBBING THE CONTRACTOR SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE QUALITY CONTROL OF ALL MATERIALS DURING THE HANDLING,
THE ENGINEER WILL ESTABLISH THE LIMITS OF WORK AND DESIGNATE ALL TREES, SHRUBS, PLANTS AND OTHER THINGS TO BLENDING, AND MIXING AND PLACEMENT OPERATIONS.
EXCAVATION
REMAIN. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PRESERVE ALL OBJECTS DESIGNATED TO REMAIN. PAINT REQUIRED FOR CUT OR THE GROUND SHALL BE EXCAVATED WHERE NECESSARY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DIMENSIONS, LINES AND GRADES
SCARRED SURFACE OF TREES OR SHRUBS SELECTED FOR RETENTION SHALL BE AN APPROVED ASPHALTUM BASE PAINT EQUIPMENT SHOWN ON THE PLANS.
PREPARED ESPECIALLY FOR TREE SURGERY. EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS NECESSARY FOR HANDLING MATERIALS AND PERFORMING ALL PARTS OF THE WORK SHALL BE
APPROVED BY THE ENGINEER AS TO DESIGN, CAPACITY AND MECHANICAL CONDITION. THE EQUIPMENT SHALL BE AT THE
BED COURSE
CLEARING SHALL EXTEND ONE (1) METER BEYOND THE TOE OF THE FILL SLOPES OR BEYOND ROUNDING OF CUT SLOPES JOBSITE SUFFICIENTLY AHEAD OF THE START OF CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS TO BE EXAMINED THOROUGHLY AND WHERE SHOWN ON THE PLANS OR ORDERED BY THE ENGINEER. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE AND LAY A BED
AS THE CASE MAYBE FOR THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE PROJECT UNLESS OTHERWISE SHOWN ON THE PLANS OR AS DIRECTED APPROVED. COURSE TO THE DEPTH REQUIRED, AND AS SPECIFIED IN ITEM 200, AGGREGATE SUB BASE COURSE, COMPACTED AT LEAST
BY THE ENGINEER AND PROVIDED IT IS WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY LIMITS OF THE PROJECT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TREES 100PERCENTOF THE MAXIMUM DRY DENSITY AS DETERMINED BY AASHTO T 180, METHOD D.
UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE FOREST MANAGEMENT BUREAU (FMB). PREPARATION OF GRADE
AFTER THE SUBGRADE OR BASE HAS BEEN PLACED AND COMPACTED TO THE REQUIRED DENSITY, THE AREAS WHICH WILL CONCRETE
C. SURPLUS COMMON EXCAVATION SUPPORT THE PAVING MACHINE AND THE GRADE ON WHICH THE PAVEMENT IS TO BE CONSTRUCTED SHALL BE TRIMMED TO THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE AND PLACE CONCRETE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF ITEM 405.
THE PROPER ELEVATION BY MEANS OF A PROPERLY DESIGNED MACHINE EXTENDING THE PREPARED WORK AREAS STRUCTURAL CONCRETE, TO THE REQUIRED DEPTHS IN THE POSITIONS AND TO THE GRADES AND ELEVATIONS SHOWN ON THE
COMMON EXCAVATION. COMMON EXCAVATIONS SHALL CONSIST OF ALL EXCAVATION NOT INCLUDED IN THE BILL OF COMPACTED AT LEAST 60 CM BEYOND EACH EDGE OF THE PROPOSED CONCRETE PAVEMENT. IF LOSS OF DENSITY RESULTS PLANS UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED, THE CONCRETE SLABS SHALL NOT BE GREATER THAN 4MBY 4M AND SHALL HAVE
QUANTITIES UNDER "ROCK EXCAVATION" OR OTHER PAY ITEMS. FROM THE TRIMMING OPERATIONS, IT SHALL BE RESTORED BY ADDITIONAL COMPACTION BEFORE CONCRETE IS PLACED. IF BETWEEN SLABS, PLAIN VERTICAL STRAIGHT JOINTS WITH NO JOINT FILLER OR SEALER. THE TOE OF THE CONCRETE SLOPE
ANY TRAFFIC IS ALLOWED TO USE THE PREPARED SUBGRADE OR BASE, THE SURFACE SHALL BE CHECKED AND CORRECTED PROTECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED AND PROTECTED AS SHWON ON THE PLANS.
WHEN THERE IS EVIDENCE OF DISCREPANCIES ON THE ACTUAL ELEVATIONS AND THAT SHOWN ON THE PLANS, A IMMEDIATELY AHEAD OF THE PLACING CONCRETE.
PRE-CONSTRUCTION SURVEY REFERRED TO THE DATUM PLANE USED IN THE APPROVED PLAN SHALL BE UNDERTAKEN BY THE DRAINAGE
CONTRACTOR UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE ENGINEER TO SERVE AS BASIS FOR THE COMPUTATION OF THE ACTUAL VOLUME DRAINAGE OF THE BED COURSE OR BACKFILL SHALL BE PROVIDED AS SHOWN ON THE PLANS OR AS REQUIRED BY THE
THE SUBGRADE OR BASE SHALL BE UNIFORMLY MOIST WHEN THE CONCRETE IS PLACED.
OF THE EXCAVATED MATERIALS. ALL EXCAVATIONS SHALL BE FINISHED TO REASONABLY SMOOTH AND UNIFORM SURFACES. NO ENGINEER.
MATERIALS SHALL BE WASTED WITHOUT AUTHORITY OF THE ENGINEER. EXCAVATION OPERATIONS SHALL BE CONDUCTED SO MIXING CONCRETE
THAT MATERIAL OUTSIDE OF THE LIMITS OF SLOPES WILL NOT BE DISTURBED. PRIOR TO EXCAVATION, ALL NECESSARY THE CONCRETE MAY BE MIXED AT THE SITE OF THE WORK IN A CENTRAL-MIX PLANT, OR IN TRUCK MIXERS. THE MIXER O. RIPRAP AND GROUTED RIPRAP
CLEARING AND GRUBBING IN THAT AREA SHALL HAVE BEEN PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITEM 100, CLEARING AND SHALL BE OF AN APPROVED TYPE AND CAPACITY. MIXING TIME WILL BE MEASURED FROM THE TIME ALL MATERIALS, EXCEPT
GRUBBING. WATER, ARE IN THE DRUM. READY-MIXED CONCRETE SHALL BE MIXED AND DELIVERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS EXCAVATION
THE BED FOR RIPRAP SHALL BE EXCAVATED TO THE REQUIRED DEPTHS AND PROPERLY COMPACTED, TRIMMED AND
D. STRUCTURE FOR EXCAVATION (COMMON SOIL) OF AASHTO M 157, EXCEPT THAT THE MINIMUM REQUIRED REVOLUTIONS AT THE MIXING SPEED FOR TRANSIT-MIXED CONCRETE
SHAPED
MAY BE REDUCED TO NOT LESS THAN THAT RECOMMENDED BY THE MIXER MANUFACTURER. THE NUMBER OF REVOLUTIONS
THE RIPRAP SHALL BE FOUNDED IN A TOE TRENCH DUG BELOW THE DEPTH OF SCOUR AS SHOWN ON THE PLANS OR AS
GENERAL, ALL STRUCTURES. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL NOTIFY THE ENGINEER SUFFICIENTLY IN ADVANCE OF THE RECOMMENDED BY THE MIXER MANUFACTURER SHALL BE INDICATED ON THE MANUFACTURER'S SERIAL PLATE ATTACHED TO
ORDERED BY THE ENGINEER. THE TOE TRENCH SHALL BE FILLED WITH STONE OF THE SAME CLASS AS THAT SPECIFIED FOR
THE MIXER. THE RIPRAP, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED.
BEGINNING OF ANY EXCAVATION SO THAT CROSS-SECTIONAL ELEVATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS MAY BE TAKEN ON THE
UNDISTURBED GROUND. THE NATURAL GROUND ADJACENT TO THE STRUCTURE SHALL NOT BE DISTURBED WITHOUT H. REINFORCING STEEL
PERMISSION OF THE ENGINEER. PLACING
BENDING STONES PLACED BELOW THE WATER LINE SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED SO THAT THE MINIMUM THICKNESS OF THE RIPRAP IS
AFTER EACH EXCAVATION IS COMPLETED, THE CONTRACTOR SHALL NOTIFY THE ENGINEER TO THAT EFFECT AND NO ALL REINFORCING BARS REQUIRING BENDING SHALL BE COLD-BENT TO THE SHAPES SHOWN ON THE PLANS OR REQUIRED NOT LEE THAN THAT SPECIFIED.
FOOTING, BEDDING MATERIAL OR PIPE CULVERT SHALL BE PLACED UNTIL THE ENGINEER HAS APPROVED THE DEPTH OF BY THE ENGINEER. BARS SHALL BE BENT AROUND A CIRCULAR PIN HAVING THE FOLLOWING DIAMETERS (D) IN RELATION TO
THE DIAMETER OF THE BAR (D): STONES PLACED BELOW THE WATER LINE SHALL BE PLACED BY HAND OR INDIVIDUAL BY MACHINES. THEY SHALL BE LAID
EXCAVATION AND THE CHARACTER OF THE FOUNDATION MATERIAL.
WITH CLOSE BROKEN JOINTS AND SHALL BE FIRMLY BEDDED INTO THE SLOPES AND AGAINST THE ADJOINING STONES. EACH
PIPE CULVERTS. THE WIDTH OF THE PIPE TRENCH SHALL BE SUFFICIENT TO PERMIT SATISFACTORY JOINTING OF THE PIPE NOMINAL DIAMETER, D, MM PIN DIAMETER (D) STONE SHALL BE LAID WITH ITS LONGEST AXIS PERPENDICULAR TO THE SLOPE IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH EACH ADJACENT
AND THOROUGH TAMPING OF THE BEDDING MATERIAL UNDER AND AROUND THE PIPE. WHERE ROCK, HARDPAN, OR OTHER 10 TO 20 6D STONE. THE RIPRAP SHALL BE THOROUGHLY RAMMED INTO PLACE AS CONSTRUCTION PROGRESSES AND THE FINISHED
SURFACE SHALL PRESENT AN EVEN, TIIGHT SURFACE. INTERSTICES BETWEEN STONES SHALL BE FILLED WITH SMALL BROKEN
UNYIELDING MATERIAL IS ENCOUNTERED, IT SHALL BE REMOVED BELOW THE FOUNDATION GRADE FOR A DEPTH OF AT LEAST 25 TO 28 8D
300 MM OR 4 MM FOR EACH 100 MM OF FILL OVER THE TOP OF PIPE, WHICHEVER IS GREATER, BUT NOT TO EXCEED FRAGMENTS FIRMLY RAMMED INTO PLACE, UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED, RIPRAP SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MINIMUM
32 AND GREATER 10D
THICKNESS, MEASURED PERPENDICULAR TO THE SLOPE.
THREE-QUARTERS OF THE VERTICAL INSIDE DIAMETER OF THE PIPE. THE WIDTH OF THE EXCAVATION SHALL BE AT LEAST 300
MM GREATER THAN THE HORIZONTAL OUTSIDE DIAMETER OF THE PIPE. THE EXCAVATION BELOW GRADE SHALL BE BACKFILLED BENDS AND HOOKS IN STIRRUPS OR TIES MAY BE BENT TO THE DIAMETER OF THE PRINCIPAL BAR ENCLOSED THEREIN. CLASS A - 300 MM
WITH SELECTED FINE COMPRESSIBLE MATERIAL, SUCH AS SILTY CLAY OR LOAM, AND LIGHTLY COMPACTED IN LAYERS NOT CLASS B - 500 MM
CLASS C - 600 MM
OVER 150 MM IN UNCOMPACTED DEPTH TO FORM A UNIFORM BUT YIELDING FOUNDATION. I. STRUCTURAL CONCRETE
CLASS D - 800 MM
E. SUB-GRADE PREPARATION THE ITEM SHALL CONSIST OF FURNISHING, BENDING, PLACING AND FINISHING CONCRETE IN ALL STRUCTURES EXCEPT THE SURFACE OF RIPRAP SHALL NOT VARY FROM THE THEORETICAL SURFACE BY MORE THAN 100 MM AT ANY POINT
PAVEMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SPECIFICATION AND CONFORMING TO THE LINES, GRADES AND DIMENSIONS SHOWN
PRIOR TO COMMENCING PREPARATION OF THE SUBGRADE, ALL CULVERTS, CROSS DRAINS, DUCTS AND THE LIKE ON THE PLANS. CONCRETE SHALL CONSIST OF A MIXTURE OF PORTLAND CEMENT, FINE AGGREGATE, COARSE AGGREGATE GROUTING
(INCLUDING THEIR FULLY COMPACTED BACKFILL) DITCHES, DRAINS AND DRAINAGE OUTLETS SHALL BE COMPLETED. ANY WORK ADMIXTURE WHEN SPECIFIED, AND WATER MIXED IN THE PROPORTIONS SPECIFIED OR APPROVED BY THE ENGINEER. WHEN GROUTED RIPRAP IS SPECIFIED, STONES SHALL BE PLACED BY HAND, OR INDIVIDUALLY BY MACHINE AS SPECIFIED
ON THE PREPARATION OF THE SUBGRADE SHALL NOT BE STARTED UNLESS PRIOR WORK HEREIN DESCRIBED SHALL HAVE BEEN FOR RIPRAP PLACED ABOVE THE WATER LINE, THE SPACES BETWEEN THE TONES SHALL THEN BE FILLED WITH CEMENT
APPROVED BY THE ENGINEER. J. GROUTED RIPRAP MORTAR THROUGHOUT THE THICKNESS OF THE RIPRAP AS SPECIFIED IN ITEM 405, STRUCTURAL CONCRETE FOR A A PERIOD
OF AT LEAST THREE DAYS.
UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED, ALL MATERIALS BELOW SUBGRADE LEVEL IN EARTH CUTS TO A DEPTH 150 MM OR OTHER WHEN GROUTED RIPRAP IS SPECIFIED, STONES SHALL BE PLACED BY HAND, OR INDIVIDUALLY BY MACHINE AS SPECIFIED THE STONES SHALL ALSO BE LAID IN A MANNER THAT THE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL ALIGNMENTS OF THE EXPOSED
DEPTH SHOWN ON THE PLANS OR AS DIRECTED BY THE ENGINEER SHALL BE EXCAVATED. THE MATERIAL, IF SUITABLE, SHALL FOR RIPRAP PLACED ABOVE THE WATER LINE. THE SPACES BETWEEN THE STONES SHALL THEN BE FILLED WITH CEMENT FACE SHALL, AS POSSIBLE BE MAINTAINED IN A STRAIGHT LINE.
BE SET SIDE FOR FUTURE USE OR, IF UNSUITABLE, SHALL BE DISPOSED OFF IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF MORTAR THROUGHOUT THE THICKNESS OF THE RIPRAP AS SPECIFIED IN SUBSECTION 504.2.3, MORTAR. SUFFICIENT MORTAR
SUBSECTION 102.2.9. SHALL BE USED TO COMPLETELY FILL ALL VOIDS, EXCEPT THAT THE FACE SURFACE OF THE STONES SHALL BE LEFT EXPOSED.

WHERE MATERIAL HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM BELOW SUBGRADE LEVEL, THE RESULTING SURFACE SHALL BE COMPACTED K. STONE MASONRY
TO A DEPTH OF 150 MM AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF SUBSECTION 104.3.3. WHEN THE MASONRY IS TO BE PLACED ON A PREPARED FOUNDATION BED, THE BED SHALL BE FIRM AND NORMAL TO, OR IN
STEPS NORMAL TO, THE FACE OF THE WALL, AND SHALL HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE ENGINEER BEFORE ANY STONE IS
ALL MATERIALS IMMEDIATELY BELOW SUBGRADE LEVEL IN EARTH CUTS TO A DEPTH OF 150 MM, OR TO SUCH GREATER PLACED.
DEPTH AS MAY BE SPECIFIED, SHALL BE COMPACTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBSECTION 104.3.3.
CARE SHALL BE TAKEN TO PREVENT THE BUNCHING OF SMALL STONE OR STONES OF THE SAME SIZE. LARGE STONES
F. AGGREGATE SUB-BASE COURSE
SHALL BE USED IN THE CORNERS.
PREPARATION OF EXISTING SURFACE
THE EXISTING SURFACE SHALL BE GRADED AND FINISHED AS PROVIDED UNDER ITEM 105, SUBGRADE PREPARATION, ALL STONES SHALL BE CLEANED THOROUGHLY AND WETTED IMMEDIATELY BEFORE BEING SET, AND THE BED WHICH IS TO
BEFORE PLACING THE SUBBASE MATERIAL. RECEIVE THEM SHALL BE CLEANED AND MOISTENED BEFORE THE MORTAR IS SPREAD. THEY SHALL BE LAID WITH THEIR
LONGEST FACES HORIZONTAL IN FULL BEDS OF MORTAR, AND THE JOINTS SHALL BE FLUSHED WITH MORTAR.
PLACING
THE AGGREGATE SUBBASE MATERIAL SHALL BE PLACED AT A UNIFORM L. RUBBLE CONCRETE
MIXTURE ON A PREPARED SUBGRADE IN A QUANTITY WHICH WILL PROVIDE THE REQUIRED COMPACTED THICKNESS. WHEN ONE LAYER OF CONCRETE CLASS “B” SHALL BE PLACED AT THE PREPARED BED PRIOR TO PLACING OF
MORE THAN ONE LAYER IS REQUIRED, EACH LAYER SHALL BE SHAPED AND COMPACTED BEFORE THE SUCCEEDING LAYER IS STONES. CLEARANCE BETWEEN STONES SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN 2-1/2 INCHES OR THE MAXIMUM SIZE OF CONCRETE
PLACED. AGGREGATE FOR CLASS “B”.

THE PLACING OF MATERIAL SHALL BEGIN AT THE POINT DESIGNATED BY THE ENGINEER. PLACING SHALL BE FROM CONCRETE CLASS “B” SHALL BE PLACED AFTER EACH LAYER OF STONE AND SHALL BE THOROUGHLY CONSOLIDATED BY
VEHICLES ESPECIALLY EQUIPPED TO DISTRIBUTE THE MATERIAL IN A CONTINUOUS UNIFORM LAYER OR WINDROW. THE LAYER MEANS OF A VIBRATOR INSERTED IN EACH LAYER OF CONCRETE. IN NO CASE SHALL THE VIBRATOR BE OPERATED LONGER
OR WINDROW SHALL BE OF SUCH SIZE THAT WHEN SPREAD AND COMPACTED, THE FINISHED LAYER SHALL BE IN REASONABLY THAN 10 SECONDS IN ANY LOCATION.
CLOSE CONFORMITY TO THE NOMINAL THICKNESS SHOWN ON THE PLANS.
AFTER REMOVAL OF FORMS, ANY CAVITIES, VOIDS AND HONEYCOMB SPOTS SHALL BE FILLED UP WITH MORTAR
WHEN HAULING IS DONE OVER PREVIOUSLY PLACED MATERIAL, HAULING EQUIPMENT SHALL BE DISPERSED UNIFORMLY COMPOSED OF ONE PART CEMENT AND TWO PARTS SAND.
OVER THE ENTIRE SURFACE OF THE PREVIOUSLY CONSTRUCTED LAYER, TO MINIMIZE RUTTING OR UNEVEN COMPACTION.
M. HAND-LAID ROCK EMBANKMENT
SPREADING AND COMPACTING
WHEN UNIFORMLY MIXED, THE MIXTURE SHALL BE SPREAD TO THE PLAN THICKNESS, FOR COMPACTION. WHERE THE STONES SHALL BE LAID FLAT AND SECURELY PLACED WITH BROKEN JOINT LINES. THE LARGER STONES SHALL GENERALLY
REQUIRED THICKNESS IS 150 MM OR LESS, THE MATERIAL MAY BE SPREAD AND COMPACTED IN ONE LAYER. BE LOCATED IN THE LOWER PART OF THE STRUCTURE AND VOIDS SHALL BE ELIMINATED TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE. SPALLS
SMALLER THAN THE MINIMUM STONE SIZE SPECIFIED IN SECTION 506.2, MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS, SHALL BE USED TO
WHERE THE REQUIRED THICKNESS IS MORE THAN 150 MM, THE AGGREGATE SUBBASE SHALL BE SPREAD AND COMPACTED CHECK THE LARGER STONES SOLIDLY IN POSITION AND TO SUBSTANTIALLY FILL VOIDS BETWEEN THE MAJOR STONES AS LAID
IN TWO OR MORE LAYERS OF APPROXIMATELY EQUAL THICKNESS, AND THE MAXIMUM COMPACTED THICKNESS OF ANY LAYER IN THE EMBANKMENT. THE EXPOSED FACE OF THE ROCK MASS SHALL BE REASONABLY UNIFORM, WITH NO PROJECTIONS OF
SHALL NOT EXCEED 150 MM. ALL SUBSEQUENT LAYERS SHALL BE SPREAD AND COMPACTED IN A SIMILAR MANNER. MORE THAN 150 MM, BEYOND THE NEAT LINES SHOWN ON THE PLANS OR AS DIRECTED BY THE ENGINEER.

THE MOISTURE CONTENT OF SUBBASE MATERIAL SHALL, IF NECESSARY, BE ADJUSTED PRIOR TO COMPACTION BY
WATERING WITH APPROVED SPRINKLERS MOUNTED ON TRUCKS OR BY DRYING OUT, AS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE
REQUIRED COMPACTION.

DAVAO ENGINEER PROJECT NAME AND LOCATION: PREPARED BY: CHECKED BY: REVIEWED & SUBMITTED BY: RECOMMENDING APPROVAL: APPROVED: DRAWN BY: MFQA SHEET CONTENTS SHEET NO.
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