Amendment to Clause No. 705.2.

2 of IRC:78-2000 Standard Specifications

and Code of Practice for Road Bridges, Section VII Foundations and
Substructure (Second Revision)
{As approved by IRC Council during in its 198th meeting held on 8.1.2013 at Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu)}
This amendment was prepared and recommended by Foundation, Sub-Structure, Protective Works and Masonry
Structures Committee (B-3) of IRC and placed before the BSS Committee. The BSS Committee in its meeting
held on 12th December, 2012 approved this amendment. The Council in its 198th meeting held on 8th January,
2013 approved this amendment.
This amendment is also available on IRC Website for wider circulation and benefit of the Highways
professionals.
Refer clause 705.2.2 below first para:
a)

For hard rocks, with an ultimate crushing strength

Of 10 MPa or above arrived at after considering the

overall characteristics of the rock, such as,

fissures, bedding planes, etc.

(b)

All other cases

0.6 m
1.5 m

The above Para is modified and read as :

Type of Rock

Embedment depth

a)

For rocks of moderately strong and above in table 2 of classification 0.6 m

of rock (under clause 8.2 of appendix 2) having UCS of more than
12.5 MPA or where it is not possible to take core to get the UCS but
extrapolated SPT N value is more than 500

b)

For rocks of moderately weak and below in table 2 of classification 1.5 m

of rock (under clause 8.2 of appendix 2) having UCS <12.5 MPA but
2.5 MPA or where it is not possible to take core to get the UCS but
extrapolated SPT N value is more than 100 but less than 500

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INDIAN HIGHWAYS, May 2013