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2/21.3

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40 - 70
20 - 50

0.85

5 - 25

0.425

0 - 10

0.180

0 - 2

The stabilising crushed material shall have the following characteristics:- Los Angeles Abrasion
(ASTM C-131 or
ASTM C-535)

Not more than 30% loss

- Bulk Specific Gravity

(ASTM C-127 and C-128)

Not less than 2.65

- Absorption
(ASTM C-127 and C-128)

Not more than 2.0%

2/21.4

The stabilising crushed material will be laid in layers of 15 cm and compacted

until the foundation is fully stabilised such that the total thickness of the
stabilising layer shall not be less than 30 cm. Only after inspection and
approval by the Engineer the Contractor may be allowed to continue the
construction of the embankment with other layers of embankment material
and/or subgrade material. The Engineer may decide, after having taken the
levels of the existing water table in the area, and keeping in consideration the
finished road levels, to excavate portions of the foundation saturated by water,
disposing of the excavated material, and replacing it with stabilising crushed
material.

2/21.5

Before starting any stabilising of the foundation the Engineer will instruct the
Contractor specifying the areas to be stabilised and the final levels to be
reached with the stabilising crushed material.

2/22

GEOTEXTILE FABRIC

2/22.1

In areas where the Engineer deems the use of geotextile fabric necessary, the
Contractor shall furnish and place geotextile fabric as specified and as
directed by the Engineer.

2/22.2

The geotextile fabric furnished by the Contractor shall be of an approved

grade suitable for placement over fine sand. The geotextile fabric shall be a
woven or non-woven fabric consisting only of long chain polymeric filaments or
yarns formed into a stable network such that the filaments or yarns retain their
relative position to each other. The fabric shall be stabilised against ultra
violet light, inert to commonly uncounted chemicals and chemical properties of
the in-situ soil and water, and it shall conform to the following minimum
requirements:

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Property

Volume 2 Part I

Test Method

Minimum Required

CBR Puncture
Resistance

EN ISO 12236, BS
6906/4, DIN 54307

1500 N
1250 N (min average)

Trapezoidal Resistance

ASTM D 4533

300 N

Mean Flow Rate

EN ISO 11058,
BS6909/3

45-100 l/m2/s

Apparent Opening Size

EN 12956, ASTM D
4571

50-180m (microns)

Mass per Unit Area

BS EN 965

120 g/m2 (minimum)

Ultraviolet Stability or UV ASTM D 4355

Degradation (Percent
Retained Strength)

70% strength retention

after 150 hours
exposure or 50% after
750 hours exposure

Burst Test

ASTM D 3786

2000 N

Grab Strength

ASTM 4632

800 N

Thickness under load

(2KN/sq.m)

DIN 53855

0.7mm

Tensile Strength
(200mm width)

ASTM D1682

1.6KN

Permeability

DIN 60500

50 L/sq.m/s

2/22.3

The surface to receive the geotextile fabric shall be prepared to a relatively

smooth condition free of obtrusions, depressions, and debris. The geotextile
fabric shall not be laid in a stretched condition, but shall be laid loosely with
the long dimension parallel to the centreline of the roadway. In the event that
the width of the proposed area for fabric requires more than one panel width of
fabric, the panels shall be overlapped a minimum 15 percent of the panel
width. Longitudinal joints in the fabric shall have an overlap of 50cm. To
prevent slippage of the overlapping fabric, the areas of overlap shall be
stabilised as approved by the Engineer with pins, anchor blocks, or aggregate
piles. In the event construction machinery is used to place the fabric, the
working platform for the machinery shall be the soil and not the previously laid
fabric.

2/22.4

Prior to placement of the granular material (Stabilising crushed material) the

Contractor shall spread a layer of sand over the geotextile fabric as directed
by the Engineer. The aggregate material shall not be dumped directly on the
fabric, nor shall haul trucks be run on the fabric. The aggregate shall be
spread by a wheeled front-end loader.
The blade or bucket shall be kept sufficiently high so that the aggregate is not
being pulled over the fabric, but being dropped at a minimum height to the
satisfaction of the Engineer.

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2/22.5

Fabric damaged or displaced before or during installation or during placement

of overlaying aggregate material shall be replaced or repaired to the
satisfaction of the Engineer at the Contractor's expense.

2/23

EXCAVATION FOR STRUCTURES

2/23.1

This work shall consist of all excavation for structures, culverts, headwalls,
catch basins, manholes, inlets, and retaining walls and shall include all
necessary clearing and grubbing, all necessary bailing, drainage, pumping,
sheeting, strutting and the construction of coffer dams or cribs, if found
necessary, and their subsequent removal; also the disposal of all material
obtained from such excavation and backfilling to the level of the original
ground; it shall include the removal of that portion of existing structures below
the ground which is necessitated by the construction of the new structure.

2/23.2

Prior to commencing any structural excavation work 1.5 metres or more in

depth, the Contractor shall design and submit to the Engineer for review and
approval, within a minimum period of 1 week before the intended
commencement date, detailed working drawings of the structural excavation
support member materials, sizes, spacing and engineering calculations to
validate their design, including the maximum theoretical deflections of the
support members. The system shall be designed in such a manner that no
raker struts or any other support members extend through surfaces exposed in
the finished construction, and no shoring or bracing is placed under permanent
structures.

2/23.3

The engineering calculations shall show lateral earth pressure for the full
excavation depths, forces at various stages of support during installation and
removal and concrete placement, the anticipated equipment loads, surcharge
loads of any description, the maximum design loads to be carried by various
members of the support system and strut preload forces.

2/23.4

If the structure support system proposed includes tieback anchors, the

Contractor's submittal drawings shall show the profile of the soil in which each
anchor is to be installed, the design load for the full depth of the excavation,
the maximum design and proof loads, surcharge loads of any description;
equipment loads, forces at various stages, support during installation and
removal, and the criteria proposed for deformations under proof loads. Where
a proposed system of tieback anchors projects beyond the vertical projection
of the Contract limit lines shown on the Drawings on to the adjoining property,
the permission of the owner shall be obtained in writing and such permission
submitted to the Engineer at the time the shop drawings of the support
systems are submitted.

2/23.5

At locations where the excavation extends below the ground water table, a
dewatering system shall be provided which will effectively reduce the
hydrostatic pressure and lower the ground water levels below excavation
levels, as required for the safe and proper execution of the work and which will
result in obtaining a stable, dry subgrade for the execution of subsequent
operations. The Contractor shall design dewatering methods and settling
basins so that no critical amounts of soil, sand or silt are removed during either
the initial operations or the construction operations. Complete working

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