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5 - Technical Specifications For Sand
5 - Technical Specifications For Sand
TECHNCAL
8PECFCATON
FOR
8AND/MURRUM
FLLNG WORK8
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1.0 SCOPE
1.1 This Specification covers classification of soil for earth work in excavation
and filling for site grading work.
2.0 ORDINARY SOIL
2.1 Soft Soil/loose Soil
Generally any soil which yields to the ordinary application of pick and
showel, or to phawara, rake or other ordinary digging implements such as :
Sand, gravel, loam, clay, mud, black cotton soil.
Vegetation or organic soil, turf, peats, soft shale or loose murrum.
Mud concrete below ground level.
Any mixture of soil below ground level.
2.2 Hard / Dense Soil
Generally any soil which requires the close application of picks or Jumpers
or scarifier and rippers to loosen the same. Such as:
Stiff heavy clay, hard shale or compact murrum requiring grafting tool
and/ or pick and shovel.
Shingle and river or nallah bed boulders.
Soling or roads, paths, etc and hard core.
Macadam surface of any description(water bound, grouted tarmac ,
etc)
Lime concrete, stone masonry in lime or cement mortar below ground
level.
Soft conglomerate.
3.0 SOFT ROCK
This is fissured / disintegrated rocky strata, boulders (volume less than 0.4
Cu.M and more than 0.028 Cu.M) and also which cannot be
quarried/excavated by using above manual Tools but can be quarried
/excavated manually by using crow bars is classified as soft rock. Soft rock
shall include all kinds of stiff and stratified rock such as shales, laterite, hard
conglomerate, lime stone, sand stone, and unreinforced cement concrete
below ground level. Soft rock may be quarried or split with crow bar or picks
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and can also be excavated by rippers, dozers and other mechanical
equipment but without the aid of blasting.
4.0 EXCAVATION
4.1 This specification covers in general the scope of excavation for this
tender only which is to be carried out as per drawings and as directed
by EIC.
4.2 The excavation mainly has to be carried out in soft soil / top soil i.e. to
the required line level and as directed by EIC
4.3 The site will be handed over to contractor with Vegetation/ bushes/
shrubs/ trees etc. Contractor shall visit the site to ascertain the nature
of ground prior to bidding to accept all the responsibilities. The removal
of the above is included in the scope of excavation and no additional
payment will be made on this account.
4.4 HPCL shall hand over the Bench Marks at site only . The proceeding
activities for setting out of work like plotting grid points with Brick
Pedestals on the land, fixing the center point for tanks as per drawing
with physical verification with existing structures/land marks for
distances measurement purpose, setting out the two permanent centre
lines for each tank along with RL of main B.M. on brick pedestals etc
to the satisfaction of EIC after stripping / clearing the ground complete
in all respect . All the survey equipment like total station/theodolite etc,
skilled & qualified surveying manpower, recording & maintaining the
measurement book, tools & tackles etc completely at contractors cost
to the best satisfaction of HPCL.
4.5 The contractor shall provide at his own cost all the assistance which
EIC may require for checking the setting out of works. The contractor
shall be solely responsible for the horizontal & vertical alignment,
correctness of level, and correctness of every part of work and shall
rectify any errors or imperfection therein on instruction of EIC.
4.6 Prior to commencing the excavation, requisite block ground levels of
entire plot grid co-ordinate wise shall be taken by contractor at 5 meter
intervals in consultation & presence of EIC. The proper duly signed
record for the same shall be maintained.
4.7 Excavation shall be carried out once setting out of work by Contractor
is approved by HPCL. Contractor shall excavate the soil as per
approved drawings which enumerate the levels to be achieved. The
carting away and leveling of excavated earth shall be carried out as
per specifications and as directed by EIC with in the premises. To
minimize / avoid side sloughing and collapse sufficient side slope has
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to be maintained by Contractor. The excavation for side slope to avoid
sloughing and collapse will not be entertained for payment. Royalty
payment, if any to be made towards excavation shall be made by the
Contractor as quoted rates are deemed to include the same.
4.8 Soil strata received as above shall be rolled thoroughly by 10T roller till
95% standard proctor maximum laboratory dry density is attained as
directed by EIC. Thereupon at corresponding co-ordinates at 5m
interval, level shall be taken to ascertain the excavated height as
instructed by EIC.
Contractor shall maintain adequate drainage facilities at site at all
times during the execution of work. Additional ditches, drains & such
other temporary means to achieve this, over and above what is shown
in drawings, will be provided and maintained by Contractor at his own
cost. Adequate dewatering facilities like dewatering pumps, piping etc
will also be provided by the Contractor for this work and also for
dewatering during excavation etc. at his own cost.
5.0 : DELETED
6.0 CLEARING AND STRIPPING
The areas including depressions, where filling or cutting is to be
carried out shall be cleared and stripped completely of bushes, roots,
vegetation, plantation trees, shrubs, trees, organic and other
objectionable materials. All these shall be completely uprooted and
virgin soil exposed not merely scrapped at the surface. The roots of
trees shall be removed to a minimum depth of 1 m below existing
ground level and holes, hollows filled up with selected approved
available earth within all leads and lifts and compacted to obtain 90% of
laboratory dry density of soil and levelled as directed by Engineer-in-
charge. All soft patches must be worked out to remove soft soil and
selected approved earth must be filled back and the areas (areas
coming under filling ) compacted to obtain 90% of maximum laboratory
dry density of soil, as per IS:2720 part vii. The depth of stripping shall
be generally 50 to 150 mm as decided by Engineer-in-charge.
Material obtained from clearing shall be disposed off as directed by
Engineer-in-charge and in line with local bye laws/ statutory
requirements.
Payment
No separate payment shall be made for clearing, stripping and disposal
of materials obtained from clearing .This shall be considered as part of
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cutting work in areas of cutting and filling work in areas of filling and the
rates quoted under the respective items of:
i. Earthwork in Excavation/cutting.
ii. Earthwork in filling (Both with available earth & earth obtained
from approved borrow areas ), shall be inclusive of clearing and
stripping with all operations described above in clause no.5 in
respective areas of cutting and filling.
No separate payment shall be made for cleaning, stripping and disposal
of materials obtained from clearing of borrow areas for earth as directed
by Engineer-in-charge.This shall be considered a part of filling work in
area of filling and the rate quoted under the respective items.
7.0 EARTHWORK IN EXCAVATION / CUTTING
After clearing, stripping of areas as specified above, spot levels at
intervals and pattern as decided by Engineer in charge shall be taken
jointly with the Contractor and Engineer in charge, and Excavation /
cutting shall commence only after the levels are signed by the
contractor as token of acceptance.
Excavation/ cutting for this work shall be carried out strictly as per the
instructions of Engineer in charge
If the contractor excavates / cuts beyond the required level, additional
quantity of earthwork shall not be paid for .The excavation taken
below the specified level shall be made good by filling with approved
material to the required compaction at contractors cost.
The final bed and sides of excavation must be levelled, dressed and
compacted. In case of areas under excavation for Site Grading, the
final surface shall be levelled, dressed and consolidated by means of
sheep foot/ power driven rollers to obtain maximum compaction.
However, no test control is required in such areas.
Provision for dewatering shall be governed by relevant clauses.
Payment
Payment for excavation shall be on the basis of volume of excavation
Calculated on the basis of joint level taken for initial and the final
finished grade levels, the volume being calculated by the trapezoidal
rule.
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8.0 SPECIFICATION FOR SAND FILLING
Contractor shall submit the sample of Sand to be used for filling to
HPCL. This sand sample shall be tested in HPCL approved soil
laboratory by contractor for following characteristics:- Mechanical
analysis, specific gravity, grain size distribution, soil test data sheet
etc to calculate minimum and maximum density as per clause no. 3.6
IS 2720. The sample test report of earlier job is attached for
reference.
Material - SAND
Sand Shall be clean, dry, coarse, hard, angular river sand free from
coatings of clay, dust and mix of vegetable and organic matters and
shall conform to IS:383 Grade-III.
Use of dust like sand and sea sand for this job is prohibited. It is
recommended to wash the sand prior to use.
After the excavation i.e. reduced level of virgin soil shall be taken on
a grid of 5Mx5M, co-ordinate wise w.r.t benchmark, job includes
setting out of work like fixing of B.M. for 0 deg, 90 deg, 180 deg and
270 deg for area desgnated. The same shall be plotted on
construction drawing, to be prepared by contractor for HPCLs
approval on AUTOCAD.
QAP/ITP for the job shall be drawn by contractor for HPCLs
approval.
Sand Layer shall be laid in 300mm loose layer thoroughly compacted
to achieve 85% Relative density as per IS : 2720 Part XIV. Principle
method for compaction using vibratory table as explained vide clause
no. 3 of IS:2720 part XIV will be used for ascertaining the compaction
i.e. 85% relative density as per clause 3.6.4 of IS:2720 part XIV. For
compaction purpose plate vibrator/ vibro roller shall be deployed.
Each layer one test has to be done @500 sqm of area and top layer
has to be tested by any HPCL approved third party.
After clearing, stripping and consolidation of areas as specified in
clause 6, spot levels at intervals and pattern as decided by Engineer-
in-charge shall be taken jointly with the Contractor and Engineer-in-
charge and filling shall commence only after the levels are signed by
the Contractor as the token of his acceptance .Approved fill material
shall be spread in uniform layers not exceeding 30 cms in loose depth.
The contractor has to make his own approach and access roads from
the borrow area to the demarcated filling areas. While the contractor
may make use of such short cuts as may be available to him for earth
movement from borrow areas to the filling areas, the Owner does not
guarantee any pass way or the right of way for the Contractor work
other than available at site. No claim shall also be admissible to the
Contractor on the account of his having taken longer leads or routes
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for earth movement, than envisaged by him, either due to any road
cuttings, non-availability of routes, or any other grounds whatsoever.
All clods, lumps etc , shall be broken before compaction.
Successive layers of filling shall not be placed until the layer below has
been thoroughly compacted to satisfy the requirements laid down in
the specification.
After adjusting the moisture content as described ,the layers shall be
thoroughly compacted by either sheep foot roller or power driven roller
or vibratory roller or plate vibrator or EIC as approved by Engineer-in-
charge till the specified maximum laboratory dry density is obtained.
Each layer shall be tested in field for density and accepted by
Engineer-in-charge subject to achieving the required density before
laying the next layer. A minimum of one test per 500m2 for each layer
shall be conducted.
If the layer fails to meet the required density, it shall be reworked or
the material shall be replaced and method of construction altered as
directed by Engineer-in-charge to obtain the required density.
The filling shall be finished in conformity with the alignment, levels,
cross section and dimensions as shown in the drawing. Earthen
embankment shall be filled 300mm on both sides, where height is
more than 1m, and this extra filling shall be dressed, after compaction ,
in conformity with alignment, level, cross section and dimensions as
shown in drawing to achieve proper compaction in the slope. No extra
payment shall be made in this regards.
All the royalty payments etc. as deemed admissible to statutory / govt.
authorities will be paid by contractor for all the earth brought for HPCL
works. It shall be the responsibility for the contractor to produce all such
payments, documents to Engineer-in-Charge during submission of
running bill. At the end of work no objection certificate from relevant
authorities will be submitted to ensure that HPCL is kept free from all
encumbrances
Extra material shall be removed and disposed off as directed by
Engineer-in-charge .
Tolerances
General site grading including cutting and filling in depressions shall be
carried out to within up down tolerance of+/- 2 cms of final lines grades
and slopes.
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