wedi fare fofaa we dere art TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION CIVIL & STRUCTURAL WORKS faedt ar ard EARTHWORK 1 3 | zaaiaoc2 | UPDATED AND REISSUED 1 EE TN 0 [Aue we] ISSUED AS STANDARD SPECFIOATION wav | ONE REVISIONS By | oneoren |oowensa [ovaries ‘SPECIFICATION REV. ENGINEERS INDIA LIMITED Page totwritten consent given by the lender to the borrower for th produced, copied, ex! CONTENTS SCOPE CLASSIFICATION OF SOIL. BACKFILLING MATERIAL SETTING OUT EARTHWORK IN EXCAVATION SHORING AND STRUTTING BACKFILLING AROUND FOUNDATIONS AND PLINTH TRANSPORTATION OF SURPLUS EARTH. ENGINEERS INDIA LIMITED NEW DELHI EARTHWORK ‘SPECIFICATION REV. 6-68-0003 3 Page 2of 1the in to the borrower é 2 sign and details a 1.0 2.0 24 23 24 25 3.0 31 32 33 SCOPE This specification dea s with earth work in excavation and filling, CLASSIFICATION OF SOIL Soft/Loose/Hard/Dense Soil and Mud Generally any soil which yields to the application of pick and shovel or to phawra, rake or other ordinary digging implement such as vegetable or organic soil, turf, gravel, sand, silt, loam, clay, peat, cobble stone, mud ete Soft/Disintegrated/Weathered Rock (Not Requiring Blasting) Rock or boulder which may be quarried or split with crowbar. This will also include laterite and hard conglomerate. Hard Rock (Requiring Blasting) Any rock or boulder for the excavation of which blasting is required Hard Rock (Requiring Controlled Blasting) Due to any reason if general blasting is prohibited, for rock excavation, controlled blasting shall be used, with approval of the Engineer-in-Charge. Hard Rock (Blasting Prohibited) Hard rock requiring blasting as described under cl. No. 2.3 above, but where blasting is prohibited for any reason(s), breaking up of rock shall be done by chiselling, wedging or by using Hydraulic Splitter and chemical substances mixed in an appropriate proportion. BACKFILLING MATERIAL Backfilling material shall be as approved by the Engineer-in-Charge. Backfilling of excavation in trenches, foundations and elsewhere shall consist of one of the following materials as shown on drawing, or directed by the Engineer-in-Charge. i) Soil ii) Selected earth from heaps or brought from borrow areas. In case (i) or (i) are not available, the Engineer-in-Charge may approve use of any of the following iii) Stone/gravel iv) Sand v) (CNS material. The material shall be free from rubbish, roots, hard lumps and any other foreign organic material. ‘SPECIFICATION REV. ENGINEERS INDIA LIMITED. ert EARTHWORK 6-68-0003 3 Page 3of 11