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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART 1 GENERAL............................................................................................................ 1
1.04 REFERENCES..................................................................................................... 2
1.05 DEFINITIONS....................................................................................................... 3
1.06 SUBMITTALS....................................................................................................... 5
3.02 INSTALLATION.................................................................................................. 12
3.03 PROTECTION.................................................................................................... 15
PART 1 GENERAL
A. The Contractor shall furnish all labor, tools, materials, equipments and tests
necessary for supply and placement of natural rock and stone, as specified herein
and indicated on the Contract Drawings.
A. This Section includes the supply and placement of the following types of materials:
1.04 REFERENCES
A. The referred codes and standards are intended to provide an acceptable level of
quality for materials, products and workmanship. In case of conflict between these
standards and the text of this Specification, the Specification text shall govern.
B. The latest revision of the referred codes and standards shall be used wherever
applicable. In case of conflict, the Contractor shall propose equipment, materials and
processes conforming to one group of codes and standards.
5. ASTM C136 Standard Test Method for Sieve Analysis of Fine and
Coarse Aggregates
Contained Fluids
12. ASTM D1556 Standard Test Method for Density and Unit Weight of
Soil in Place by the Sand-Cone Method
14. ASTM D4644 Standard Test Method for Slake Durability of Shales
and Similar Weak Rocks
1.05 DEFINITIONS
A. aggregate: A grouting and relatively inert granular mineral material, such as sand,
gravel, slag and crushed stone.
B. angular aggregates: Aggregate, the particles of which possess well defined edges
formed at the intersection of roughly planer faces.
F. borrow material: Material obtained from sources other than from site excavation.
This is a reference to the source of supply and not to the characteristics of the
material.
G. cement: Chemically bonding substance mixed with sand and/or gravel, for mortar or
concrete.
H. cement grout: A grout in which the primary cementing agent is portland cement.
L. concrete: Mixture of cement, sand, gravel, and water to form a solid material.
M. contraction joints: Spaces where panels are joined, and which expand as the
panels contract.
N. contractor: The individual, firm or corporation contracted for performing the work
described in the Contract Documents.
P. dry wall: A dry wall is a stone wall that is constructed one stone upon the other
without the use of any mortar. Generally used for retaining walls.
R. equipment: Includes all machinery, tools, apparatus together with their spare parts,
required for the proper construction and acceptable completion of the work.
S. erosion: The wearing away of the ground surface as a result of the movement of
wind, water.
T. excavation: (a) The act of taking out material (e.g. soil); (b) the materials taken out;
(c) the cavity remaining after materials have been taken out.
V. fine aggregate: Aggregate passing No. 4 sieve and retained on No. 200 sieve.
Y. gravel: The rounded or semi rounded particles of rock that will pass a 76.2 mm and
be retained on a No. 4 (4.75 mm) U.S. standard sieve.
Z. grout: A material injected into a soil or rock formation to change the physical
characteristics of the formation (soil or rock grouting).
AA. leveling course: The layer of material placed on an existing surface to eliminate
irregularities prior to placing an overlying course.
BB. mortar: A plastic mixture of cement, lime, sand, and water used to bond masonry
units.
CC. pointing: The final filling and finishing of mortar joints that have been raked out. The
final mortaring of joints.
DD. purchaser: The person, company, or organization that purchases any materials or
work to be performed is known as the purchaser.
EE. quality assurance: All those planned and systematic actions necessary to provide
adequate confidence that a product or service will satisfy given requirements for
quality.
FF. quarry: The location of an operation where a natural deposit of stone is removed
from the ground.
GG. riprap stone: Material generally less than 2 tons in mass, specially selected and
graded, when properly placed prevent erosion through minor wave action, or strong
currents and thereby preserves the shape of a surface, slope, or underlying structure.
HH. rock: Any naturally formed aggregates of mineral matter occurring in large masses
or fragments.
II. rubble: Rough stones of irregular shapes and sizes, broken from larger masses
either naturally or artificially, as by geological action, in quarrying, or in stone cutting
or blasting.
JJ. sand: Particles of rock that will pass the No. 4 sieve and be retained on the No. 200
sieve.
KK. slope: An inclined ground surface, the inclination of which is expressed as a ratio of
horizontal distance to vertical distance.
MM. spalls: Are primarily used for taking up large voids in rough rubble or mosaic
patterns. Sizes may very from chip-size to one- and two-man stones.
NN. specifications: The formal directions, provisions and requirements which outline the
work to be done, the way it is to be done, the character of the materials and mixtures
to be used or the results to be obtained.
OO. stability: The condition of a structure or a mass of material when it is able to support
the applied stress for long time without suffering any significant deformation or
movement that is not reversed by the release of stress.
RR. supplier: The party who supplies materials or services, who may or may not be a
manufacturer.
1.06 SUBMITTALS
A. The Contractor shall submit to the Royal Commission, under the provisions of
SECTION 01330, the following items for review and approval before commencing
work:
1. Supplier’s List
2. Samples
a) The Contractor shall, within 30 days of signing the Contract, supply the
following samples in labeled, durable wooden crates covered with
wooden lids:
1) 15 to 20 mm diameter gravel; rounded, 20 L crate, full.
2) 110 to 200 mm diameter stone; rounded, 20 L crate, full.
3) 20 mm diameter crushed gravel; 20 L crate, full.
4) 400 to 800 mm diameter stone; round; sufficient 200 mm diameter
samples to include the complete range of colors and stone types.
5) Local mountain stone; sufficient 200 mm diameter samples to
include the complete range of color and stone types.
3. Test Report
a) The Contractor shall submit a test report of the proposed materials for
the Royal Commission’s review.
1) Test report shall include the name of the testing service, location
of the source, description of the material and its properties.
2) The test report shall be made available at the Contractor’s site
office so that it may be inspected at any time by the Royal
Commission.
3) All test results shall be signed, attesting to their accuracy and
conformance with the specification requirements, by both the
testing service and the Contractor.
4. Shop Drawings
a) The Contractor shall prepare the Shop Drawings, illustrating the work of
this Section and submit them to the Royal Commission for approval.
A. The Contractor shall be responsible for the quality of work and shall develop and
propose programs and methods of construction and testing such as to achieve the
specified quality to the approval of the Royal Commission in accordance with
SECTION 01450.
B. Material testing and inspection services for quality control shall be conducted by an
independent test laboratory, approved by the Royal Commission.
C. The Royal Commission reserves the right to test the materials at any time to verify
their conformance with the specification.
D. Quality Assurance
1. Depending upon their use, the materials shall meet the following quality
requirements:
b) Abrasion loss shall not exceed 40% after 500 revolutions, when tested
in accordance with AASHTO T 96.
d) Weight loss after 5 cycles shall not exceed; 10% when Sodium Sulfate
is used; or 15% when Magnesium Sulfate is used during the soundness
test, conducted in accordance with AASHTO T 104.
3. Contractor
B. In the absence of any of the above, best accepted industry practice shall be
employed throughout.
1.09 VERIFICATION
A. Site Conditions
B. Material Conformance
1. The Contractor shall ensure that the material delivered to site conforms to the
samples approved by the Royal Commission.
A. The Contractor shall provide materials of each type from the same source throughout
the work.
B. The Contractor shall provide sufficient quantities of all types of materials to meet the
project schedule and requirements. When necessary, materials shall be stored on
site in advance of the requirement.
C. The Contractor shall coordinate work with other Sections affecting, or affected by this
work, as necessary to assure the steady progress of work under this Contract.
A. The Contractor shall deliver, handle and store materials in accordance with
SECTIONS 01650 and 01660, as well as the following requirements:
1. The Contractor shall use all means necessary to protect the materials from
damage before, during and after installation.
2. The Contractor shall prevent excessive mud, wet cement, epoxy and similar
materials, which may affix them, from coming in contact with other materials.
3. When materials need to be stored on site, the Contractor shall adopt the
following precautionary measures:
PART 2 PRODUCTS
2.01 GENERAL
A. Material Procurement
B. Inspections at Source
1. The Royal Commission shall, at all times, have access to all places where
materials are being produced or where tests are being conducted, and shall be
accorded full facilities for inspection and observation of tests. The Royal
Commission shall have the right to independently inspect and interview
proposed producers and suppliers.
C. Samples
1. The approved samples will become the basis for acceptance/rejection of all
materials delivered to the site, notwithstanding the other conditions of this
Specification.
1. The Royal Commission may reject particular producer’s pits or quarries if there
is reasonable doubt that the particular producer or supplier cannot adequately
meet the specifications, quality, quantity or schedule of this Contract.
2.02 MATERIALS
A. General
1. Rock and stone shall be durable, sound and of sufficient hardness to resist
weathering and shall be free of flaws, reeds, rifts, laminations, cracks, seams,
and other blemishes which may impair their strength, durability or function.
Use of porous and soft rock shall not be allowed in any type of the construction
work.
B. Gravel
1. 20 mm Diameter, Crushed
a) The gravel shall be angular and crushed limestone and shall have the
following composition by volume:
a) The gravel shall be well rounded uncrushed stone, light brown to buff
color, salt free, clean and uncoated.
C. Stone Mulch
a) The stone mulch shall be well rounded, uncrushed, clean and uncoated,
light brown to buff color and shall be salt free. It shall match with the
15 to 20 mm diameter round gravel in color and type and the longest
dimension shall not exceed twice the smallest dimension.
1. Angular Stone
a) This type of stone shall be obtained from an approved local quarry and
shall be angular (not rounded) and dark brown to gray brown in color. It
shall be clean and uncoated and free of artificial markings such as
blasting bore holes. All such stones shall be supplied from one deposit
within one quarry and shall be of the following sizes:
1) 400 to 800 mm average diameter.
2) Larger Diameter Stones
(a) The supply size shall range in cubic meter per stone as
stipulated on the drawings or smaller pieces shall be
mortared together to form face appearance of massive
stone.
2. Rounded Stone
1. Pit run gravel shall be uncrushed and unsorted gravel. The size shall range
from 2 to 150 mm diameter with less than 5% volume of 10 mm diameter and
smaller. It shall be dense, durable, sound and free of clay, organic matter and
debris.
F. Mortar
and adding water in amount that will be just sufficient to obtain consistency of
heavy cream.
G. Concrete
PART 3 EXECUTION
3.01 PREPARATION
A. The Contractor shall inspect the substrate to verify that it is dry and free of soft,
muddy and spongy surfaces; and that the gradients and elevations are correct.
B. The Contractor shall correct the irregularities in the substrate gradient and elevation
by scarifying, reshaping, and re-compacting to obtain a grade which is reasonably
smooth and free of mounds, or dips as required for performing this work.
C. The placement of fill to meet design grades and elevations shall be of an approved
material, and placement shall include adequate compaction of the materials as set
forth in SECTION 02315.
D. The Contractor shall construct curb ramps and other protective measures required to
protect existing curbs and pavements from damage and shall remove such protective
measures immediately after the completion of this work.
E. The Contractor shall stake out all gravel and stone items as described on the
Contract Drawings and approved Shop Drawings.
3.02 INSTALLATION
A. General
a) The Contractor shall use crushed gravel for various base course layers
as illustrated on the Contract Drawings.
b) The Contractor shall place the crushed gravel in layers of thickness not
exceeding 200 mm and compact to 95% maximum dry density.
b) This size of material shall be placed after the placement of other stone
and gravel.
a) The Contractor shall place this material in a single layer minimum with
less than 5% of soil surface visible as seen from direct over-head.
b) It shall be placed after the placement of other angular and larger stones.
e) On slopes over 4:1, larger stones shall be placed into grade such that
overall surface of stone is at a smooth continuous grade.
c) The Contractor shall place the stones in such a manner as to avoid the
displacement of the underlying subgrade.
f) The Contractor shall ensure that stones are not dislodged on slopes by
foot traffic or moisture. If necessary, stones shall be bedded in lean
concrete mixture to prevent dislodging.
1. The Contractor shall adopt the following procedure to construct the local
mountain stone retaining walls.
f) Select face stones for each wall segment, which are of related colors
and shapes.
g) Use larger stones on the lower portion of the wall with smaller rocks for
the top.
j) Ensure that each stone is placed firmly in its position so that none of
them is dislodged by foot traffic or moisture.
k) Place bond stones in each layer which are comparatively larger in length
and extend into the backfill to provide anchorage to the retaining wall.
Offset these bond stones in each successive course.
l) Backfill in 200 mm layers and tamp firmly behind the wall as the
construction of wall progresses.
m) After the stone, mortar and lean concrete are well set, smooth sharp
points or edges to the satisfaction of the Royal Commission. Also
obscure any artificial markings or soil lines which are visible.
n) Fill voids with soil. In all cases, the soil shall penetrate to contact with
subgrade fill.
1. The Contractor shall adopt the following procedure to construct mortared stone
facings.
i) Mortar should extend around the base of and between stones to fill all
voids to approximately 2/3 the depth of the stone; adjacent stones should
touch each other.
j) Remove all dirt, excess mortar, stains and other defacements and clean
all exposed stone surfaces.
k) Ensure that the finished surfaces adjacent to stone work are adequately
protected from soiling, staining and other damage.
l) Ensure that the exposed surfaces are free from spots, spalls, chips,
stains, discoloration or other defects which are not within the approved
sample range and are likely to affect its appearance.
m) Ensure that edge stones and large stones can withstand foot traffic or
moisture without dislodging.
n) Ensure that all joints are clean and free of plaster, mortar, grout or other
rigid materials so as to receive joint sealant in accordance with
SECTION 07920.
o) Lay edge stones and adjacent loose stone to create an invisible edge
between mortared stone and loose stones.
3.03 PROTECTION
A. While handling the stones, all workers shall wear steel-toed boots and protective
gloves.
B. When shaping or splitting stone, no person shall be permitted within the 10 m range
of the working area without wearing protective eyewear and the public shall be
excluded from such work locale.
3.04 CLEAN UP
A. Stone rubble and waste mortar shall be removed daily from publicly visible areas.
END OF SECTION