Specification report to accompany the work of “Widening from Single Lane to

Intermediate Line and improvements in km 25/900 - 33/8 of Thiruppuvanam

– Pulvaikarai - Narikudi road including reconstruction of culverts (M-718)
(Job code: 01-CRIDP-14-15-M-1107)”
AS Amount: Rs. .
TS Amount: Rs .

Name of Work:
Widening from Single Lane to Intermediate Line and improvements in km
25/900 - 33/8 of Thiruppuvanam – Pulvaikarai - Narikudi road including
reconstruction of culverts (M-718) (Job code: 01-CRIDP-14-15-M-1107)
Scheme & Authority :
Administrative sanction has been accorded for this work for Rs.529.00
Lakhs under “Comprehensive Road Infrastructure Development Programme”
(CRIDP) for the year 2014 - 2015 vide G.O.Ms.No. 108 / Highways and Minor Ports
(HF -2) Department, Dated: 12.09.2014.
Location & Classification:
Thiruppuvanam – Pulvaikarai - Narikudi road (M-718) is an important Major
District road in Virudhunagar district. The total length of the road is 33.80km (km
0/0 – 33/8). The stretch km 7/522 – 33/8 is being maintained by the
Virudhunagar (H), C&M, division. Out of this length, km 25/00 – 33/8 is taken up
for widening and improvements in this estimate. This road branching at km 305/6
of NH 49 and ends at km 92/0 of SH 42.
Important and Necessity:
Thiruppuvanam, Kariapatti and Narikudi are important marketing places
having more vegetable lands. Thiruchuli is an important place in which famous
Sivan kovil called as Boominathan temple is located, it is also one of the important
pilgrim center in Tamilnadu. Thiruchuli is the birth place of Sri Ramana Maharishi.
This road connects many villages.
Need for Widening:
Present traffic volume is 5561 PCU. The traffic capacity of existing single
lane is 2000 PCU. The existing single lane is not sufficient to cater the present
traffic volume of 5561 PCU. Hence it is proposed to widen the above road from SL
to IL. The traffic capacity of proposed IL is 6000 PCU

Need for Improvements

The riding surface of the road is badly damaged causing inconvenience to
the road users. Further, the riding surface is 5 years old with lot of pot holes and
patches. The riding surface has to be improved to ensure safe and smooth riding of
the vehicles.
Existing condition:-
The existing road is having single lane with 3.75m and the soil is clayee in nature.
The centre portion in km 27/900-30/2 and 32/8-33-8 is badly damaged with lot of
sunken portion which causes hindrance to vehicular traffic movement which is
beyond the scope of normal maintenance.
The existing details of the road stretches are given below:

Existing Existing pavement thickness in

carriage mm Formation
Chainage Soiltype
way Sub width
Base BT layer Total
width Base
25/900-26/0 3.75m 150 210 50 410 Silty sand 9.00m
26/0-27/0 3.75m 160 200 50 410 Silty sand 9.00m
27/0-27/900 3.75m 150 220 50 420 Silty sand 9.00m
12
27/900-28/0 3.75m 150 150 (badly 300 Silty sand 9.00m
damaged)
15
28/0-29/0 3.75m 150 150 (badly 300 Silty sand 9.00m
damaged)
13
29/0-30/0 3.75m 140 160 (badly 300 Silty sand 9.00m
damaged)
10
Clayee
30/0-30/2 3.75m 150 150 (badly 300 9.00m
sand
damaged)
Clayee
30/2-31/0 3.75m 150 210 50 410 9.00m
sand
Clayee
31/0-32/0 3.75m 150 210 50 410 9.00m
sand
Clayee
32/0-32/8 3.75m 160 210 50 420 9.00m
sand
10
Clayee
32/8-33/8 3.75m 160 140 (badly 300 9.00m
sand
damaged)

Inventory of CD works :
The Existing details of the CD works in the road stretches are tabulated below:

Existing Condition Proposed

Sl End to carriagewa
. Locatio Type of end width Narrow
Good or y width
N n Culverts (Excludin or
Damage
o g Parapet) sufficien
d
t width
3 rows Damage
1 26/10 6.70m Narrow 5.5m
900mm Ø d
2 27/10 2 rows 6.60m Narrow Damage 5.5m
 600mm Ø
of pipe d
culvert
2 rows
600mm Ø Damage 5.5m
3 28/2 6.60m Narrow
of pipe d
culvert
3 rows
900mm Ø Damage 5.5m
4 28/10 6.60m Narrow
of pipe d
culvert
2 rows
900mm Ø Damage 5.5m
5 29/10 6.60m Narrow
of pipe d
culvert
2 rows
600mm Ø Damage 5.5m
6 32/10(i) 6.60m Narrow
of pipe d
culvert
3 rows
750mm Ø Damage 5.5m
7 32/10(ii) 8.60m sufficient
of pipe d
culvert

Details of Last Renewals

Stretch Year Scheme

25/900 - 27/900 2010-11 CRIDP
27/900 - 30/200 2009-10 SR
30/200 - 32/800 2010-11 CRIDP
32/800 - 33/800 2009-10 SR

Traffic details:
The traffic census was carried out at km 7/6 of the stretches

Census Year of Influenced

CVPD PCU Peak/Normal
point census Stretches

33/8 2014 25/900 - 33/8 1220 5561 Peak

Sub grade soil properties
CBR value/Design CBR
The test results obtained from the Regional Laboratory, Quality
Assurance and Research, Tirunelveli.

CBR value of fill Effective CBR (%)

Location
materials /CBR value

25/2 8
26/2 8
27/2 8
28/2 5
29/2 5 5.90
30/2 5
31/2 5
32/2 5
33/2 5

From the CBR values, 80th percentile CBR value is obtained for other
category of roads as per fig IV.I - IRC 37-2012

Design Traffic calculation

1. No. of Traffic Lane Intermediate lane

2. Type of Carriage – way (Single / Divided) Single

3. Terrain (Hilly / Plain) Plain

Number of commercial Vehicle per day as per last
4. 1220
count (both directions) (P)
5. Year of census (Last count) 2014

6. Year of preparation of Design 2014

Construction Period
7. Years between last count and year of completion 1
of Construction (x)
8. Traffic growth rate per annum (r) 5
9. Initial Traffic in the year of completion of 1280
 construction
10. Vehicle damage factor 3.5

11 Lane Distribution factor 1.0

Cumulative number of standard axles to be catered for the Design life 5 years.
5
N5 = 365 [(1 +r) – 1] x A x D x F / r

= 365 x [(1+0.05)5 -1)] x 1280 x 3.50 x 1.00 / 0.05

= 9.04msa

Cumulative number of standard axles to be catered for the Design life 15 years.
15
N15 = 365 [(1 +r) – 1] x A x D x F / r

= 365 x [(1+0.05)15 -1)] x 1280 x 3.50 x 1.00 / 0.05

= 35.31msa

Design for widening / Strengthening by CBR method

The flexible pavement is designed as three layer system as per IRC 37-2012.
The bituminous layer is assumed to have 30 mm thick BC and 65 mm thick DBM
with VG30 bitumen. The granular layer is assumed to have 250 mm thick WMM
and 300 mm thick GSB. The assumed section is checked for the limiting horizontal tensile at the
bottom of the bituminous layer and vertical compressive strain at the top of the subgrade.
Thicknes
Pavement composition Modulus (Mpa)
s
BC 30 1700 for VG 30
Layer 1
DBM 65
WBM 250
Layer 2 188
GSB 300
Layer 3 Sub grade - 54.81

Fatigue criteria
The limiting horizontal tensile strain in the bottom of the bituminous layer is
calculated for the design traffic (Nf) for 90% reliability equation in case of design
traffic more than 30msa, otherwise, calculated for 80% reliability equation

Rutting Criteria
 The limiting vertical compressive strain at the top of the sub grade is
calculated for the design traffic (Nr) for 90% reliability equation in case of design
traffic more than 30msa, otherwise, calculated for 80% reliability equation.
The limiting horizontal tensile strain at the bottom of the bituminous layer
and the vertical compressive strain at the top of the subgrade are checked with the
allowable strains for the standard axial load using IITPAVE for safety and economy.

Criteria Limiting strain Actual strain

Fatigue 365 micro strain 361 micro strain
Rutting 401 micro strain 399 micro strain

Widening Proposal
Design Traffic
in msa Total
Desig GSB WMM DBM BC
Stretch thicknes
n CBR 15 5 (mm) (mm) (mm) (mm)
s (mm)
Years Years
25/9-26/0 5.90 35.31 9.04 300 250 65 30 645
26/0– 27/0 5.90 35.31 9.04 300 250 65 30 645
27/0-28/0 5.90 35.31 9.04 300 250 65 30 645
28/0– 29/0 5.90 35.31 9.04 300 250 65 30 645
29/0-30/0 5.90 35.31 9.04 300 250 65 30 645
30/0– 31/0 5.90 35.31 9.04 300 250 65 30 645
31/0– 32/0 5.90 35.31 9.04 300 250 65 30 645
32/0-33/0 5.90 35.31 9.04 300 250 65 30 645

Design for Strengthening by CBR method

The centre portion in km 27/900-30/2 and 32/8-33-8 is badly damaged with lot of
sunken portion which causes hindrance to vehicular traffic movement which is
beyond the scope of normal maintenance. The BBD tests could not be conducted in
these stretches and hence it is proposed to strengthen based on CBR method.
Required
Thicknes Proposed pavement
msa Additiona
s thickness in mm
Existing l
required
thicknes Thickness
Stretch as per
5 15 s as per
IRC 37- WMM DBM BC
years years IRC 37-
2012
2012
27/900-28/0 9.04 35.31 645 300 345 250 65 30

28/0-29/0 9.04 35.31 645 300 345 250 65 30

29/0-30/0 9.04 35.31 645 300 345 250 65 30

30/0-30/2 9.04 35.31 645 300 345 250 65 30

32/8-33/0 9.04 35.31 645 300 345 250 65 30

33/0-33/8 9.04 35.31 645 300 345 250 65 30

Design for Strengthening by BBD test method

The BBD test have been conducted by the Quality Assurance and Research,
Regional Lab, Madurai and the test report is enclosed. Strengthening is designed
for 5 years as per IRC 81-1997 and tabulated as below. As per cl 7.6 of IRC 81-
1997, only wearing surface has been proposed where structural deficiency is not
indicated from deflection values.
Proposed Total
Thickness
pavement Thicknes
Ch. required in
msa thickness in mm s in
Deflection terms BM as
Stretch terms of
in (MM) per IRC 81
BM DBM BC BM
(mm)
(MM)
25/9-
9.04 0.688 0 0 0 30 43
26/9
26/9-
9.04 0.545 0 0 0 30 43
27/9
30/2-
9.04 0.922 0 0 0 30 43
31/2
31/2-
9.04 0.450 0 0 0 30 43
32/2
32/2-
9.04 0.516 0 0 0 30 43
32/8

OVERALL PROPOSAL
Propo Improvement
Desi Design Traffic Existing Widening proposal
sed proposal
Stretch gn
lane WM WM
CBR 15 Yrs 5 Yrs GSB DBM BC DBM BC
width M M

9.0 30 3 3
25/900-26/0 5.9 35.31 5.50 5.50 250 65 - -
4 0 0 0

9.0 30 3 3
25/900-26/0 5.9 35.31 5.50 5.50 250 65 - -
4 0 0 0

9.0 30 3 3
26/0-27/0 5.9 35.31 5.50 5.50 250 65 - -
4 0 0 0

27/0 - 8.6 30 3 3
5.9 33.60 5.50 5.50 250 65 - -
27/900 0 0 0 0
 27/900 - 8.6 30 3 3
5.9 33.60 5.50 5.50 250 65 250 65
28/0 0 0 0 0

9.0 30 3 3
28/0 - 29/0 5.9 35.31 5.50 5.50 250 65 250 65
4 0 0 0

9.0 30 3 3
29/0 - 30/0 5.9 35.31 5.50 5.50 250 65 250 65
4 0 0 0

9.0 30 3 3
30/0 - 30/2 5.9 35.31 5.50 5.50 250 65 250 65
4 0 0 0

9.0 30 3 3
30/2 - 31/0 5.9 35.31 5.50 5.50 250 65 - -
4 0 0 0

9.0 30 3 3
31/0 - 32/0 5.9 35.31 5.50 5.50 250 65 - -
4 0 0 0

9.0 30 3 3
32/0 - 32/8 5.9 35.31 5.50 5.50 250 65 - -
4 0 0 0

9.0 30 3 3
32/8 - 33/0 5.9 35.31 5.50 5.50 250 65 250 65
4 0 0 0

9.0 30 3 3
33/0 - 33/8 5.9 35.31 5.50 5.50 250 65 250 65
4 0 0 0

Based on the above design, the following provisions are made in the
estimate.
1. Earth work excavation for box cutting.
2. Providing and laying Granular Sub Base, Gr – III
3. Providing and laying Granular Sub Base, Gr – V.
4. Picking the old B.T. surface upto 50mm thick.
5. Providing and laying Wet Mix Macadam 150 mm thick.
6. Providing and laying of prime coat using 7kg/10sqm. over WMM surface.
7. Providing and laying of Tack coat using 2.50/10sqm. over WMM surface.
8. Providing and laying advance BT patch using 45mm IRC metal.
9. Providing and laying of Tack coat using 2.00/10sqm. over BT surface
10. Providing and laying of Dense Bituminous Macadam for 65mm thick.
11. Providing and laying of Bituminous concrete for 30mm thick.
12. Earth work for berms.

In addition to the above main estimate the following sub estimates are
prepared as warranted by the site condition.
1. Sub estimate for reconstruction of pipe culvets :
The existing culverts at km 26/10, 27/10, 28/2, 28/10, 29/10, 32/10 (i) and
(ii)are in damaged conditions and hence these are proposed for reconstruction. A
new pipe culvert has been proposed at km 26/4 as warranted by the site condition.
 Details Technically
Sl
Details of of approved by
. Locatio
existing CD proposed
N n
works CD
o
works
3 Row Divisional
3 rows
1 26/10 pipe Engineer,
900mm Ø
culvert Virudhunagar
2 Row Divisional
2 rows
2 27/10 600mm Ø of pipe Engineer,
pipe culvert culvert Virudhunagar

2 Row Divisional
2 rows
3 28/2 600mm Ø of pipe Engineer,
pipe culvert culvert Virudhunagar

1.6m span Divisional

3 rows
4 28/10 900mm Ø of Slab culvert Engineer,
pipe culvert Virudhunagar

2 Row Divisional
2 rows
5 29/10 900mm Ø of pipe Engineer,
pipe culvert culvert Virudhunagar

2 Row Divisional
2 rows
6 32/10(i) 600mm Ø of pipe Engineer,
pipe culvert culvert Virudhunagar

3 Row Divisional
3 rows
7 32/10(ii) 750mm Ø of pipe Engineer,
pipe culvert culvert Virudhunagar

Lumpsum Provisions :
1. Provision for Labour welfare fund @ 1.0 %
2. Provision for Road furniture
3. Provision for Quality control charges @ 1.00 %
4. Provision for Advertisement charges.
5. Provision for shifting service utilities
6. Provision for Escalation Charges @ 5%
7. Provision for Petty Supervision and Contingencies @ 2.07 %

Technical Audit Committee:

The above work has been placed in the Technical Audit Committee held on
08.09.2014 and the committee approved the proposal in principle and
recommended to make provision for road furniture as per actual requirement
RATE:
The estimate is prepared based on the current schedule of rates for the
year 2014-15.
On sanction, the works will be executed as per the norms of MoRT&H and
IRC guidelines.
 With the above particulars, the abstract of estimate is submitted as follows.
Sl.
Item Description Quantity Rate Unit Amount
No
Earth work excavation for box
1. 7564.20 46.00 cum 347953
cutting
2. Granular sub base, Gr - III 2058.00 1407.57 cum 2896779
3. Granular sub base, Gr - V 2058.00 1335.18 cum 2747800
4. Picking the Existing surface 4143.50 7.86 sqm 32568
5. Wet Mix Macadam 6537.64 1502.54 cum 9823066
6. Prime coat over WMM 26150.56 74.32 sqm 1943510
7. Tack coat over prime coat 26150.56 15.81 sqm 413440
Advance BT patch using
8. 86.25 3550.50 cum 306231
45mm IRC metal
9. Tack coat over BT surface 17025.00 17.21 sqm 293000
10. Dense Bituminous Macadam 1699.79 9343.56 cum 15882090
11. Bituminous Concrete 1295.27 10246.95 cum 13272567
12. Earth work for berms 6003.00 13.20 cum 79240
SubTotal = 48038244
Sub estimate for reconstruction of culverts at km 26/4, 26/10,
13. 3116015
27/10, 28/2, 28/10, 29/10, 32/10 (i), (ii)
SubTotal = 51154259
LS Provisions :
14. Provision for Labour Welfare Fund, @ 1.00% 512000
15. Provision for Road furniture @ 2% 190000
16. Provision for Quality Control Charges, @ 1.00% 100000
17. Provision for Advertisement charges 50000
18. Provision for shifting service utilities 50000
19. Provision for Escalation charges, @ 5 % 500000
20. Provision for Contingencies ad other unforeseen charges 343741
Total = 5,29,00,000

With all the above provisions, the estimate amount works out to
Rs.529.00 Lakhs (Rupees Five hundred and Twenty nine lakhs only) against
the administrative sanction of Rs.529.00 Lakhs.