Project for Construction of Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Bidding Documents - Part 2

Package No. MAHSR C-7 Section VI-

Material
The stones used in Apron shall be sound, hard, durable and fairly regular in shape. Stone subject
to marked deterioration by water or weather shall not be used. Quarry stones are preferable to
round boulders as the later roll off easily. Angular stones fit into each other better and have
good interlocking characteristics. The size of stone shall conform to clause 5.3.7.2 of IRC: 89.
In no case any stone shall weigh less than 40 kg. The specific gravity of stones shall not be less
than 2.65. Alternatively, cement concrete blocks of equivalent weight may be used. The grade
of concrete shall be M-15.
Boulder Apron
To ensure regular and orderly disposition of the full intended quantity of stone in the apron,
template cross walls in dry masonry shall be built about a meter thick and to the full height of
the specified thickness of the apron at the intervals of 30 meters all along the length and width
of the apron. Within these walls, the stones then shall be hand packed. The surface on which
the apron is to be laid shall be levelled and prepared for the full length and width. In case the
surface on which apron is to be laid is below the low water level, the ground level shall be
raised up to low water level by sand and the apron laid thereon.
Gabion Wall/Gabion Apron
1) General
The Contractor shall be required to provide complete design including its foundation and
detailed engineering with working drawings. This shall be supported by certificate from
the sub-contractor/supplier of gabions that he has proven experience in supplying and
placing gabions for railway/ highway projects and providing technical backup using in
house facilities. Gabion Wire Mesh System being a specialised work, the Contractor shall
ensure expert supervision by specialist from the technology provider time to time. The
Gabion wall shall be designed with the given specification using proven system design
certified with ISO 9001/2 or equivalent as approved by the Engineer. The designer shall
adopt system design for Gabion wall following any proven techniques.
2) Glossary
Double Twisted Wire Mesh: A non-ravelling mesh made in mechanically twisting
continuous pairs of wires through three and half turn (commonly called double
twisted) which are then interconnected in the adjacent wires to form hexagonal shaped
openings.
Mesh Size: The average distance measured at right angles between twisted sides over
meshes (D).
Selvedge wire: Terminal wire used to edge the wire mesh perpendicular to the double
twist by mechanically wrapping the mesh wires around it at least 2.5 times.
Edge wire: Terminal wire used to edge the wire mesh parallel to the double twist by
continuously weaving at mechanically into the wire mesh.
Lacing wire: The Zinc+ PVC coated metallic wire which interconnects empty units,
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