Project Seabird Phase IIA

Tender Document: Design and Construction of

Residential Buildings/Towers and Townships Along with
Related Common Facilities, Trunk Infrastructure and
Utilities Through Design Build Works Contract (DB-03)

surrounded by standing ground water for most of its functional life.

The marker posts shall be pre-cast concrete not less than C30 grade
with a mix ratio in the range 1:2:3 (Cement-Sand-Fine/Medium
Aggregate). When utilized, 6mm 43A grade steel reinforcing rods shall
be incorporated into the casting where a minimum of 10mm coverage of
concrete shall be applied around all faces.
For the fixing of the relevant marker plate (not supplied with the marker
post); 4 x 16mm diameter holes shall be drilled or precast into marker
post. The proposed location of the fixing holes, details of approximate
physical size of the route markers are to be provided by contractor.
7C512.19 Cable Laying In Ducts Broad Guide Lines
Contractor shall design the duct system and obtain approval of
Engineer for the procedure to be followed for duct laying. Below are
given the broad guide lines for the same.
General Requirement for HV and LV Cable Laying
(a) Armoured Cables shall be laid in Ducts and relevant Indian / IEC
standards shall be followed for the same. In case there is any
conflict in the requirements given below the stringent clauses as
per decision of Engineer shall apply.
(b) Minimum depth below finished ground level shall be 600 mm
measured from the top of duct.
(c) Only one cable shall be laid in one duct.
(d) Outer Duct surface shall have minimum 300 mm clearance from
normal pipes of other services which shall be increased to 600
mm for very large pipelines or high pressure pipes.
(e) Minimum spacing of 75mm shall be kept between two ducts both
horizontally as well as vertically when a number of ducts are
installed. From the trench wall it shall be 100mm.
(f) The bottom bedding shall be 50mm minimum of the surround
material.
(g) HV ducts can be encased in concrete and for LT ducts unless
these are on the same route can be buried in ground as explained
below.
(h) Duct surround material thermal resistivity shall be maximum
1.0km/watt at zero percent moisture content. Only unwashed sand
graded to BS 882 or equivalent Indian Standard shall be used.

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 Project Seabird Phase IIA
Tender Document: Design and Construction of
Residential Buildings/Towers and Townships Along with
Related Common Facilities, Trunk Infrastructure and
Utilities Through Design Build Works Contract (DB-03)

This material must be compacted well around the ducts.

(i) When the ducts are laid the surround sand shall cover up to 75
mm of top of duct. After this sand cover of 75mm, a marker of
width covering the ducts below shall be placed. Then on top of this
marker backfill of Red Cement bound granular Mixture [15N after
7 days] shall be filled up to 225 mm. On it Warning tape of about
250mm shall be placed. After that the same granular mixture shall
be placed so that the marker is about 300mm below the finished
surface.
(j) Mandrel shall be passed through each duct before concreting or
covering so as to ensure that cable will not be damaged during
pulling due to incorrect duct joints. Then a 5 meter sample of
same cable can be passed and if there is any cut or damage to
cable after concreting or backfilling the ducts shall be rejected.
Typical duct drawing is enclosed in tender drawings.
7C512.20 Man Hole
7C512.20.1 General
(a) Contractor shall provide man holes for pulling the cables so that
the pulling tension of cable is not exceeded. These man holes
shall also be at cable jointing pits, cable turning, cable crossing
roads. The size will depend on the number of cables, ease in
pulling and jointing cables. It shall have provision of built in
ladders, cable supports etc. These shall be of material such as
aluminium alloy and under no condition any rusting material such
as GI or steel shall be used. All the duct ends shall be sealed for
water, gas and vermin entry including the spare ones through
proper sealing split sockets meant for this purpose so that same
can be removed when cable replacement is to be done. No
compound or foam sealing is acceptable. Sealing must be 100%
under all the operating conditions throughout the life of the cable
duct. Contractor must ensure that there is high water table at site
and this shall be taken into consideration while designing the
drainage from the manhole. In such as situation contractor may
propose to have manholes at higher level of ground.
(b) There shall be a sump hole with gravel inside with a proper size of
mesh to drain water towards the sea. All slopes in manhole shall
be towards this sump hole. It is the responsibility of contractor that
under no condition water stays inside the manhole due to rain or

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