MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS SPECIFICATIONS FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE WORKS (Fifth Revision) Published By the Indian Roads Congress, on Behalf of the Govt. of India, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways Copies can be had from Indian Roads Congress, Jamnagar House, Shahjahan Road, New Dethi & Sector 6, R.K. 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In the last decade and a half, significant developments have taken place in the highways sector. The massive National Highways Development Projects (NHDP) undertaken by the Government of India is in progress involving execution of a large number of high value road projects. These require adoption of latest international practices so as to achieve technical execelience and the best quality. Concrete bridges have also undergone major changes with deveopment of new structural forms, new methods of computer based analysis and design and development of high strength materials, IRC:112 for concrete bridges based on the limit state method has come into force. Over the past few years, many IRC codes have also been completely revised necessitating extensive changes in the Ministry's specifications for road and bridge works ‘Some of the important additions in this revision of Specifications for Road and Bridge Works cover stone mastic asphalt, microsurfacing, sand asphalt base course, prefabricated vertical drains (PVD), natural geo textiles, geo cells for use in base and sub base in pavement and slope protection, variable message sign boards, soil nailing, cold applied retro-reflective paints, audible and vibratory pavement markings, solar powered road markers, traffic control & safety devices in construction zone, traffic impact attenuators and advance traffic management system. Some of the new areas covered in bridges include high performance concrete, HDPE sheathings, Pot-PTFE bearings, jack down method of well sinking, dynamic testing of piles and mechanically woven wire crates for gabions The Fifth Revision of the Specifications for Road and Bridge Works is the result of the concerted efforts of the officers of the Roads Wing and other professionals who contributed to the drafting of this document. | wish to express my gratitude to all of them and the Indian Roads Congress for undertaking the assignment of bringing out this publication. Feedback and suggestion for further improvement would be welcome from users of this edition Cee (C. Kandasamy) DG(RD) & SS 03-01-2013CONTENTS. Section No. Section Title/Clause No. Page No. 100 GENERAL 101 Introduction 1 102 Definitions 1 103 Materials and Test Standards 5 104 Sieve Designations 5 105 Scope of Work 6 106 Construction Equipment 10 107 Drawings 1 108 Site Information " 109 Setting Out " 110 Public Utilities 8 114 Precautions for Safeguarding the Environment 15 112 Arrangement for Traffic During Construction 19 113 General Rules for the Measurement of Works for Payment 22 114 Scope of Rates for Different tems of Work 24 115 Methodology and Sequence of Work 26 116 Crushed Stone Aggregates 28 117 Supply of Quarry Samples 28 18 Approval of Materials 28 119 Use of Surfaces by Traffic 28 120 Field Laboratory 29 121 Supply of Project Record 33 200 SITE CLEARANCE 201 Clearing and Grubbing 37 202 Dismantling Culverts, Bridges and Other Structures/ Pavements 39 300 EARTHWORK, EROSION CONTROL AND DRAINAGE 301 Excavation for Roadway and Drains 45 302 Blasting Operations 53 303 Presplitting Rock Excavation Slopes 56400 500 Contents 304 Excavation for Structures 305 Embankment Construction 306 Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control 307 Turfing with Sods 308 Seeding and Mulching 309 Surface/Sub-Surface Drains 310 Preparation and Surface Treatment of Formation 311 Works to be Kept Free of Water 312 Water Courses at Culverts 313 Rockfill Embankment 314 Ground Improvement for Weak Embankament Foundation Using Geosynthetic Drains and Stone Columns. SUB-BASES, BASES (NON-BITUMINOUS) AND SHOULDERS 401 Granular Sub-Base 402 Lime Treated Soil for Improved Sub-Grade/Sub-Base 403 Cement Treated Soil and Cement-Flyash Treated Sub Base/Base 404 Water Bound Macadam Sub-Base/Base 405 Crushed Cement Concrete Sub-Base 406 Wet Mix Macadam Sub-Base/Base 407 Crusher-Run Macadam Base 408 Shoulders, Islands and Median 409 Cement Concrete Kerb and Kerb with Channel 410 Footpaths and Separators BASES AND SURFACE COURSES (BITUMINOUS) 501 General Requirements for Bituminous Pavement Layers 502 Prime Coat Over Granular Base 503 Tack Coat 504 Bituminous Macadam 505 Dense Bituminous Macadam 506 Sand Asphalt Base Course 507 Bituminous Concrete 508 Close-Graded Premix Surfacing/Mixed Seal Surfacing 59 63 7 79 82 85 89 90 90 91 92 109 112 116 121 129 131 136 139 142 143 149 166 168 170 174 183 188 192Contents: 509 Surface Dressing 194 510 Open-Graded Premix Surfacing 198 511 Seal Coat 205 512 Slurry Seal 207 513 Fog Spray 213 514 Micro-Surfacing 215 518 Stone Matrix Asphalt (SMA) 219 516 Mastic Asphalt 225 517 Crack Prevention Courses 231 518 Bituminous Cold Mix (Including Gravel Emulsion) 234 519 Recycling of Bituminous Pavement 242 520 Supply of Stone Aggregates for Pavement Courses 249 600 CONCRETE PAVEMENT 601 Dry Lean Cement Concrete Sub-Base 255 602 Cement Concrete Pavement 263 700 GEOSYNTHETICS 701 Geosynthetics for Road and Bridge Works 299 702 Geatextiles for Drainage, Separation and Erosion Control 302 703 Geogrid 307 704 Geocomposite Drains 309 705 Geocell for Slope Protection 312 706 Geosynthetic Mat 34 707 Natural Geotextile 316 708 Paving Fabrics/Glass Grids 318 800 TRAFFIC SIGNS, MARKINGS AND OTHER ROAD APPURTENANCES 801 Traffic Signs 325 802 Overhead Signs 335 803 Road Markings 338 804 Reflective Pavement Markers (Road Studs) and Solar Powered Road Markers (Solar Studs) 353 805 Distance Indicator Posts 356 806 Road Delineators 357900 1000 1100 807 808 809 810 an 812 813 814 815 816 Contents Boundary Stones Fencing Tubular Stee! Railing Structural Steel Railing Crash Barriers Road Traffic Signals Traffic Control and Safety Devices in Construction Zone Traffic Impact Attenuators Semi Automatic Toll Collection System Advanced Traffic Management Systems (ATMS) QUALITY CONTROL FOR ROAD WORKS 901 902 903 General, Control of Alignment, Level and Surface Regularity Quality Control Tests During Construction MATERIALS FOR STRUCTURES 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1009 1010 1011 1012 1013 1014 1015 General Sources of Materials Bricks Stones and Blocks Cast Iron Cement Coarse Aggregates Fine Aggregates Steel Water Timber Concrete Admixtures Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete Pipes Storage of Materials Tests and Standard of Acceptance PIPE FOUNDATIONS 1101 4102 1103 Description Subsurface Investigations Type of Piles 357 358 359 359 360 364, 366 371 372 381 415 417 421 439 439 439 440 440 440 442 443 443 4a7 449 449 451 451 453 457 457 458