SPECIFICATION 814

CONTINUOUS FLIGHT AUGER PILES

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 SPECIFICATION 814

REVISION REGISTER
Date Clause Description of Revision Authorised
Number By
06/05/2015 814.02 AS 5100 deleted SDSE/A
AS 1478, AS 3582,
AS 3972 and ASTM C1611
added
814.03 A section added for
definition
814.04 A section added for
competency of piling
contract
814.08 Percentage of admixtures
and the allowable time from
batching to placing are
recommended
814.26 Adjustment to tolerances
on piles
Whole document Significant editing
17/01/2011 Whole document Issue 1.0 SDSE/A

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 CONTENTS

Clause Page No

GENERAL....................................................................................................................... 4
814.01 SCOPE ............................................................................................................. 4
814.02 REFERENCES ....................................................................................................4
814.03 DEFINITIONS .....................................................................................................4
814.04 COMPETENCY OF PILING CONTRACTOR ..............................................................5
814.05 PILE INSTALLATION PLAN...................................................................................5
814.06 NOT USED........................................................................................................ 5

MATERIALS....................................................................................................................5
814.07 GENERAL ..........................................................................................................5
814.08 CONCRETE .......................................................................................................5
814.09 REINFORCEMENT ..............................................................................................6
814.10 – 814.19 NOT USED.........................................................................................6

OPERATIONS.................................................................................................................7
814.20 GENERAL ..........................................................................................................7
814.21 SET OUT........................................................................................................... 7
814.22 AUGERING ........................................................................................................7
814.23 CONCRETING AND WITHDRAWAL OF AUGER ........................................................8
814.24 PLACEMENT OF REINFORCEMENT CAGE .............................................................9
814.25 TOLERANCES ON PILES .....................................................................................9
814.26 PILE INSTALLATION RECORDS ..........................................................................10
814.27 PILE CUT -OFF.................................................................................................10
814.28 NOT USED......................................................................................................10

TESTING....................................................................................................................... 10
814.29 GENERAL .......................................................................................................10
814.30 CONCRETE SAMPLING AND TESTING ................................................................11
814.31 PRE-PRODUCTION TESTING .............................................................................11
814.32 INTEGRITY TESTING ........................................................................................12
814.33 STATIC LOAD TESTING.....................................................................................12
814.34 PILE DYNAMIC LOAD TESTING ..........................................................................12
814.35 – 814.80 NOT USED.......................................................................................13

AS BUILT AND HANDOVER REQUIREMENTS..........................................................13

814.81 – 814.90 NOT USED.......................................................................................13

CONTRACT SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS...................................................................13

814.91 – 814.99 NOT USED.......................................................................................13

ANNEXURE 814A.........................................................................................................14
COMPONENT OF PILE INSTALLATION PLAN .........................................................................14

ANNEXURE 814B.........................................................................................................15
pile installation record....................................................................................................15

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 SPECIFICATION 814

CONTINUOUS FLIGHT AUGER PILES

GENERAL

814.01 SCOPE

The work under this specification consists of piles constructed in the

ground by excavation with a continuous hollow flight auger (CFA) which
is subsequently and progressively withdrawn whilst replacing the
excavated spoil below the auger tip with concrete injected under
pressure.

814.02 REFERENCES

Australian Standards, Main Roads Western Australia Standards and

Main Roads Western Australia Test Methods are referred to in
abbreviated form (e.g. AS 1012, MRS 67-08-43 or WA 123). For
convenience, the full titles are given below:

Australian Standards
AS 1012 Methods of Testing Concrete
AS 1478 Chemical Admixtures for Concrete. Mortar and Grout
AS 2159 Piling - Design and Installation
AS 3582 Supplementary Cementitious Materials for Use with
Portland and Blended Cement
AS 3972 General Purpose and Blended Cements

MAIN ROADS Specifications

Specification 820 CONCRETE FOR STRUCTURES
Specification 822 STEEL REINFORCEMENT

Other References
ASTM C1611 Standard Test Method for Slump Flow of Self-
Consolidating Concrete

814.03 DEFINITIONS

1. Piling Contractor: Any party that has entered into a contract to

undertake installation of CFA piles on a MRWA project.

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2. Designer: The qualified professional Engineer who designs
the CFA piles on a MRWA project.

814.04 COMPETENCY OF PILING CONTRACTOR

1. Prior to award of piling contract, the Piling Contractor shall Past

submit to the Principal or delegated authority evidence of past projects in projects
the construction of CFA piles (and/or secant pile wall construction if
applicable). Reference to successful completion of projects with similar
pile sizes in similar soil conditions using the proposed equipment and
procedures should be included.

2. The Piling Contractor shall provide evidence that all CFA piling Operator
operators on the project have adequate training and experience in competenc
producing good quality CFA piles in similar ground conditions to those y
anticipated at the site.

3. The Piling Contractor shall provide for the duration of the CFA Supervision
piling operations, a full-time supervisor with a minimum of 5 years’
experience in the construction of CFA piles.

814.05 PILE INSTALLATION PLAN

1. At least 4 weeks prior to commencing installation of piles, HOLD

the Piling Contractor must supply to the Principal or delegated POINT
authority full details of the pile installation plan including
methodology, material, equipment, testing methods and
contingencies in accordance with Annexure 814A, and competency
as per 814.04 for approval to commence.

814.06 NOT USED

MATERIALS

814.07 GENERAL

1. Materials used in the construction of CFA piles must be in

accordance with the design requirements shown on the drawings.

814.08 CONCRETE

1. CFA piles shall only be used at sites where an uninterrupted Concrete

supply of concrete can be ensured for each pile.

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2. Except as modified below, concrete must be in accordance
with Specification 820 CONCRETE FOR STRUCTURES, which specifies
minimum strength and other requirements for the concrete classes as
nominated in the drawings to achieve the required durability. For CFA
piles the provisions of this clause override any conflicting requirements of
Specification 820.
3. The maximum aggregate size shall be 14 mm unless otherwise
approved.
4. The concrete binder shall be Type LH+SF, a mixture of Type
GP in accordance with AS 3972 plus ground blast furnace slag
complying with AS 3582.2 of approximate ratio 35%:65% or Type GP
plus fly ash complying with AS 3582.1 of approximate ratio 60%:40%. Up
to 6% silica fume (SF) may be incorporated to modify workability and
strength characteristics.
5. The slump flow shall be 600±50 mm prior to discharge.
6. The elapsed time from the first addition of water (batching) to
completion of pumping into the pile shall not exceed the periods specified
in Table 814.1
Table 814.1: Allowable Time From Batching to Placing
Concrete Temperature at Time Maximum Elapsed Time
of Discharge (oC)
<24 2 hours
24 – 30 1 hour and 40 minutes
30 – 32 1 hour and 20 minutes
>32 Not acceptable

7. Mix design shall conform to Specification 820 and this

specification. Any variation shall be reviewed and approved by the
Principal or delegated authority.
8. The Piling Contractor shall ensure that the proposed concrete
mix design suits his proposed method of construction.
9. Mix design shall be submitted to the Principal or delegated
authority in accordance with Annexure 814A (6) for approval.

814.09 REINFORCEMENT

1. Reinforcement must be in accordance with Specification 822 Reinforce-

STEEL REINFORCEMENT. ment

814.10 – 814.19 NOT USED

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 OPERATIONS

814.20 GENERAL

1. Piles must be constructed in accordance with the installation Installation

procedure for continuous flight auger piles in AS 2159.
2. CFA piles shall only be installed vertically.
3. An adequate site surface must be provided as a safe working
platform for piling equipment at a suitable level above pile cut-off levels.
4. Ensure that installation of piles is timed so that other
construction activities will not occur within vicinity that could dislodge or
damage the concrete of the CFA piles until the pile concrete strength
reaching 20MPa.

814.21 SET OUT

1 All piles shall be set out in accordance with design Set Out
requirements and appropriate procedures taken to protect adjacent
services, structures and piles.
2. Check the horizontal position and verticality of the
piling/drilling rig prior to the construction of each pile.
3. Locate construction equipment at sufficient distance from the
pile being drilled and from recently constructed piles to avoid any
displacement of the concrete column caused by the surcharge load of
the equipment.
4. Confirm set out of all piles before commencing HOLD
installation. POINT

814.22 AUGERING

1. The piling rig must have adequate power and torque capacity
to install a pile to the depth of the piles shown on the approved drawings
with provision for contingencies.
2. Suitable cutting heads and augers shall be used to auger to
the design diameter and depth shown on the drawings. The Piling
Contractor shall regularly check that worn components are replaced.
3 Augering must be carried out at a rate that prevents drawing
of the surrounding material laterally into the pile hole.
4. Automatic continuous measurements shall be made and
recorded during the drilling operation including depth of the auger
injection point, speed of revolution, penetration per revolution, torque
delivered to the auger, and progressive total number of auger
revolutions. All measurements must be referenced to (or plotted against)
the depth of auger injection point.

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5. If the measurements or records indicate that lateral
subsidence of the ground inside the hole has occurred, the Piling
Contractor shall immediately stop augering, fill the hole with concrete and
then re-drill the pile shaft after the concrete has had its initial set.
6. If during the installation process the pile auger refuses at a
level above the specified toe level, rotation of the auger must be stopped
and the Piling Contractor must determine the need for remedial works, in
consultation with the Principal or delegated authority.

814.23 CONCRETING AND WITHDRAWAL OF AUGER

1. The concreting must commence immediately upon reaching

the agreed pile toe elevation. The auger shall be pre-charged with
concrete under suitable pre-agreed pressure prior to lifting.
2. The Piling Contractor shall use construction techniques which
minimise disturbance at the pile toe. The auger stem shall be locked
against rotation at the commencement of withdrawal. If it is necessary to
rotate the auger to ease extraction, the auger must be rotated slowly
forward, never reversed.
3. Lifting of the auger prior to blowing the plug closing off the
hollow auger shall be avoided. If and in any case it shall not exceed
75 mm and prior to starting withdrawal, the auger must be re-penetrated
to the original pile tip elevation while maintaining pressure on the
concrete.
4. Extraction of the auger must be smooth without jerks, whilst
maintaining the required concrete pressure and oversupply at all times.
The concrete oversupply must not be less than 5% in accordance with
AS 2159.
5. Concreting must be continuous to achieve concrete that is
monolithic from the top of the pile to the base of the design cross section,
without segregation and free of entrapped debris.
6. Any ground water must be displaced during concreting
operations.
7. During auger extraction, if the concrete pressure or
oversupply drops to zero or less, note the depth at which this occurred,
stop the extraction, re-auger to 500 mm below that depth and then
recommence the extraction.
8. If auger extensions are used, check the level of the concrete
in the extensions, which as a minimum must be able to balance the
overburden pressure at the discharge point at the tip of the auger. After
removing an extension and after reconnecting the auger stem to the
drive head, pre-charge the auger and re-auger one metre down prior to
continuing auger extraction.
9. Continue concrete pumping until the auger tip rises to the
working platform level or 300 mm above the designed pile cut off level,
whichever is higher. A form at the pile top extending above the working
platform shall be applied where it is necessary to achieve the required
concreting level.

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10. On completion of concrete placing and prior to reinforcement
cage installation, the top of the pile shall be cleared of debris and any
contamination shall be removed.
11. As a minimum, continuous automatic measurements must be
made and recorded during the withdrawal and concreting operation for
extraction rate (m/minute), volume and oversupply of concrete, flow
profile, concrete pressure, auger revolution (if any, but not preferred),
and depth of the injection point. All measurements must be referenced to
(or plotted against) the depth of auger injection point.
12. The equipment and the concrete pump efficiency shall be
calibrated in advance for each concrete mix to be used to ensure the
accuracy of the reported concrete volumes to within 5%.

814.24 PLACEMENT OF REINFORCEMENT CAGE

1. The reinforcement cage shall be ready to be inserted

immediately after concreting.
2. Reinforcement must be carefully aligned as shown on the
drawings to allow the satisfactory construction of the pile caps.
3. Minimum nominal cover to reinforcement shall be 100 mm but
cover spacers provided on the bars shall be 25 mm less than the nominal
cover to facilitate insertion of the cage.
4. Prior to placement, check the reinforcement cage to ensure
that it is clean and straight. Cages may be worked into the concrete by
hand, supplemented by the use of approved vibratory drive head where
required. Driving or hammering using plant is not permitted. Keep cage
vertical during installation.
5. Spacers and ties shall be sufficiently robust to withstand the
forces and vibration needed to install the reinforcement cages.
6. If the reinforcement cage cannot be placed to the specified
depth, the cage must be removed and the pile re-augered and re-
concreted. Re-use of the cage is permitted only if it is recovered to meet
all requirements as per items 1 to 5 and Clause 814.09 of this
specification.

814.25 TOLERANCES ON PILES

1. Piles must comply with the following tolerances Tolerances

a) Variation from specified position in plan
unless otherwise specified: ± 75 mm
b) Deviation of pier piles from pier centreline: ± 50 mm
c) Variation in c/c spacing of top of adjacent piles in
secant pile wall construction (if applicable): ± 15 mm

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 d) Variation from vertical in a 3m template unless
otherwise specified
± 30 mm
e) Variation from vertical in a 3m template from plan of
pier centreline ± 15 mm
f) Variation from vertical in a 3m template within plan
of secant pile wall construction ± 15 mm
g) Variation in specified cut-off level: ± 10 mm
h) Variation in pile diameter: (see below)
2. The pile diameter shall not be less than shown on the
drawings. The pile diameter may generally be larger than shown on the
drawings, providing that the minimum distance from the outside of any
pile to the edge of a concrete pile cap/pier/abutment as shown on the
drawings is satisfied after taking into account construction tolerances.

814.26 PILE INSTALLATION RECORDS

1. The Piling Contractor must maintain accurate records for each Annexure
pile constructed. These records must include data shown at Annexure 814B
814B.
2. The records for each pile including plots as specified in Clause
814.22(4) and 814.23(11) must be provided to the Principal or delegated
authority within 24 hours of the completion of the pile.

814.27 PILE CUT-OFF

1. The Piling Contractor must trim the tops of pile to elevations

indicated on the design drawings prior to construction of the pile caps. All
contaminated and weak concrete or laitance must be removed to expose
sound concrete over the full cross sectional area of the pile during
trimming.
2. Piles must not be trimmed earlier than 24 hours after casting
the concrete.

814.28 NOT USED

TESTING

814.29 GENERAL

1. Prior to pile cap construction commencing, the Piling HOLD

Contractor must submit written pile test results to the Principal or POINT
delegated authority for acceptance.

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814.30 CONCRETE SAMPLING AND TESTING

1. Concrete samples must be obtained from every truck, and

must be tested for consistency and temperature prior to discharging into
the pump hopper. Consistency shall be measured by slump flow in
accordance with ASTM C1611. Additional samples may be required at
the discretion of the Principal or delegated authority at times
corresponding to reinforcement cage installation.
2. Not less than 6 samples shall be collected for the purpose of
checking 7, 28 and 56 days compressive strength as per AS1012, for
each 50 m3 of concrete placed, for each working day, or for each mix,
whichever gives a higher number of samples requiring testing. As a
minimum 2 samples shall be tested at 7 days after sampling; 2 samples
shall be tested at 28 days after sampling; and 2 samples shall be tested
at 56 days after sampling. Those samples tested at 28 days shall exhibit
a minimum compressive strength as specified in the design drawings.
3. Density measurement shall be undertaken on the samples
prior to strength testing.

814.31 PRE-PRODUCTION TESTING

1. Prior to commencement of production pilling, a test pile HOLD

shall be constructed and tested with integrity testing and static load POINT
or dynamic load testing at the discretion of the Designer. Piling
records for the pre-production pile installed must be made available
to the Principal or delegated authority for review prior to
commencement of the installation of production piles.
2. The test pile shall be located and detailed as shown on the
drawings and shall include all construction, reinforcing, concrete,
monitoring and inspection requirements of production piles.
3. After installation and testing, the soil adjacent to the test pile
shall be excavated to a depth of not less than 3 meters for visual
assessment of the concrete integrity and cover shall be verified by cover
meter. The designer or the Principal or delegated authority may require
the depth of excavation and cover checking to increase to 6 meters.
4. Installation plan and design correlations of the pile resistance
with the site specific soil parameters shall be reviewed by the Designer
and the Principal or delegated authority based on the pre-production
installation and testing. This may result in a change of design of piles.
5. The Piling Contractor must comply with any additional
requirements that result from this review.

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814.32 INTEGRITY TESTING

1. The Piling Contractor shall carry out integrity testing using the Integrity
method approved by the Designer and the Principal or delegated Testing
authority on the test pile and the samples of production piles as
nominated on the drawings or by the Principal or delegated authority on
site.
2. The designer shall determine the percentage of the pile shafts
to be tested for integrity in accordance with AS 2159, but not less than
10% when design load is governed by pile geotechnical capacity, or 20%
when design load is governed by pile structural capacity.
3. Integrity testing and reporting shall be carried out in
accordance with AS 2159 Appendix D - Integrity Testing.
4. Integrity testing equipment and technique must be capable of
checking cross-section irregularities in piles and identifying the location
and characteristics of any significant anomalies such as voids or
contaminants.
5. Piles giving anomalous results must be subject to alternative
testing by the Piling Contractor and may be rejected if the testing results
indicate a lack of structural integrity, disadvantageous change in physical
dimensions, or inconsistency in material. Alternative testing is at the
discretion of the Principal or delegated authority but may include static
load testing in accordance with AS 2159 to ensure the pile serviceability
and ultimate geotechnical strength. All alternative testing is at no cost to
the Principal.
6. Additional integrity tests on all piles at a particular pier or
abutment may be required by the Principal or delegated authority if any
of the tested piles give anomalous results, and all additional tests are at
no cost to the Principal.

814.33 STATIC LOAD TESTING

1. The option of static load testing and frequency of the testing Static Load
shall be determined by the Designer based on the nature of the project. Testing
2. If static load testing is specified as a result of 814.31.1,
814.32.5 or 814.33.1, testing and reporting shall be carried out in
accordance with AS 2159 including Appendix A – Static Load Test,
unless otherwise specifies.

814.34 PILE DYNAMIC LOAD TESTING

1. The Piling Contractor must carry out pile dynamic load testing PDA
and analysis on the test pile and the samples of production piles as Testing
nominated on the drawings or by the Principal or delegated authority on
site.

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2. The Designer shall determine the percentage of the production
piles to be tested, but it shall not be less than 10% of all production piles
and not less than 1 per pier or abutment.
3. Additional dynamic load testing must also be carried out on
piles in the event that pile toe levels vary by more than 2 metres from the
test pile or designed toe level.
4. Pile dynamic testing and reporting shall be carried out in
accordance with AS 2159 including Appendix B – High Strain Dynamic
Pile Testing.
5. The Piling Contractor shall design and construct pile head
extension required to prevent damage to the pile. Pile dynamic testing
shall be carried out after the pile concrete has gained sufficient strength
to prevent damage under the required hammer impact, and not less than
20 MPa unless otherwise specified on the drawings.
6. The Piling Contractor shall supply all the appropriate pile
driving equipment including hammer, crane and pile driving rig, and all
instrumentation, hardware and software to carry out the dynamic testing.
7. The Piling Contractor shall be responsible for the testing date
analysis (and calibration with static load tests if applicable) and
demonstrate the maximum mobilised shaft and end bearing resistance.
8. The Piling Contractor shall include details of all the equipment
and instruments applied for the test including hammer mass and rated
energy in his method statement as listed in Annexure 814A.

814.35 – 814.80 NOT USED

AS BUILT AND HANDOVER REQUIREMENTS

814.81 – 814.90 NOT USED

CONTRACT SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

814.91 – 814.99 NOT USED

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 ANNEXURE 814A

COMPONENT OF PILE INSTALLATION PLAN

The pile installation plan must include, but not be limited to, the following items:
1. List and performance characteristics of proposed equipment, including drilling rigs,
augers and other drilling tools, pumps for concrete, mixing equipment, automated
monitoring equipment, including details of procedures for calibrating equipment as
required;
2. Description of pile installation procedures;
3. A plan of the sequence of pile installation so as to ensure adequate concrete
strength is obtained before commencing drilling for adjacent piles;
4. Target drilling and concreting parameters for pile installation, including auger
rotation speed, penetration rates, torque, and concrete volume factors;
5. Detail of methods of reinforcement placement, including supporting for reinforcing
cages at the top of the pile and methods for centring the cages within the concrete
column ensuring the required minimum cover to reinforcement is met;
6. Mix designs for concrete to be used on the project, including ratio of each
component, aggregate grading curves, slump loss vs. time curves (which shall indicate
a slump flow not less than 400 mm at 3.5 hours after batching) and strength
development vs. time curves for mixes;
7. Equipment and procedures for monitoring and recording auger rotation speed, drill
resistances, torque and auger depths during installation;
8. Equipment and procedures for monitoring and recording concrete pressures and
volumes placed during installation;
9. Contingency plans for equipment failures during drilling, concreting or reinforcement
installation, or the interrupted construction process;
10. Proposed recording forms to be used during construction and testing;
11. Methodology to ensure pile and pile reinforcement location and battering tolerance
are met;
12. Details of the proposed integrity test and load test methods, including a method
statement of each test type, the hammer size proposed, the test criteria and details of
the record sheets proposed for monitoring results; and
13. Contingency plans for remediation and for piles deeper than design drawings.

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 ANNEXURE 814B

PILE INSTALLATION RECORD

The records required under Clause 814.27 for each pile constructed must show:
1. Pile location;
2. Ground surface elevation (reference grade for pile length);
3. Pile toe depth or elevation;
4. Elevation of pile head;
5. Pile length;
6. Auger diameter;
7. Details of the reinforcing steel (number, size and grade of longitudinal bars, size and
spacing of transverse steel; outside diameter and length of cage);
8. Slump and volume of concrete placed;
9. Theoretical volume of drilled hole;
10. Depth to which reinforcing steel was placed;
11. Date/Time of beginning of drilling;
12. Date/Time of completion of drilling;
13. Date/Time concrete was mixed;
14. Date/Time concrete truck arrived at project site, and copies of all concrete batch
tickets used for the pile construction;
15. Date/Time of beginning of concrete pumping;
16. Date/Time of completion of concrete pumping;
17. Date/Time of placement of steel;
18. Weather conditions, including air temperature, at time of concrete placement;
19. Identification of all concrete samples taken from the pile;
20. All other pertinent data relative to the pile installation; and
21. All readings made by the automated measuring and recording equipment as listed
in 814.22(6) and 814.23(11) together with pump efficiency calibration.

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 SPECIFICATION 814 GUIDANCE NOTES
DELETE THESE GUIDANCE NOTES FROM FINAL DOCUMENT AFTER USING FOR
REFERENCE

All edits to downloaded TDP documents must be tracked (most word processing
software allows this to be done automatically). Deletions must be struck through e.g.
example. Insertions must be in italics e.g. example. If all information relating to a
clause is deleted then the clause number should be retained and the words "NOT
USED" should be inserted.

The proposed documents with tracked changes must be submitted to the Project
Manager for review, prior to printing the final batch of documents. When this final
printing is carried out, the tracked changes option is to be turned off.

The Custodian of this specification is the Structures Design and Standards Engineer.

814.31 Pre-production testing

1. Static testing shall be specified in situations where piles are used in a pier, are fully
utilised for capacity or the design factors of safety are minimal, and there is no
redundancy allowed in case of pile failure.

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CONTRACT SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS TO ADD OR DELETE

The following clauses are to be placed under the CONTRACT SPECIFIC

REQUIREMENTS as required.

NONE AT THIS TIME.

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 SPECIFICATION AMENDMENT CHECKLIST

Specification Name: No: 814 Revision No: _____ Title: CFA PILES

Project Manager: Name: ______________Signature:

______________Date:______

Checked By: Name: _______________Signature: _______________Date:______

Contract No: ________Contract Description: _______________________________

ITEM DESCRIPTION SIGN

OFF
Note: All changes/amendments must be shown in Tracked Change mode until
approved.
1. Project Manager has reviewed Specification and identified
Additions and Amendments.
2. CONTRACT SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS addressed? –
Contract specific materials/products/clauses added? (Refer
Specification Guidance Notes for guidance).
3. Any unlisted Materials/Products proposed and approved by the
Project Manager? – if “Yes” provide details at 15.
4. Standard Clauses amended? – MUST SEEK approval from
MCP.
5. Clause deletions shown as ‘NOT USED’.
6. Appropriate INSPECTION & TESTING parameters included in
Spec 201 (Test Methods, Minimum Testing Frequencies
verified).
7. ANNEXURES completed (Refer Specification Guidance Notes).
8. HANDOVER and AS BUILT requirements addressed.
9. Main Roads QS has approved changes to SMM.
10. Project Manager certifies completed Specification reflects intent
of the design.
11. Completed Specification – independent verification arranged by
Project Manager
12. Project Manager’s review completed.
13. SPECIFICATION GUIDANCE NOTES deleted.
14. TABLE OF CONTENTS updated.
15 Supporting information prepared and submitted to Project
Manager.
Further action necessary:

Signed: (Project Manager) Date: ______________

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