STANDARD CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS PART 1 – ROADS

Excavation, backfill, compaction, placement of cable tiles and warning tapes and providing end caps
and draw lines in ducts and conduit shall be in accordance with the applicable Sections in Chapter
2, Earthwork, of these Standard Specifications and as specified herein.

10.3.3 Construction Methods

The trench shall be excavated in a manner to prevent cave-ins and to a depth and width as indicated
on the Contract plans or as designated by the Engineer. Excavated material shall be deposited at a
sufficient distance so that the excavated material will not fall back into the trench. The banks of
trenches shall be kept as nearly vertical as practicable and where required, shall be properly sheeted
and braced. Where electric cables enter ducts or conduits, the bottom of the trench shall be built up
to provide a smooth bed for the electric cable.
The electrical cable shall be placed in the bottom of the trench, after all loose and protruding stones

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and all sharp materials likely to damage the cables have been removed, and covered with backfill
material as directed by the Engineer.
Backfill material shall comply with the Section 2.5.2 of Chapter 2, Earthworks, of these Standard
Specifications. No additional payment will be made by the Owner for such backfill material.

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The trenches shall not be backfilled until the system as installed is inspected, tested and approved

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by the Engineer, the Owner and/or by the ADWEA/ADDC.
The backfill material shall be thoroughly compacted in layers to a density as specified in Section
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2.5.4 of Chapter 2, Earthworks , of the Standard Specifications, as approved by the Engineer, the
Owner and/or by the ADWEA/ADDC and in such a manner as not to injure the electric cable.
No stone or rock shall be allowed in the cable bedding or in the first fifteen (15) centimetre layer of
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backfill over the cable. No stone or rock greater than five (5) centimetres in maximum dimension
shall be allowed in any succeeding layer of backfill.
The Engineer and/or the ADWEA/ADDC will inspect:
1. The trench before the electric cable, duct, conduit, or cable covering tiles is placed in the
trench.
2. The trench at any other time during excavation or backfilling.
The method and type of equipment to be used in compaction the backfill material shall be approved
by the Engineer, the Owner and/or the ADWEA/ADDC before any work is started.
Any trenches improperly backfilled or where settlement occurs, shall be reopened to the depth
required for proper compaction, then refilled and compacted with the surface restored to the required
grade and compaction, mounded over and smoothed off or as directed by the Engineer.

10.3.4 Excavation for Structures

All excavation for structures shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.4.2.11 of Chapter 2,
Earthwork, of these Standard Specifications, as directed by the Engineer and with the requirements
as hereinbefore specified.
Excavation shall be made to the depth and dimensions necessary for the proper installation of all
electrical structures as indicated on the Contract plans. Care shall be taken that foundation areas of
structures are not excavated below grades established on the Contract plans. Excavation may be
carried out mechanically, but final shaping and trimming of the subgrade shall be performed by hand.
The subgrade shall be covered up to the bottom level of the concrete base slabs with a 10 cm thick
layer of Class C20/20 blinding concrete as indicated on the Contract plans and in compliance with
Chapter 4, Concrete Works, of these Standard Specifications and as specified herein.

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