260213 _ MILL CREEK TENNIS COURT _ Revision 4.pdf

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FY26-CP-PARK25 MC Tennis Renovation
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PE-61600-NONST-2026-000000049
Issued by
Brooks County, Georgia

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This document is a project specification and renovation plan for the Bulloch County Board of Commissioners in Georgia for the full renovation of ten USTA regulation tennis courts at Mill Creek Regional Park. The project, designated FY26-CP-PARK25 MC Tennis Renovation, encompasses the removal and replacement of ten tennis courts, perimeter fencing, and subsurface drainage systems located at 1388 Highway 24 East, Statesboro, Georgia 30461. Work shall commence immediately upon issuance of the Notice to Proceed, with Substantial Completion required within 120 calendar days and Final Acceptance within 150 calendar days. Sealed bids must be submitted to the Bulloch County Procurement Office by April 9, 2026, at 2:00 PM EDT, with bids to be publicly opened and cost components read and recorded at the Bulloch County North Main Annex, 115 North Main Street, Statesboro, Georgia 30458. Bidders must submit the original bid along with one copy and all supporting documents in a sealed, clearly marked envelope during normal business hours.

The document specifies that contractors must be qualified and experienced to bid on this project. The bid submission requires a sealed envelope format with supporting documentation, and public bid opening procedures will be followed. No specific pricing information, set-asides, incumbent contractor details, or funding sources are detailed in the provided specification document. Contractors should note the aggressive project timeline, requiring completion within 120 days of the Notice to Proceed issuance.

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FEMA MAP (SITE IS NOT WITHIN A FLOOD HAZARD ZONE)

SITE ADDRESS:

1388 GA-24

CITY OF STATESBORO

BULLOCH COUNTY, GEORGIA

MILL CREEK TENNIS COURTS

SITE PLANS

FOR

BULLOCH COUNTY BOARD OF

COMMISSIONERS

PROJECT DIRECTORY

PAPE-DAWSON GEORGIA, LLC.

40 JOE KENNEDY BLVD

STATESBORO, GA 30458

PHONE: 912.489.7112

BULLOCH COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

115 NORTH MAIN STREET

STATESBORO, GA 30458

PHONE: 912.764.6245

DEVELOPER:

ENGINEER:

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

ABBR. DESCRIPTION ABBR. DESCRIPTION

BLDG. BUILDING NS NAIL SET

BSL BUILDING SETBACK LINE N.T.S. NOT TO SCALE

BOC BACK OF CURB OC ON CENTER

CMF CONCRETE MONUMENT FOUND OHC OVERHEAD CABLE

CMP CORRUGATED METAL PIPE OHP OVERHEAD POWER

C.O. CLEAN OUT OHT OVERHEAD TELEPHONE

CONC. CONCRETE P/L PROPERTY LINE

DI DUCTILE IRON R RADIUS

DIA. DIAMETER RBF REBAR FOUND

D.E. DRAINAGE EASEMENT RBS REBAR SET

D.S. DOWNSPOUT RCP REINFORCED CONCRETE PIPE

EL ELBOW REQD REQUIRED

ELEV ELEVATION REV REVISION

EXT. EXTERIOR R/W RIGHT-OF-WAY

EOP EDGE OF PAVEMENT RWMF

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ELEV.

SES SAFETY END SECTION

FDC FIRE DEPARTMENT CONNECTION SF SQUARE FEET

FES FLARED END SECTION SPECS SPECIFICATIONS

FFE FINISHED FLOOR ELEVATION SAN SANITARY SEWER

FG FINISHED GRADE SS SANITARY SEWER

FM FORCE MAIN SSE SANITARY SEWER EASEMENT

FO FIBER OPTIC SSMH SANITARY SEWER MANHOLE

FOC FACE OF CURB STD STANDARD

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HC HANDICAP TC TOP OF CURB

HW HEADWALL TEL TELEPHONE

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INCL. INCLUDING TG TOP OF GRATE

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IPF IRON PIPE FOUND TS TOP OF SIDEWALK

IPS IRON PIPE SET TYP TYPICAL

LF LINEAR FEET UGC UNDERGROUND CABLE

MH MANHOLE UGP UNDERGROUND POWER

NF NAIL FOUND UGT UNDERGROUND TELEPHONE

NS NAIL SET WTR WATER

GEOTECHNICAL NOTE:

1. THE CONTRACTOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING THE GEOTECHNICAL

REPORT PERFORMED FOR THE SITE. IF A GEOTECHNICAL REPORT WAS NOT

PREPARED THE CONTRACTOR IS TO PERFORM HIS OR HER OWN ANALYSIS

OF THE SOIL CONDITIONS AT THE PROJECT SITE OR LOCATION.

2. PAPE-DAWSON GEORGIA, LLC., DOES NOT WARRANT OR IMPLY ANY

WARRANTIES AS TO THE SUITABILITY OF THE SOIL CONDITIONS AT THE

SUBJECT SITE.

NOTE TO CONTRACTOR:

1. A LAND DISTURBING ACTIVITY PERMIT MUST BE OBTAINED PRIOR TO

BEGINNING ANY LAND DISTURBING ACTIVITIES.

2. ALL UTILITIES SHALL BE LOCATED AND A DIGGING TICKET SHALL BE

OBTAINED PRIOR TO BEGINNING ANY LAND DISTURBING ACTIVITIES.

3. IF ANY WETLANDS EXIST OR ARE FOUND TO EXIST ON THE SITE, NO

DISTURBANCES SHALL OCCUR WITHIN THESE WETLANDS UNTIL THE

DEVELOPER HAS OBTAINED ALL NECESSARY PERMITS FROM THE U.S. ARMY

CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

4. IF ANY DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN THE ENGINEER'S PLANS OR

CONSTRUCTION STAKES AND ACTUAL SITE CONDITIONS ARISE DURING THE

COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION THE CONTRACTOR AND/OR DEVELOPER SHALL

NOTIFY THE ENGINEER OR SURVEYOR IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO

CONSTRUCTING SAID INCONSISTENT ENTITIES. IF THE CONTRACTOR KNOWS

OR CAN REASONABLY BE EXPECTED TO HAVE KNOWN OF AN ERROR,

DISCREPANCY OR CONFLICT IN ANY OF THE PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS OR

CONSTRUCTION STAKING AND FAILS TO REPORT THE SAME, HE SHALL NOT

BE ENTITLED TO COMPENSATION FOR ANY WORK OR EXPENSE INCURRED BY

HIM, WHICH IS REQUIRED TO BE REDONE OR REINCURRED BECAUSE OF SAID

ERROR, DISCREPANCY OR CONFLICT AND WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN

AVOIDED HAD HE PROMPTLY REPORTED SAID ERRORS, DISCREPANCY OR

CONFLICT WHEN HE KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE SAME.

1-800-282-7411

CALL BEFORE YOU DIG

THREE WORKING DAYS

BEFORE

YOU DIG GEORGIA

CALL

Utilities Protection Center, Inc.

It's The Law!

COLOR CODES

FOR

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ELECTRICRED

GAS-OILYELLOW

TELEPHONE/CATVORANGE

WATERBLUE

SEWERGREEN

IF YOU DIG GEORGIA

CALL US FIRST!

1-800-282-7411

It's The Law!

Utilities Protection Center, Inc.

DATA SOURCE NOTE:

"THE TOPOGRAPHIC AND ELEVATION DATA SHOWN

HEREON WAS OBTAINED FROM (STATE SOURCE) AND

IS NOT CERTIFIED AS CORRECT BY THIS ENGINEER.

USERS OF THIS DATA DO SO AT THEIR OWN RISK."

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SCHEDULE OF DRAWINGS

DWG. NO. DESCRIPTION SHT. NO.

C1.0 COVER SHEET 1

C1.1 STANDARD AND SPECIFICATIONS - 1 2

C1.2 STANDARD AND SPECIFICATIONS - 2 3

C1.3 STANDARD AND SPECIFICATIONS - 3 4

C2.0 EXISTING CONDITIONS AND DEMOLITION PLAN 5

C3.0 PROPOSED SITE LAYOUT PLAN 6

C4.0 INITIAL SOIL EROSION CONTROL PLAN 7

C4.1 INTERMEDIATE SOIL EROSION CONTROL PLAN 8

C4.2 FINAL SOIL EROSION CONTROL PLAN 9

C4.3 SOIL EROSION CONTROL NOTES 10

C4.4 NPDES NOTES (STAND ALONE) 11

C4.5 SOIL EROSION CONTROL DETAILS - 1 12

C4.6 SOIL EROSION CONTROL DETAILS - 2 13

C5.0 MASTER GRADING AND DRAINAGE PLAN 14

C5.1 GRADING AND DRAINAGE PLAN-1 15

C5.2 GRADING AND DRAINAGE PLAN-2 16

C5.3 GRADING AND DRAINAGE PLAN-3 17

C5.4 GRADING AND DRAINAGE PLAN-4 18

C5.5 GRADING AND DRAINAGE PLAN-5 19

C6.0 STANDARD DETAILS - 1 20

C6.1 STANDARD DETAILS - 2 21

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STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS

SECTION 02 41 00 - DEMOLITION

1. SCOPE:

UNDER THIS HEADING SHALL BE INCLUDED ALL OPERATIONS NECESSARY FOR DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURES, FOUNDATIONS, TRACK WORK AND

UTILITIES AS SHOWN.

2. PROCEDURES:

THE PROCEDURES PROPOSED FOR THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF SALVAGE AND DEMOLITION WORK SHALL BE SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW. THE PROCEDURES SHALL PROVIDE FOR SAFE CONDUCT OF THE WORK, CAREFUL REMOVAL AND DISPOSITION OF MATERIALS SPECIFIED TO BE SALVAGED, PROTECTION OF PROPERTY WHICH IS TO REMAIN UNDISTURBED, COORDINATION WITH OTHER WORK IN PROGRESS, AND TIMELY DISCONNECTION OF UTILITY SERVICES. THE SUBMITTAL SHALL INCLUDE A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE METHODS AND EQUIPMENT TO BE USED FOR EACH OPERATION, AND THE SEQUENCE OF OPERATION.

3. DUST CONTROL:

THE AMOUNT OF DUST RESULTING FROM DEMOLITION SHALL BE CONTROLLED TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF DUST TO OCCUPIED PORTIONS OF THE SITE AND TO AVOID CREATION OF A NUISANCE IN THE SURROUNDING AREA. USE OF WATER WILL NOT BE PERMITTED WHEN IT WILL RESULT IN, OR CREATE, HAZARDOUS OR

OBJECTIONABLE CONDITIONS SUCH AS ICE, FLOODING AND POLLUTION.

4. DISCONNECTION OF UTILITY SERVICES:

UTILITIES SHALL BE DISCONNECTED AT THE POINTS INDICATED. WHERE SUCH DISCONNECTION WILL INTERRUPT THE UTILITY SERVICES TO AN AREA NOT INCLUDED IN THE CONTRACT, ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH INTERRUPTION SHALL BE REVIEWED WITH THE ENGINEER AT LEAST 72 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE INTERRUPTION. WHERE WATER AND SEWER LINES ARE DISCONNECTED OR REMOVED THE REMAINING UTILITY SHALL BE PLUGGED AND LEFT IN SUCH A MANNER THAT RECONNECTION CAN BE MADE. THE NEED TO TEMPORARILY “CUT-OFF” ANY UTILITY SHALL BE COORDINATED WITH THE APPROPRIATE UTILITY PROVIDER.

5. BURNING:

THE USE OF BURNING AT THE PROJECT SITE FOR THE DISPOSAL OF REFUSE AND DEBRIS WILL NOT BE PERMITTED.

6. PROTECTION OF EXISTING WORK:

EXISTING WORK TO REMAIN SHALL BE PROTECTED FROM DAMAGE. WORK DAMAGED BY THE CONTRACTOR SHALL BE REPAIRED OR RESTORED TO ITS ORIGINAL

CONDITION OR ACCEPTABLE EQUIVALENT.

7. EXISTING UTILITIES:

a) UTILITY SERVICES.

DISCONNECTIONS OF UTILITY SERVICES SHALL BE COORDINATED SO AS NOT TO AFFECT SERVICE TO OTHER AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE PROJECT LIMITS. THE OWNERS OF ALL UTILITIES MUST BE CONTACTED PRIOR TO PROCEEDING WITH WORK. TEMPORARY INTERRUPTION OF UTILITY SERVICE SHALL BE

COORDINATED WITH THE APPROPRIATE UTILITY PROVIDER.

b) UTILITIES.

REMOVE OR ABANDON ALL EXISTING UTILITIES AS INDICATED. WHEN UTILITY LINES ARE ENCOUNTERED, THAT ARE NOT INDICATED ON THE DRAWINGS, THEY SHALL BE IDENTIFIED AND PROPERLY ADDRESSED BY CONTACTING THE AFFECTED UTILITY SERVICE PROVIDER.

8. DISPOSITION OF MATERIAL:

a) TITLE TO MATERIALS.

TITLE TO ALL MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT TO BE DEMOLISHED IS VESTED IN THE CONTRACTOR UPON RECEIPT OF NOTICE TO PROCEED (UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE ON THE PLANS). THE OWNER WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONDITION, LOSS OR DAMAGE TO SUCH PROPERTY AFTER NOTICE TO

PROCEED.

b) MATERIAL FOR SALVAGE.

MATERIAL WHICH IS SALVAGEABLE (SUCH AS CHAINLINK FENCING AND METAL GUARDRAIL) SHALL BE RETURNED TO BULLOCH COUNTY RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT. COORDINATE WITH BULLOCH COUNTY RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT PROJECT MANAGER.

c) UNSALVAGEABLE MATERIALS.

CONCRETE, MASONRY, AND OTHER NONCOMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS, OTHER THAN CONCRETE PERMITTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE, SHALL BE DISPOSED OF BY THE CONTRACTOR OFF THE PROPERTY. OTHER MATERIALS SUCH AS NONUSEABLE CROSSTIES, LUMBER, ETC. SHALL BE REMOVED FROM THE SITE AND

PROPERTY OF THE OWNER BY THE CONTRACTOR.

9. HISTORICAL ITEMS:

THERE ARE NO KNOWN HISTORICAL ITEMS ON THE PROJECT SITE; HOWEVER, IF HISTORICAL ITEMS ARE DISCOVERED, CONTACT THE BULLOCH COUNTY RECREATION AND PARKS DEPARTMENT PROJECT MANAGER AND AWAIT HIS/HER DIRECTIONS BEFORE REMOVING ANY HISTORICAL ITEMS.

10. CLEANUP:

REMOVE DEBRIS AND RUBBISH FROM THE SITE AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE. DO NOT ALLOW DEBRIS OR RUBBISH TO ACCUMULATE IN BUILDINGS OR ON SITE.

REMOVE AND TRANSPORT DEBRIS, IN A MANNER AS TO PREVENT SPILLAGE ON STREETS OR ADJACENT AREAS, TO A PROPER DISPOSAL OR RECYCLING FACILITY.

11. MEASUREMENT AND PAYMENT:

MEASUREMENT AND PAYMENT FOR WORK UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE AS SPECIFIED IN LUMP SUM BID PRICE.

SECTION 03 30 00 - CAST IN PLACE CONCRETE

1. SCOPE:

FURNISH ALL LABOR, MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT NECESSARY FOR CAST_IN_PLACE CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION AND CEMENT WORK IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE

PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND FOR ALL OTHER WORK SPECIFIED IN THIS SECTION.

2. DETAILS AND DIMENSIONS:

THE PLANS SHOW THE DESIGN REQUIREMENTS AND DIMENSIONS FOR STRUCTURAL STRENGTH, BUT DO NOT SHOW DETAIL DIMENSIONS TO FIT INTRICATE ARCHITECTURAL, MECHANICAL, EQUIPMENT, AND ELECTRICAL DETAILS. THE CONCRETE WORK SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED SO THAT IT WILL CONFORM TO THE CLEARANCES REQUIRED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL, ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL AND EQUIPMENT DESIGNS AND SHALL AT CONTRACTOR'S EXPENSE DO ALL CUTTING

AND PATCHING NECESSARY.

3. TEST REPORTS AND CERTIFICATES:

CERTIFIED COPIES OF TEST REPORTS AND CERTIFICATES OR OTHER SATISFACTORY EVIDENCE WHERE SO SPECIFIED SHALL BE FURNISHED BEFORE DELIVERING

CERTIFIED OR TESTED MATERIALS TO THE PROJECT SITE.

4. GENERAL:

ALL CONCRETE SHALL BE NORMAL WEIGHT WITH 28_DAY COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH NOT LESS THAN 4,000 PSI EXCEPT WHERE CONCRETE OF LESSER STRENGTH IS

SPECIFIED FOR USE AS NOTED ON THE PLANS.

CONCRETE SHALL BE COMPOSED OF CEMENT, ADMIXTURES (IF REQUIRED), FINE AGGREGATE, COARSE AGGREGATE, AND WATER. CONCRETE SHALL BE CLASSIFIED AS "A" OR "B", AND SHALL HAVE 28 DAY COMPRESSIVE STRENGTHS NOT LESS THAN THOSE LISTED BELOW EXCEPT THAT CONCRETE CONTAINING HIGH EARLY STRENGTH CEMENT SHALL HAVE 7 DAY COMPRESSIVE STRENGTHS NOT LESS THAN THOSE LISTED BELOW.

CLASS "A" CONCRETE SHALL HAVE A COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF NOT LESS THAN 4,000 PSI, AND SHALL BE USED FOR ALL REINFORCED CONCRETE WORK, UNLESS

OTHERWISE SPECIFIED.

CLASS "B" CONCRETE SHALL HAVE A COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF NOT LESS THAN 2,500 PSI, AND SHALL BE USED FOR CONCRETE SUBFOUNDATIONS, CONCRETE FILL, PIPE ENVELOPES, THRUST BLOCKS AND WHERE SO INDICATED ON THE PLANS.

5. CEMENT:

CEMENT SHALL BE A STANDARD BRAND OF PORTLAND CEMENT WHICH CONFORMS TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF ASTM C150, TYPE 1. CEMENT SHALL BE DELIVERED IN ORIGINAL UNOPENED SACKS BEARING THE BRAND AND MANUFACTURER'S NAME OR IN PROPERLY DOCUMENTED BULK SHIPMENTS. CEMENT SHALL BE STORED IN A WEATHERTIGHT BUILDING, AND SHALL BE PROTECTED AT ALL TIMES FROM MOISTURE. THE SAME BRAND OF CEMENT SHALL BE USED THROUGHOUT THE WORK.

TYPE III, PORTLAND CEMENT WHICH COMPLIES WITH ASTM C150 MAY BE USED TO FACILITATE THE WORK.

6. TESTS OF CEMENT:

TESTS OF CEMENT SHALL BE MADE ON THE ENTIRE CEMENT REQUIREMENTS, ON CAR OR WAREHOUSE SAMPLES OR BIN (SEALED) SAMPLES IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM C150. NO CEMENT SHALL BE USED UNTIL TESTS HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT THE CEMENT COMPLIES WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS.

7. CONCRETE AGGREGATES:

CONCRETE AGGREGATES SHALL COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF ASTM C33, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED HEREINAFTER. BOTH COARSE AND FINE AGGREGATES SHALL BE OBTAINED FROM A SOURCE PRODUCING AGGREGATES WITH A RECORD OF HAVING NO ALKALI_AGGREGATE REACTION CAUSING "POP_OUTS" AND THE LIKE; THE AGGREGATE PRODUCER SHALL SUBMIT A CERTIFICATION OF SUCH RECORD.

8. FINE AGGREGATES:

FINE AGGREGATES SHALL CONSIST OF SCREENED AND WASHED, WELL GRADED NATURAL SAND HAVING CLEAN, HARD, STRONG, DURABLE, UNCOATED PARTICLES, AND SHALL BE FREE FROM INJURIOUS AMOUNTS OF DUST, LUMPS, SOFT OR FLAKY PARTICLES, SHALE, ALKALI, ORGANIC MATTER, LOAM OR OTHER DELETERIOUS SUBSTANCES AND SHALL COMPLY WITH ASTM C33 EXCEPT AS MAY BE OTHERWISE SPECIFIED HEREIN.

9. COARSE AGGREGATES:

COARSE AGGREGATES SHALL CONSIST OF SCREENED AND WASHED, WELL GRADED CRUSHED STONE OR GRAVEL HAVING CLEAN, HARD, STRONG, DURABLE, UNCOATED PARTICLES FREE FROM INJURIOUS AMOUNTS OF SOFT, FRIABLE, THIN, ELONGATED OR LAMINATED PIECES, ALKALI, ORGANIC OR OTHER DELETERIOUS

MATTER. THE GRADING SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM C33 AND AS FOLLOWS.

AGGREGATES SIZE 467 (1_1/2 INCHES TO NO. 4) SHALL BE USED FOR THE HEAVIER SECTIONS WHERE REINFORCEMENT IS NOT CLOSELY SPACED OR CLOSE TO FORMS, AND AGGREGATES SIZES 57 (1 INCH TO NO.4) AND 67 (3/4 INCH TO NO. 4) SHALL BE USED FOR THINNER SECTIONS, HEAVILY REINFORCED WORK, AND ALL PARTS WHERE THE COARSER AGGREGATE MIGHT CAUSE HONEYCOMBING, POOR BOND OR EXPOSED REINFORCEMENT.

10. TESTS OF AGGREGATES:

TESTS OF AGGREGATES SHALL BE PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM C33 AND SHALL BE MADE BEFORE WORK STARTS AND AT SUCH TIMES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE MATERIALS DELIVERED COMPLY WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS. NO AGGREGATE SHALL BE USED WHICH DOES NOT

COMPLY WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS.

11. STORAGE OF AGGREGATES:

AGGREGATES SHALL BE STORED IN SUCH A MANNER AS TO PREVENT DETERIORATION AND/OR INTRUSION OF FOREIGN MATTER AND/OR SEGREGATION. ANY MATERIAL WHICH HAS DETERIORATED OR WHICH HAS BEEN DAMAGED SHALL NOT BE USED FOR CONCRETE. THE AGGREGATES SHALL BE STOCKPILED AT LEAST 24

HOURS PRIOR TO USE.

TO AVOID UNNECESSARY OR HAPHAZARD CHANGES IN CONSISTENCY, THE AGGREGATES SHALL BE OBTAINED FROM A SOURCE WHICH WILL INSURE UNIFORM QUALITY AND GRADING AND THEY SHALL BE DELIVERED TO THE WORK AND HANDLED IN SUCH A MANNER THAT VARIATIONS IN MOISTURE CONTENT WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH THE STEADY PRODUCTION OF CONCRETE OF UNIFORM QUALITY AND CONSISTENCY.

12. WATER:

WATER SHALL BE POTABLE AND FREE OF SUBSTANCES THAT MAY BE DELETERIOUS TO CONCRETE OR STEEL.

13. ADMIXES:

ADMIXES FOR CONCRETE ARE SPECIFIED HEREINAFTER.

14. TESTS OF CONCRETE:

STANDARD 4 OR 6 INCH DIAMETER COMPRESSION TEST CYLINDERS SHALL BE MADE IN THE FIELD AND TESTED IN THE LABORATORY IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM C31, C39 AND C172. TEST CYLINDERS SHALL BE MADE IN FORMS PROVIDED BY THE TESTING LABORATORY.

ADVANCE TESTS OF THE CONCRETE SHALL BE MADE. SIX STANDARD 6_INCH COMPRESSION CYLINDERS, 3 TO BE TESTED IN 7 DAYS AND 3 AT 28 DAYS, SHALL BE MADE WITH THE PROPORTIONING AND MATERIALS PROPOSED TO BE USED FOR EACH OF THE PRINCIPAL MIXES REQUIRED FOR THE WORK. THE SLUMP SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN THE GREATEST SLUMP EXPECTED TO BE USED IN THE STRUCTURE FOR EACH OF THE MIXES. THE TESTS MADE ON THE AGGREGATES, AS REQUIRED ABOVE, MAY BE MADE A PART OF THESE TESTS, IF SUITABLY REFERENCED ON THE REPORTS, WHICH SHALL BE ISSUED FOR 7 AND 28 DAY TESTS. THESE TESTS SHALL BE REPEATED, IF NECESSARY, BECAUSE OF CHANGE IN MATERIAL OR UNSATISFACTORY RESULTS. THE ADVANCE TESTING MAY BE WAIVED AT THE REQUEST OF THE CONTRACTOR AND WITH THE ENGINEER'S APPROVAL IF THE CONCRETE IS BEING PRODUCED BY AN ESTABLISHED READY_MIX PLANT WITH SUITABLE RECORDS OF MIXES AND TESTING AND IF THE PLANT CERTIFIES THAT IT WILL CONTINUE TO USE THE SAME MATERIALS INVOLVED IN THE RECORDED TESTING. DURING THE PROGRESS OF THE WORK, AND FOR EACH DIFFERENT MIX OF CONCRETE, A SET OF FOUR STANDARD 4 OR 6 INCH CONCRETE CYLINDERS SHALL BE MADE AND TESTED FOR EACH AND EVERY DAY'S OPERATION (OR 8_HOUR SHIFT) WHERE MORE THAN 5 CUBIC YARDS OF CONCRETE ARE PLACED. MAKE AN ADDITIONAL SET OF THREE CYLINDERS FOR EACH ADDITIONAL 50 CUBIC YARDS OF CONCRETE WHERE MORE THAN 50 CUBIC YARDS ARE PLACED IN ONE DAY FOR 8_HOUR SHIFT). THE CONTRACTOR SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SEEING THAT THESE CYLINDERS ARE MADE; CAST THE CYLINDERS IF TESTING LABORATORY PERSONNEL ARE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CYLINDERS OF EACH SET SHALL BE MOLDED FROM THE SAME SAMPLE OF CONCRETE AND TESTED, ONE AT 7 DAYS AND TWO AT 28 DAYS, AND ONE CYLINDER AT RESERVE. IF HIGH_EARLY STRENGTH CEMENT IS USED, THEN THE TESTS SHALL BE MADE AT 3 AND 7 DAYS INSTEAD OF AT 7 AND 28 DAY. ALSO, FROM EACH SAMPLE OF CONCRETE USED FOR TEST CYLINDERS, MAKE ONE SLUMP TEST IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM C143, ONE TEMPERATURE OF CONCRETE TEST IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM C1064, AND MAKE ONE ENTRAINED AIR CONTENT TEST IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM C231. SAMPLES SHALL BE COLLECTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM C172. EACH CYLINDER SHALL BE MARKED WITH JOB NAME, CONTRACTOR'S NAME, LOCATION OF POUR AND DATE OF POUR. SHIP CYLINDERS TO THE LABORATORY FOR CURING AND COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH TESTING WITHIN 24 TO 48 HOURS OF BEING CAST. CYLINDERS SHALL BE CAPPED DURING INITIAL CURING WITH A PLASTIC LID, OR A TIGHTLY SEALED PLASTIC BAG. TESTS OF CONCRETE SHALL BE MADE AS REQUIRED IN THIS SECTION. IF ANY TEST CYLINDER SHOWS A STRENGTH OF LESS THAN THAT REQUIRED AT 28 DAYS, THEN THE CONCRETE REPRESENTED BY SUCH CYLINDER SHALL BE FURTHER TESTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 17.3 OF ACL 301, EXCEPT THAT PARAGRAPH 17.3.2.3 SHALL NOT APPLY. IF SUCH FURTHER TESTS SHOW A COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH LESS THAN REQUIRED, THEN THE CONCRETE SHALL BE REJECTED AND SHALL BE REPLACED WITH NEW WORK AT THE SPECIFIED STRENGTH BY THE CONTRACTOR AT HIS

OWN EXPENSE.

15. MEASUREMENT OF MATERIALS:

EACH OF THE CONSTITUENT MATERIALS SHALL BE PROPORTIONING IN EACH BATCH. METHOD OF OPERATION AND SCALES SHALL BE SUCH AS TO OBTAIN AN ACCURACY OF NOT LESS THAN 99 PERCENT CORRECT FOR EACH BATCH. WATER MAY BE MEASURED BY VOLUME, IN WHICH CASE THE APPARATUS SHALL BE CALIBRATED TO INSURE THE PROPER QUANTITY IN EACH BATCH UNLESS BULK CEMENT IS USED AND IS WEIGHED AND DISPENSED TO THE ACCURACY SPECIFIED HEREINBEFORE, BATCHES SHALL BE OF SUCH SIZE THAT THERE WILL BE NO SPLITTING OF SACKS OF CEMENT. EACH SACK SHALL CONTAIN 94 POUNDS OF CEMENT.

16. PROPORTIONING OF CONCRETE MIXES:

a) DESIGN.

TRIAL DESIGN BATCHES AND TESTING TO MEET REQUIREMENTS OF THE CONCRETE SPECIFIED SHALL BE PROVIDED. THE DESIGN MIX SHALL CONTAIN AGGREGATES REPRESENTATIVE OF THOSE PROPOSED FOR USE IN THE WORK AND SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACL 211.1. TESTS FOR SLUMP, UNIT WEIGHT, AND AIR CONTENT SHALL BE PERFORMED IN THE FIELD.

b) ENTRAINED AIR CONTENT.

AIR ENTRAINMENT SHALL BE PRODUCED BY ADDING AN AIR ENTRAINING AGENT AT THE MIXER. AIR CONTENT SHALL BE BASED ON MEASUREMENTS MADE IN

CONCRETE MIXTURES AT POINT OF DISCHARGE AT THE JOB SITE.

c) AIR CONTENT.

AIR CONTENT BY VOLUME OF CONCRETE SHALL BE MAINTAINED AT 5 TO 6 PERCENT AS DETERMINED IN CONFORMANCE WITH ASTM C231.

d) WATER_CEMENT RATIO.

MIXES SHALL BE PROPORTIONED BY WEIGHT EXCEPT THAT WATER AND ADMIXTURE MAY BE BY VOLUME OR BY WEIGHT. SPECIMENS SHALL BE MADE AND CURED IN CONFORMANCE WITH ASTM C192 AND TESTED IN CONFORMANCE WITH ASTM C39 OR C78, AS APPLICABLE. CURVES REPRESENTING RELATION BETWEEN THE WATER_CEMENT RATIO AND THE AVERAGE 28 DAY COMPRESSIVE OR FLEXURAL STRENGTH, OR EARLIER STRENGTH AT WHICH THE CONCRETE IS TO RECEIVE ITS FULL WORKING LOAD, SHALL BE ESTABLISHED FOR A RANGE OF VALUES INCLUDING THE COMPRESSIVE AND FLEXURAL STRENGTHS INDICATED OR SPECIFIED.

CURVES SHALL BE ESTABLISHED BY AT LEAST 3 POINTS, EACH POINT REPRESENTING AVERAGE VALUES FROM AT LEAST 3 TEST SPECIMENS. THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE WATER_CEMENT RATIO SHALL BE THAT SHOWN BY THESE CURVES TO PRODUCE AN AVERAGE COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OR AN AVERAGE FLEXURAL

STRENGTH OF 15 PERCENT GREATER THAN INDICATED OR SPECIFIED.

e) SLUMP.

SLUMP SHALL BE DETERMINED IN CONFORMANCE WITH ASTM C143, AND SHALL BE WITHIN THE FOLLOWING LIMITS, PROVIDED THE REQUIRED STRENGTH IS OBTAINED: MAXIMUM 4 INCHES, MINIMUM 2 1/2 INCHES. WHEN CLIMATIC CONDITIONS REQUIRE THE USE OF HOT WEATHER CONCRETING PRACTICES, THE SLUMP SHALL HAVE A RANGE OF 2 1/2 INCHES MAXIMUM AND 2 INCHES MINIMUM AND THE MIX DESIGN SHALL BE ADJUSTED TO PROVIDE THE SPECIFIED STRENGTH OF CONCRETE. WITH THE ENGINEER'S APPROVAL A HIGHER SLUMP RANGE IS ACCEPTABLE IF THE MIX DESIGN (WITH MIX HISTORY) SHOWS THE SPECIFIED STRENGTH IS ACHIEVED. WHEN WATER REDUCING, HIGH RANGE (ASTM 0494, TYPE F) AND WATER_REDUCING, HIGH RANGE AND RETARDING (TYPE G) ADMIXTURE (SUPERPLASTICIZER) IS USED, THE FOLLOWING SHALL APPLY. ADMIXTURE SHALL BE COMPATIBLE WITH CEMENT, AGGREGATE AND OTHER ADMIXTURES IN CONCRETE. LABORATORY TRIAL MIXES SHALL BE REQUIRED TO DETERMINE CORRECT PROPORTIONS AND DOSAGE TO PREVENT BLEEDING AND SEGREGATION OF AGGREGATES. THE MANUFACTURER'S REPRESENTATIVE SHALL BE PRESENT TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE DURING MIX DESIGN, AND DURING INITIAL

FIELD MIXING, AND PLACEMENT OF CONCRETE WHEN THIS ADDITIVE IS USED.

17. MIXING CONCRETE:

MIXING CONCRETE SHALL BE DONE IN A ROTARY BATCH MIXING MACHINE. THE VOLUME OF EACH BATCH SHALL NOT EXCEED THE RATED CAPACITY OF THE MIXER.

THE BATCH MATERIALS SHALL BE DELIVERED TO THE MIXER MEASURED ACCURATELY TO THE REQUIRED PROPORTIONS AND SHALL BE MIXED CONTINUOUSLY FOR NOT LESS THAN ONE AND ONE_HALF MINUTES AFTER ALL MATERIALS INCLUDING WATER ARE IN THE MIXER, DURING WHICH TIME THE MIXER SHALL ROTATE AT THE SPEED RECOMMENDED BY ITS MANUFACTURER. THE ENTIRE BATCH SHALL BE DISCHARGED BEFORE RECHARGING THE MIXER. MIXER SHALL BE CLEANED FREQUENTLY. TRUCK MIXED CONCRETE SHALL CONFORM TO ASTM C94. A CONCRETE DELIVERY TICKET FOR EACH BATCH DELIVERED SHALL BE FURNISHED TO THE

ENGINEER BEFORE UNLOADING WITH THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

a) READING OF REVOLUTION COUNTER AT FIRST ADDITION OF WATER.

b) TYPE, BRAND AND AMOUNT OF EACH ADMIXTURE.

c) TOTAL WATER CONTENT OF BATCH, OR TOTAL WATER CONTENT PER CUBIC YARD OF BATCH.

d) DESIGN SLUMP.

IF WATER IS ADDED AT THE SITE, ADDITIONAL TEST CYLINDERS WILL BE REQUIRED AND THE ADDITIONAL CYLIN\TAB DERS SHALL BE AT THE CONTRACTOR'S

EXPENSE.

18. PREPARATIONS FOR PLACING CONCRETE:

PLACE ALL EMBEDDED ITEMS ACCURATELY AND SECURE; SET INSERTS AND ANCHOR BOLTS.

BEFORE BEGINNING PLACEMENT OF CONCRETE, ALL SPACES TO BE FILLED WITH CONCRETE SHALL BE CLEANED FREE OF DEBRIS AND FOREIGN MATERIAL. FORMS

SHALL BE COATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 03100. EARTH ON OR AGAINST WHICH CONCRETE IS TO BE PLACED SHALL BE MOIST, BUT NOT MUDDY. SURFACES OF CONCRETE PREVIOUSLY PLACED, ON OR AGAINST WHICH NEW CONCRETE IS TO BE DEPOSITED, SHALL BE THOROUGHLY CLEANED OF DIRT, LOOSE MATERIAL AND LAITANCE AND SHALL BE WELL WETTED AND THEN SLUSHED OVER WITH NEAT CEMENT GROUT IMMEDIATELY BEFORE CONCRETING. FORMS SHALL BE RETIGHTENED

AS NECESSARY.

19. PLACING CONCRETE:

CONCRETE SHALL BE PLACED AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE AFTER MIXING. NO CONCRETE WHICH HAS COMMENCED TO SET, NOR ANY RETEMPERED CONCRETE SHALL BE USED. IT SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN SUCH MANNER AS TO CAUSE NO SEPARATION OR SEGREGATION OF THE INGREDIENTS. METHODS OF CONVEYING CONCRETE SHALL NOT CAUSE EXCESSIVE SLUMP LOSSES. DO NOT USE ALUMINUM PIPES TO CONVEY CONCRETE. CONCRETE SHALL NOT BE DROPPED OVER 4 FEET THROUGH

SPACE. IT SHALL NOT BE DEPOSITED IN

LARGE QUANTITIES AT ONE PLACE AND BE PERMITTED TO RUN OR TO BE WORKED ANY CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE, BUT SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN ITS FINAL POSITION

AS NEARLY AS PRACTICABLE.

THE COARSE AGGREGATE SHALL BE WORKED BACK FROM THE FORMS WITH A SUITABLE TOOL SO AS TO BRING A FULL SURFACE OF MORTAR AGAINST THE FORM, WITHOUT THE FORMATION OF EXCESSIVE SURFACE VOIDS. ALL CONCRETE SHALL BE CONSOLIDATED BY MECHANICAL VIBRATION AUGMENTED AS NECESSARY BY SPADING, RODDING, OR FORKING SO THAT THE CONCRETE IS THOROUGHLY WORKED AROUND THE REINFORCEMENT, AROUND EMBEDDED ITEMS, AND INTO CORNERS OF FORMS, ELIMINATING ALL AIR OR STONE POCKETS WHICH MAY CAUSE HONEYCOMBING, PITTING, OR PLANES OF WEAKNESS. MECHANICAL VIBRATORS SHALL HAVE A MINIMUM FREQUENCY OF 7,000 REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE AND SHALL BE OPERATED BY COMPETENT WORKMEN. OVER_VIBRATING AND USE OF VIBRATORS TO TRANSPORT CONCRETE WITHIN FORMS SHALL NOT BE ALLOWED. VIBRATORS SHALL BE INSERTED AND WITHDRAWN AT MANY POINTS, FROM 18 TO 30 INCHES APART.

AT EACH INSERTION, THE DURATION SHALL BE SUFFICIENT TO CONSOLIDATE THE CONCRETE BUT NOT SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE SEGREGATION, GENERALLY FROM 5 TO 15 SECONDS DURATION. SPARE VIBRATOR SHALL BE KEPT ON THE JOB SITE DURING ALL CONCRETE PLACING OPERATION.

IN VERTICAL PARTS OF SMALL CROSS_SECTION, THE CONCRETE SHALL BE PLACED IN SMALL QUANTITIES TO FACILITATE TAMPING AND COMPACTION. CONCRETE SHALL NOT BE DEPOSITED IN SUCH MANNER AS TO SHAKE OR JAR CONCRETE IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING. WHEELING OVER FORMS OR CONCRETE IN SUCH MANNER AS TO JAR GREEN CONCRETE SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED. NO WOOD SPREADERS SHALL BE CONCRETED IN.

THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PLAN THE AMOUNT OF CONCRETE WORK TO BE COMPLETED IN EACH RUN. CONCRETING SHALL NOT BE STARTED UNTIL SUFFICIENT MATERIAL AND WORKING FORCE ARE AVAILABLE TO COMPLETE THE PART OF THE WORK DESIGNATED AS A RUN. CONCRETING SHALL CONTINUE UNINTERRUPTED UNTIL THE COMPLETION OF THE RUN, SO THAT IN NO PLACE WILL CONCRETE BE DEPOSITED IN CONTACT WITH CONCRETE THAT HAS ATTAINED ITS INITIAL SET, EXCEPT AT CONSTRUCTION JOINTS.

CONCRETE SHALL NOT BE DEPOSITED IN OR THROUGH WATER.

20. SPOUTING:

CHUTES FOR CONVEYING CONCRETE SHALL BE OF METAL OR METAL LINES, AND THEIR SLOPE SHALL BE SUCH THAT THERE WILL BE NO SEGREGATION. HANDLING THE CONCRETE AT THE DISCHARGE END OF CHUTES SHALL BE SUCH THAT NO SEGREGATION DEVELOPS. DO NOT USE ALUMINUM FOR CHUTE LINER OR FOR CHUTES.

CHUTES SHALL BE THOROUGHLY FLUSHED WITH WATER BEFORE AND AFTER EACH RUN. THE WATER USED FOR THIS PURPOSE SHALL BE DISCHARGED OUTSIDE THE

FORMS.

21. PLACING CONCRETE AGAINST OTHER CONCRETE:

BEFORE DEPOSITING NEW CONCRETE ON OR AGAINST CONCRETE THAT HAS HARDENED, RETIGHTEN FORMS AS NECESSARY AND ROUGHEN, CLEAN AND MOISTEN THE HARDENED CONCRETE. THE NEW CONCRETE PLACED IN CONTACT WITH HARDENED OR PARTIALLY HARDENED CONCRETE SHALL CONTAIN AN EXCESS OF MORTAR TO INSURE BOND, AND THE CLEANED AND MOISTENED SURFACES OF THE HARDENED CONCRETE SHALL FIRST BE SLUSHED WITH A COATING OF NEAT CEMENT GROUT AGAINST WHICH THE CONCRETE SHALL BE PLACED BEFORE THE GROUT HAS ATTAINED ITS INITIAL SET.

22. LEVELING:

SLABS SHALL BE STRUCK OFF WITH A STRAIGHTEDGE SMOOTH AND EVEN TO SCREEDS SET ACCURATELY AT THE REQUIRED ELEVATIONS AND SLOPES. SLOPES, DEPRESSIONS, ETC., SHALL BE FORMED AS REQUIRED BY THE PLANS. DEPRESS THE SLABS AS SHOWN FOR SUMPS AND THE LIKE.

IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE SLAB HAS BEEN STRUCK OFF, THE SCREEDS AND SCREED SUPPORTS SHALL BE REMOVED AND THE RECESSED AND HOLES LEFT BY THEM SHALL BE FILLED WITH CONCRETE AND CAREFULLY WORKED AND TAMPED INTO PLACED SO AS TO LEAVE NO WEAKNESS.

23. WORK BUILT IN:

THIS SECTION SHALL INCLUDE THE CONCRETING IN OF ALL PIPES, CONDUITS, JUNCTION BOXES, INSERTS, THIMBLES, ANCHOR BOLTS, SLEEVES, STEPS, CASTINGS, MANHOLE FRAMES, AND OTHER ITEMS AS SHOWN ON THE PLANS OR AS DIRECTED. THE CONCRETING INCLUDES ITEMS SET OR INSTALLED BY THE MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND OTHER SUBCONTRACTORS AND/OR OTHER CONTRACTORS. SPECIAL CARE SHALL BE TAKEN TO PLACE AND MAINTAIN THEM TO THE PROPER LINES AND GRADES AND TO TAMP CONCRETE THOROUGHLY AROUND THEM TO PREVENT THE PASSAGE OF WATER. THEY SHALL BE PLACED BEFORE PLACING CONCRETE, AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, AND SECURED TO PREVENT ANY MOVEMENT DURING THE WORK.

TIMELY NOTICE SHALL BE GIVEN TO ALL OTHER CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS AND ALLOW THEM A REASONABLE TIME FOR THE PLACING OF THEIR PORTION OF THE WORK REQUIRED TO BE EMBEDDED. NO CONCRETE SHALL BE PLACED UNTIL ALL WORK TO BE CONCRETED IN HAD BEEN PLACED AND INSPECTED BY THE

ENGINEER.

WRAP PIPES WITH FOAM INSULATION WHERE SHOWN, USING ARMSTRONG ARMAFLEX_22 OR DOW ETHAFOAM, OR EQUAL, IN ORDER TO PREVENT CONCRETE FROM

BONDING TO THE PIPES AND ALSO TO ALLOW SOME RELATIVE MOVEMENT.

24. ANCHORS:

BUILD IN ANCHORS AND SLEEVES AS REQUIRED FOR ITEMS FURNISHED UNDER OTHER SECTIONS AND AS MAY BE FURNISHED BY OTHER CONTRACTORS.

25. CURING AND CARE OF CONCRETE:

a) GENERAL.

CONCRETE SHALL BE PROTECTED AGAINST MOISTURE LOSS, RAPID TEMPERATURE CHANGE, MECHANICAL INJURY, AND INJURY FROM RAIN OR FLOWING WATER, FOR A PERIOD OF 7 DAYS. CONCRETE SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN A MOIST CONDITION AT TEMPERATURES ABOVE 50 DEGREES F. THROUGHOUT THE SPECIFIED CURING PERIOD AND UNTIL REMEDIAL WORK IS STARTED UNDER ARTICLE 30, FINISHES OF CONCRETE. CONCRETE SHALL BE PROTECTED FROM LOCAL APPLICATIONS OF HEAT, RAPID TEMPERATURE CHANGE AND RAPID DRYING FOR THE FIRST 24 HOURS FOLLOWING THE REMOVAL OF TEMPERATURE PROTECTION.

DURING ACTIVITIES SHALL BE STARTED AS SOON AS FREE WATER HAS DISAPPEARED FROM THE SURFACE OF THE CONCRETE AFTER PLACING AND FINISHING.

CURING, EXCEPT DURING HOT WEATHER CONCRETING, SHALL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY ANY OF THE FOLLOWING METHODS OR COMBINATION THEREOF, AS

APPROVED:

1. MOIST CURING.

UNFORMED SURFACES SHALL BE COVERED WITH BURLAP OR MATS, WETTED BEFORE PLACING, AND OVERLAPPED AT LEAST 6 INCHES. BURLAP OR MATS SHALL BE KEPT CONTINUALLY WET AND IN INTIMATE CONTACT WITH THE SURFACE. SAND OR SAWDUST WILL ALSO BE ACCEPTABLE IF KEPT UNIFORMLY SPREAD AND WET. WHERE FORMED SURFACES ARE CURED IN THE FORMS, THE FORMS SHALL BE KEPT CONTINUALLY WET. IF THE FORMS ARE REMOVED BEFORE THE END OF THE CURING PERIOD, CURING SHALL BE CONTINUED AS ON UNFORMED SURFACES, USING SUITABLE MATERIALS.

2. IMPERVIOUS_SHEET CURING.

ALL SURFACES SHALL BE THOROUGHLY WETTED WITH A FINE SPRAY OF WATER AND BE COMPLETELY COVERED WITH WATER_PROOF PAPER, POLYETHYLENE SHEETING, OR WITH POLYETHYLENE_COATED BURLAP HAVING THE BURLAP THOROUGHLY WATER_SATURATED BEFORE PLACING. COVERING SHALL BE LAID WITH LIGHT COLORED SIDE UP. COVERING SHALL BE LAPPED NOT LESS THAN 12 INCHES AND SECURELY WEIGHTED DOWN OR SHALL BE LAPPED NOT LESS THAN 4 INCHES AND TAPED TO FORM A CONTINUOUS COVER WITH COMPLETELY CLOSED JOINTS. SHEETS SHALL BE WEIGHTED DOWN TO PREVENT DISPLACEMENT OR BILLOWING FROM WINDS. COVERINGS SHALL BE FOLDED DOWN OVER EXPOSED EDGES OF SLABS AND SECURED BY APPROVED MEANS. SHEETS SHALL BE IMMEDIATELY REPAIRED OR REPLACED IF TEARS OR HOLES APPEAR DURING THE CURING PERIOD.

3. MEMBRANE FORMING COMPOUND CURING.

THE COMPOUND SHALL BE APPLIED ON DAMP SURFACES AS SOON AS THE MOISTURE FILM HAS DISAPPEARED. THE CURING COMPOUND SHALL BE APPLIED BY POWER SPRAYING EQUIPMENT USING A SPRAY NOZZLE EQUIPPED WITH A WIND GUARD. THE COMPOUND SHALL BE APPLIED IN A 2 COAT CONTINUOUS OPERATION AT A COVERAGE OF NOT MORE THAN 400 SQUARE FEET PER GALLON FOR EACH COAT OR AT THE MANUFACTURER'S RECOMMENDED COVERAGE, WHICHEVER IS LESS. WHEN APPLICATION IS MADE BY HAND SPRAYERS, THE SECOND COAT SHALL BE APPLIED IN A DIRECTION APPROXIMATELY AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE DIRECTION OF THE FIRST COAT. THE COMPOUND SHALL FORM A UNIFORM, CONTINUOUS, ADHERENT, FILM THAT SHALL NOT CRACK, CHECK OR PEEL, AND SHALL BE FREE FROM PINHOLES OR OTHER IMPERFECTIONS. SURFACE SUBJECTED TO HEAVY RAINFALL WITHIN 3 HOURS AFTER COMPOUND HAS BEEN APPLIED, OR SURFACES DAMAGED BY SUBSEQUENT CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS WITHIN THE CURING PERIOD SHALL BE RE-SPRAYED AT THE RATE SPECIFIED ABOVE. MEMBRANE CURING COMPOUND SHALL NOT BE USED ON SURFACES THAT ARE TO RECEIVE AND SUBSEQUENT TREATMENT THAT DEPEND ON ADHESION OR BONDING TO THE CONCRETE. WHERE MEMBRANE FORMING CURING COMPOUNDS ARE USED, PERMANENTLY EXPOSED SURFACES SHALL BE CURED BY USE OF A NON-PIGMENTED MEMBRANE FORMING CURING COMPOUND CONTAINING A FUGITIVE DYE. WHERE NON-PIGMENTED TYPE CURING COMPOUNDS ARE USED, THE CONCRETE SURFACE SHALL BE SHADED FROM THE DIRECT RAYS OF THE SUN FOR THE CURING PERIOD. SURFACES COATED WITH CURING COMPOUND SHALL BE KEPT FREE OF FOOT AND VEHICULAR TRAFFIC AND FROM OTHER SURFACES OF ABRASION AND

CONTAMINATION DURING THE CURING PERIOD.

b) HOT WEATHER CURING.

CURING FOR HOT WEATHER CONCRETING SHALL BE LIMITED TO MOIST CURING METHODS. ALL EXPOSED CONCRETE AND ALL FORMS SHALL BE COVERED WITH BURLAP OR CARPET MATS, WETTED BEFORE PLACING, AND OVERLAPPED AT LEAST 6 INCHES. FOG SPRAYS SHALL BE USED DURING FINISHING OPERATIONS AND UNTIL THE BURLAP OR CARPET MATS ARE PLACED. PROTECTIVE MATS SHALL REMAIN IN PLACE IN A WET CONDITION FOR 7 DAYS. PROTECTIVE MATS SHALL REMAIN IN PLACE FOR AN ADDITIONAL 4 DAYS WITHOUT THE APPLICATION OF WATER TO PERMIT GRADUAL DRYING OF THE CONCRETE SURFACES. FORMS MAY BE REMOVED AFTER 3 DAYS OF MOIST CURING PROVIDED THAT PROTECTIVE MATS, IN A WET CONDITION, ARE REPLACED SO AS TO COVER ALL EXPOSED

CONCRETE.

26. COLD WEATHER:

NO CONCRETE SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN COLD WEATHER, UNLESS MATERIALS ARE HEATED AND SUITABLE PROTECTION AND HEAT ARE PROVIDED. WEATHER SHALL BE CONSIDERED COLD WEATHER WHENEVER THE TEMPERATURE IS AS LOW AS OR LOWER THAN 40 DEGREES F., OR WHEN THERE IS A PROBABILITY THAT SUCH TEMPERATURE WILL OCCUR DURING THE CURING PERIOD. CALCIUM CHLORIDE SHALL NOT BE USED. ALL EQUIPMENT, ENCLOSURES, PROTECTION, HEATING AND METHOD OF CARRYING ON THE WORK SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CONTRACTOR. FOR CONCRETE TO BE PLACED DURING COLD WEATHER, AGGREGATES AND WATER SHALL BE HEATED TO A TEMPERATURE SUCH THAT THE CONCRETE WHEN MIXED AND WHEN DEPOSITED SHALL HAVE A TEMPERATURE OF NOT LESS THAN 60 DEGREES F. AND NOT MORE THAN 80 DEGREES F. AND SHALL BE CONTINUOUSLY KEPT AT A TEMPERATURE OF 60 DEGREES TO 80 DEGREES FOR A CURING PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN 72 HOURS FOR CONCRETE WITH TYPE 1 CEMENT, AND NOT LESS THAN 48 HOURS FOR HIGH_EARLY STRENGTH CONCRETE, AFTER WHICH MAINTAIN THE TEMPERATURE ABOVE 40 DEGREES F. FOR NOT LESS THAN FOUR ADDITIONAL DAYS. KEEP CONCRETE MOIST. LEAVE PROTECTION IN PLACE SO THAT TEMPERATURE OF CONCRETE WILL NOT DROP AT A FASTER RATE THAN 20 DEGREES F. IN 24 HOURS. BEFORE DEPOSITING CONCRETE, THE FORMS, REINFORCEMENT AND OTHER OBJECTS WITH WHICH CONCRETE WILL COME IN CONTACT, SHALL HAVE BEEN HEATED TO A TEMPERATURE OF 60 DEGREES F. TO 80 DEGREES F. FROZEN CONCRETE SHALL BE IMMEDIATELY REMOVED, AND REPLACED WITH NEW WORK BY THE CONTRACTOR AT HIS OWN EXPENSE. IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE TEMPERATURE SPECIFIED ABOVE, THE CONTRACTOR SHALL ENTIRELY ENCLOSE THE WORK WITH TARPAULINS OR OTHER SUITABLE MATERIAL AND SHALL FURNISH FUEL AND SUITABLE HEATING EQUIPMENT AND THE NECESSARY LABOR AND SUPERVISION. HEATING DEVICES SHALL EXHAUST ALL COMBUSTION GASES OUTSIDE OF THE ENCLOSURES. FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE WORK SHALL REST WITH THE CONTRACTOR. DURING COLD WEATHER, TEMPERATURE RECORDS SHALL BE KEPT, SHOWING THE TEMPERATURE AT 4 HOUR INTERVALS OF THE OUTSIDE AIR, OF THE AIR IN THE COLDEST PART OF THE ENCLOSURE NEAR THE CONCRETE, OF THE CONCRETE AS IT IS PLACED, AND OF THE CONCRETE IN PLACE AT SUCH POINTS AS THE ENGINEER MAY DIRECT. DURING

FREEZING WEATHER, SUCH TEMPERATURE RECORDS SHALL BE KEPT NIGHT AND DAY.

27. HOT WEATHER:

CONCRETE MATERIALS SHALL BE PLACED AT THE LOWEST PRACTICABLE TEMPERATURE EXCEPT AS SPECIFIED HEREINBEFORE FOR COLD WEATHER. WHEN HOT WEATHER CONDITIONS EXIST THAT WOULD SERIOUSLY IMPAIR THE QUALITY AND STRENGTH OF THE CONCRETE, THE CONCRETE SHALL BE PLACED IN ACCORDANCE WITH RECOMMENDATIONS OF ACL 305 EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED HEREIN. DURING HOT WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE TEMPERATURE OF THE TEMPERATURE OF THE CONCRETE IMMEDIATELY BEFORE IT IS PLACED IN THE FORMS SHALL BE BETWEEN 50 DEGREES F. AND 80 DEGREES F. CEMENT SHALL NOT BE USED WHEN IT HAS A TEMPERATURE HIGHER THAN 140 DEGREES F. SHAVED ICE MAY BE USED IN THE MIXING WATER TO REDUCE THE TEMPERATURE OF THE CONCRETE AT THE MIXER, BUT WHERE SHALL BE NO ICE IN THE CONCRETE WHEN IT IS DISCHARGED FROM THE MIXER. RETARDER ADMIXES MAY BE USED TO CONTROL THE SETTING TIME OF THE CONCRETE. HOWEVER, IT MUST BE DEMONSTRATED THAT THE RETARDER ADMIX WILL NOT CHANGE THE SPECIFIED REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CONCRETE, INCLUDING STRENGTH, AIR ENTRAINMENT, MINIMUM SHRINKAGE, ETC. IF SUCH RETARDERS ARE USED, NEW CONCRETE MIX DESIGNS SHALL BE MADE BY THE TESTING LABORATORY, AT THE CONTRACTOR'S EXPENSE. ADDITIONAL CEMENT, IF REQUIRED BY SUCH NEW MIX DESIGNS, SHALL BE FURNISHED BY THE CONTRACTOR AT HIS OWN EXPENSE. NO REDUCTION IN THE SPECIFIED AMOUNT OF CEMENT WILL BE PERMITTED.

28. CONSTRUCTION JOINTS:

CONSTRUCTION JOINTS SHALL BE AS SHOWN. ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION JOINTS SHALL BE MADE ONLY AT PLACES WHERE NECESSARY. THE LOCATION, DETAIL AND WORKMANSHIP SHALL BE SUCH AS TO PRODUCE TIGHT JOINTS AND NO STRUCTURAL WEAKNESS AND SUCH AS NOT TO MAR THE APPEARANCE OF THE FINISHED WORK. KEY ALL JOINTS FOR MAXIMUM SHEAR VALUE EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE DIRECTED. EACH CONSTRUCTION JOINT SHALL BE LEVEL OR PLUMB, AS THE CASE MAY

BE.

a) EXPANSION JOINT FILLER.

PROVIDE CORK EXPANSION JOINT MATERIAL, ASTM D1752, TYPE II, IN EXPANSION JOINTS FOR INTERIOR WORK AS SHOWN. PROVIDE FIBER EXPANSION JOINT MATERIAL CONFORMING TO ASTM D1751 IN EXPANSION JOINTS FOR EXTERIOR WORK SUCH AS WALKS, ETC., AS SHOWN AND/OR SPECIFIED. SEAL OVER INTERIOR EXPANSION JOINTS WITH SEALANT MATERIAL CONFORMING TO ANSI A116.1 AND OVER EXTERIOR EXPANSION JOINTS WITH SEALANT MATERIAL CONFORMING TO FEDERAL SPECIFICATION TT_S_227E. INSTALL MATERIALS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE MANUFACTURERS.

b) SLIP JOINTS.

WHERE INDICATED, BUILD IN TWO LAYERS OF TAR PAPER TO PREVENT BOND AND TO ALLOW JOINTS TO SLIP.

29. WATERSTOPS:

PROVIDE WATERSTOPS WHERE SHOWN. ALSO PROVIDE WATER STOPS IN ALL EXPANSION JOINTS AND IN CONSTRUCTION JOINTS AS REQUIRED TO MAKE

STRUCTURES WATERTIGHT.

EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SHOWN, PROVIDE NEOPRENE RUBBER WATERSTOPS WHERE CONTACT WILL BE WITH SEWAGE, SLUDGE AND/OR THE LIKE. NEOPRENE WATERSTOP FOR EXPANSION JOINTS SHALL BE CENTER BULB TYPE EQUAL TO NO. 5318_91 BY W. R. GRACE AND COMPANY, OR NO. 3290_3 BY WILLIAMS PRODUCTS, INC., OR EQUAL, AND AS SPECIFIED HEREIN. NEOPRENE WATERSTOPS FOR CONSTRUCTION JOINTS SHALL BE NO. 5318_60 BY W. R. GRACE AND COMPANY OR NO.

3066_3 BY WILLIAMS, OR EQUAL, AND AS SPECIFIED HEREIN. NEOPRENE WATERSTOPS SHALL CONTAIN NOT LESS THAN 70 PERCENT OF THE BASE NEOPRENE

POLYMER BY VOLUME AND SHALL MEET THE FOLLOWING PROPERTIES:

TENSILE STRENGTH (ASTM D412) 2500 PSI MIN.

ELONGATION (ASTM D412) 450 PERCENT

SPECIFIC GRAVITY

SHORE "A" DUROMETER

(ASTM D2240)

COMPRESSION SET, METHOD B

(ASTM D395) 30 PERCENT

TENSILE STRENGTH AFTER AGING

7 DAYS @ 158 DEGREES F.

(ASTM D572) 80 PERCENT OF

ORIGINAL

EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SHOWN, PROVIDE POLYVINYLCHLORIDE WATERSTOPS WHERE CONTACT WILL NOT BE WITH SEWAGE, SLUDGE AND/OR THE LIKE.

POLYVINYLCHLORIDE WATERSTOPS FOR EXPANSION JOINTS SHALL BE CENTERBULB TYPE EQUAL TO NO. 7C BY W. R. GRACE AND COMPANY, OR NO. 9380LB BY SONNEBORN_CONTECH, OR EQUAL AND AS SPECIFIED. POLYVINYLCHLORIDE WATERSTOPS FOR CONSTRUCTION JOINTS SHALL BE NO. 3 BY W. R. GRACE AND COMPANY, OR NO. 4316 BY SONNEBORN_CONTECH, OR EQUAL, AND AS SPECIFIED HERE IN. POLYVINYL CHLORIDE WATERSTOPS HAVE THE FOLLOWING PROPERTIES.

TENSILE STRENGTH (ASTM D412) 2000 PSI MIN.

ULTIMATE ELONGATION

(ASTM D412) 350 PERCENT MIN

LOW TEMPERATURE BRITTLENESS

(ASTM D746) _35 DEGREES F.

MAKE SPLICES IN WATERSTOP AND PROVIDE FOR TEES, CROSSES, ELLS AND THE LIKE, ALL AS RECOMMENDED BY THE MANUFACTURER AND SO AS TO MAKE WATERTIGHT AND WORKABLE JOINTS. WHERE BOOTS OR UNIONS ARE USED, THEY SHALL BE OF THE MAKE MATERIAL AND MANUFACTURE AND SHALL FIT THE WATERSTOP SECTION SNUGLY. PROVIDE CERTIFICATION OF TESTING AND THAT MATERIALS BEING FURNISHED ARE IDENTICAL TO THOSE TESTED. INSTALL WATERSTOP IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANUFACTURER'S RECOMMENDATIONS AND TO MAKE WATERTIGHT JOINTS. CONCRETE SHALL BE SOLID AND COMPLETELY

EMBED WATERSTOP.

30. FINISHES OF CONCRETE:

WITHIN 12 HOURS AFTER FORMS ARE REMOVED, SURFACE DEFECTS SHALL BE REPAIRED AS SPECIFIED HEREIN. TEMPERATURE OF THE CONCRETE, AMBIENT AIR, AND MORTAR DURING REPAIR WORK INCLUDING CURING SHALL BE ABOVE 50 DEGREES F. FINE AND LOOSE MATERIAL SHALL BE REMOVED. HONEYCOMBS, AGGREGATE POCKETS, VOIDS OVER 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER, AND HOLES LEFT BY TIE RODS OR BOLTS SHALL BE CUT OUT TO SOLID CONCRETE, REAMED, THOROUGHLY WETTED, BRUSH COATED WITH NEAT CEMENT GROUT, AND FILLED WITH MORTAR. MORTAR SHALL BE A STIFF MIX OF 1 PART PORTLAND CEMENT TO NOT MORE THAN 2 PARTS FINE AGGREGATE PASSING THE NO. 16 MESH SIEVE, AND MINIMUM AMOUNT OF WATER USING WHITE PORTLAND CEMENT FOR ALL OR PART OF THE CEMENT SO THAT WHEN DRY, THE COLOR OF THE MORTAR SHALL APPROXIMATELY MATCH THE ADJOINING CONCRETE COLOR. MORTAR SHALL BE THOROUGHLY COMPACTED IN PLACE. HOLES PASSING ENTIRELY THROUGH WALLS SHALL BE COMPLETELY FILLED FROM THE INSIDE FACE BY FORCING MORTAR THROUGH TO THE OUTSIDE FACE. HOLES THAT DO NOT PASS ENTIRELY THROUGH THE WALL SHALL BE PACKED FULL. PATCH WORK SHALL BE FINISHED FLUSH AND IN THE SAME PLANE AS ADJACENT SURFACES. EXPOSED PATCHWORK SHALL BE FINISHED TO MATCH ADJOINING SURFACES IN TEXTURE AND COLOR. PATCHWORK SHALL BE DAMP_CURED FOR 72 HOURS. AFTER THE ABOVE OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, A SMOOTH FINISH SHALL BE GIVEN TO EXTERIOR CONCRETE SURFACES THAT ARE TO BE EXPOSED TO VIEW. THE SMOOTH FINISH SHALL CONSIST OF THOROUGHLY WETTING AND THEN BRUSH COATING THE SURFACES WITH CEMENT GROUT COMPOSED BY VOLUME OF 1 PART PORTLAND CEMENT TO NOT MORE THAN 2 PARTS FINE AGGREGATE PASSING THE NO. 30 MESH SIEVE AND MIXED WITH WATER TO THE CONSISTENCY OF THICK PAINT. WHITE PORTLAND CEMENT SHALL BE USED FOR ALL OR PART OF THE CEMENT, PROPORTIONED AS DETERMINED BY TRIAL MIXES, SO THAT THE FINAL COLOR OF GROUT, WHEN DRY, WILL BE APPROXIMATELY THE SAME AS THE COLOR OF THE SURROUNDING CONCRETE. GROUT SHALL BE CORK OR WOOD FLOATED TO FILL ALL PITS, AIR BUBBLES, AND SURFACE HOLES. EXCESS GROUT SHALL BE SCRAPED OFF WITH A TROWEL AND THE SURFACE RUBBED WITH BURLAP TO REMOVE ANY VISIBLE GROUT FILM. THE GROUT SHALL BE KEPT DAMP BY MEANS OF FOR SPRAY DURING SETTING PERIOD. THE FINISH OF ANY AREA SHALL BE COMPLETED IN THE SAME DAY AND THE LIMITS OF A FINISHED AREA SHALL BE MADE AT NATURAL BREAKS IN THE FINISHED SURFACE. SURFACES OF SLABS

ON GRADE SHALL BE FLOAT FINISHED AFTER THE CONCRETE HAS BEEN PLACED, STRUCK_OFF, CONSOLIDATED, AND LEVELED. FLOATING SHALL BEGIN WHEN THE WATER SHEEN HAS DISAPPEARED AND THE SET IS SUFFICIENT TO PERMIT OPERATION OF A POWER DRIVEN FLOAT. THE SURFACE SHALL THEN BE CONSOLIDATED WITH POWER DRIVEN FLOATS. HAND FLOATING SHALL BE DONE IN LOCATIONS NOT ACCESSIBLE TO POWER FLOATS. NO SAND, CEMENT, OR OTHER SUBSTANCE SHALL BE APPLIED TO THE SURFACE TO ABSORB WATER. EXCESS SURFACE WATER MAY BE REMOVED BY APPLYING BURLAP OR CLOTH TO ABSORB WATER. AFTER ONE FLOATING OPERATION THE TRUENESS OF THE SURFACE SHALL BE CHECKED WITH A 10 FOOT STRAIGHTEDGE AT NOT LESS THAN 2 DIFFERENT ANGLES. ALL HIGH SPOTS SHALL BE CUT DOWN AND LOW SPOTS FILLED DURING THIS PROCEDURE SO THAT THE MAXIMUM VARIATION FROM A PLANE SURFACE IS 1/4 INCH OR LESS. A FINAL FLOATING SHALL THEN BE DONE TO A UNIFORM, SMOOTH, GRANULAR TEXTURE. AFTER FINAL FLOATING THE SURFACE SHALL BE SCORED BY DRAWING A BROOM OR BURLAP BELT ACROSS THE SURFACE IN THE DIRECTION INDICATED BY THE ENGINEER AND TO THE FINISH AS SHOWN ON THE PLANS. WATER SHALL NOT

BE ADDED TO CONCRETE SURFACES AT ANY TIME.

31. WALKS, CURBS, GUTTERS AND OTHER SIMILAR EXTERIOR CONCRETE:

WALKS, CURBS, GUTTERS AND OTHER SIMILAR EXTERIOR CONCRETE SHALL BE PROVIDED AS REQUIRED BY THE PLANS. AIR ENTRAINING ADMIX, CONFORMING TO ASTM C260, SHALL BE ADDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANUFACTURER'S DIRECTIONS SO AS TO PRODUCE CONCRETE CONTAINING FROM 4 1/2 PERCENT TO 6 1 /2 PERCENT OF ENTRAINED AIR. THE SLUMP SHALL BE NOT MORE THAN 3 INCHES AND NOT LESS THAN 2 INCHES. WITH THE ENGINEER'S APPROVAL A HIGHER SLUMP RANGE IS ACCEPTABLE IF THE MIX DESIGN (WITH MIX HISTORY) SHOWS THE SPECIFIED STRENGTH IS ACHIEVED. THE CONCRETE SHALL HAVE A COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF NOT LESS THAN 4,000 POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH AND THE CEMENT CONTENT SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN 6 SACKS PER CUBIC YARD. WALKS AND OTHER EXTERIOR CONCRETE SHALL BE CURED BY COVERING FIRST WITH SPRAYED ON CURING COMPOUND APPLIED IMMEDIATELY AFTER FINISHING AND THEN ALSO COMPLETELY COVERED WITH AN IMPERMEABLE FIBER FILLED PAPER FOR A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN 72 HOURS. MEMBRANE CURING COMPOUND SHALL COMPLY WITH ASTM C309 FOR TYPE I AND PAPER SHALL COMPLY WITH ASTM C171. EXTERIOR CONCRETE WORK CONSTRUCTED DURING HOT WEATHER SHALL BE PROTECTED, IN ADDITION TO THE CURING SPECIFIED ABOVE, WITH SPENCER KELLOGG ANTI_SPALLING COMPOUND, OR CARTER_WATERS "DEK_SEAL," OR EQUAL, APPLIED AS SOON AS CONDITIONS WILL PERMIT AFTER CURING AND WHEN THE CONCRETE IS CLEAN AND DRY. THE MIXTURE SHALL BE APPLIED UNIFORMLY IN TWO APPLICATIONS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANUFACTURER'S RECOMMENDATIONS. THE SECOND APPLICATION SHALL NOT BE MADE UNTIL AFTER THE FIRST COAT HAS BEEN COMPLETELY ABSORBED BY THE CONCRETE. CONCRETE WALKS AND OTHER EXTERIOR CONCRETE SHALL BE PLACED ON SUBGRADES PREPARED AS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 02200, AND SHALL BE BUILT TO THE GRADES AND LINES SHOWN AND AS REQUIRED TO MEET ADJOINING AND/OR EXISTING WORK. DAMPEN SUBGRADES BEFORE APPLYING CONCRETE. EXPANSION JOINTS SHALL BE PROVIDED IN WALKS WHERE SHOWN AND AT INTERSECTION WALKS AND BUILDINGS.

EXPANSION JOINTS IN WALKS SHALL BE MADE WITH 3/4_INCH THICK PREMOLDED, NON EXTRUDING EXPANSION JOINT FILLER, "FLEXCELL," OR "MEADOWS," OR EQUAL, EXTENDING THROUGH THE FULL THICKNESS OF THE CONCRETE EXCEPT THE UPPER 1

4 INCH. THERE SHALL BE SET ACCURATELY IN PLACE TO STRAIGHT LINES AND

CONCRETED IN. EDGES OF GROOVES, EXPANSION JOINTS AND EDGES OF WALKS SHALL BE ROUNDED TO A 1/4_INCH RADIUS WITH SUITABLE GROOVING AND EDGING TOOLS. WALKS SHALL BE FINISHED AS SPECIFIED FOR TROWELED CONCRETE EXCEPT THAT FINAL FINISHING SHALL BE WITH WOOD FLOATS OR BROOMED, AS DIRECTED, TO PRODUCE NON_SLIPPERY SURFACES. DIRECTION OF FINAL FLOATING OR BROOMING SHALL BE AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE LENGTH UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED. COMPLETED WORK SHALL BE FINISHED TRUE TO LINE AND GRADE WHEN TESTED WITH A 10 FOOT STRAIGHTEDGE SHALL NOT SHOW A VARIATION OF

MORE THAN 1/4 INCH FROM A STRAIGHT LINE.

32. READY MIXED CONCRETE:

READY MIXED CONCRETE IF USED SHALL COMPLY WITH THESE SPECIFICATIONS IN ALL RESPECTS AND WITH ASTM C94, EXCEPT AS SPECIFIED OTHERWISE.

SECTION 02 62 00 - NONSHRINKING GROUTING

1. SCOPE:

UNDER THIS HEADING SHALL BE INCLUDED THE FURNISHING AND INSTALLATION OF NON_SHRINK GROUTS. NON_SHRINK GROUTS SHALL BE USED FOR THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF WORK: SETTING ANCHOR BOLTS AND DOWELS IN PRE_DRILLED HOLES; SETTING BASE PLATES, BEARING PLATES, CRANE RAILS, HANDRAILS, AND MACHINERY BASES; SETTING OR JOINING PRECAST CONCRETE ELEMENTS; AND FOR PATCHING AND REPAIR OF ALL WATERTIGHT STRUCTURES. NON_SHRINK GROUT SHALL ALSO BE USED FOR PATCHING AND REPAIR OF PRECAST AND/OR PRESTRESSED CONCRETE WORK AND OTHER GROUTING WORK WHERE SPECIFICALLY NOTED ON THE CONTRACT PLANS. INCLUDED IS ALL LABOR, MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT, TOOLS AND ENERGY NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH THE GROUTING WORK.

2. RELATED WORK SPECIFIED IN OTHER SECTIONS:

a) PATCHING AND REPAIR OF CONCRETE SURFACES, WHERE NON_SHRINK GROUT IS NOT SPECIFIED NOR NOTED ON THE CONTRACT PLANS, IS INCLUDED UNDER

b) REPAIR OF CONCRETE WORK BY BONDING, ADHESION AND PRESSURE INJECTION, AND ANCHORING OF ANCHOR BOLTS AND DOWELS SUBJECT TO DYNAMIC, VIBRATORY OR IMPACT TYPE OF LOADING IS INCLUDED UNDER EPOXY GROUT, SECTION 03 63 00 (NOT INCLUDED).

3. MATERIALS:

a) NON_SHRINK/NON_METALLIC GROUT (TYPE "A").

GROUT SHALL BE FACTORY MIXED CONTAINING NATURAL AGGREGATES FORMULATED TO BE USED AT ANY CONSISTENCY FROM EXTREMELY FLUID TO DAMP PACK (PLASTIC).

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