3-Specifications - Limestone.pdf
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- Limestone State and local contract opportunity
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- LS/26
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- Summit County, Akron City, Ohio
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This document is a bid specification for limestone from the City of Akron, Ohio (Bid No. LS/26), targeting multiple city departments including Water Supply, Water Distribution, Sewer, and Parks. The bid covers the procurement of various sizes of limestone to be delivered to locations in Summit, Portage, and Geauga counties. Estimated annual quantities include approximately 100 tons of #1 & #2 limestone for Water Supply, 300 tons of #304 limestone for Water Supply, 18,000 tons of various sizes for Water Distribution and Sewer, and 3,000 tons of #304 limestone plus 1,200 tons of limestone screenings for Parks departments.
The limestone must meet specific material specifications, including being washed, free from detrimental materials, and not containing furnace slag or cinders. Gradation requirements are detailed for different limestone types, with precise sieve designation percentages provided for #304 aggregate and limestone screenings. The document emphasizes that these are estimated annual quantities, and actual usage may vary depending on departmental needs. The specifications include detailed technical requirements such as particle composition, fractured face percentages, and gradation standards, referencing AASHTO testing methods for material quality and consistency.
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CITY OF AKRON, OHIO
LIMESTONE (Bid No. LS/26)
Various sizes of limestone to be delivered to City of Akron locations in Summit, Portage, and Geauga counties for use by Water Supply, Water Distribution, Sewer, and Parks departments.
Delivery addresses include:
7214 Diagonal Rd., Kent, OH 44240 (Portage County) – Water Supply 17190 Rapids Rd., Burton, OH 44021 (Geauga County) – Water Supply 1460 Triplett Blvd., Akron, OH 44306 (Summit County) – Water Distribution 2460 Akron Peninsula Rd., Akron, OH 44313 (Summit County) - Sewer 1436 Triplett Blvd., Akron, OH 44306 (Summit County) - Parks
ESTIMATED QUANTITIES
Water Supply #1 & #2 – approximately 100 tons delivered partly to each location in Portage & Geauga Counties #304 – approximately 300 tons delivered partly to each location in Portage & Geauga Counties #57 – approximately 100 tons delivered party to each location in Portage & Geauga Counties
Water Distribution & Sewer Approximately 18,000 tons of all sizes
Parks #304 – 3000 tons delivered for various trail, building and construction projects.
Limestone screenings – 1200 tons delivered for various trail, building and maintenance.
Please note these are estimated annual quantities only. Actual usage may be more or less depending on the needs of the departments for the year.
SPECIFICATIONS
Material furnished under this item shall be of the type and in quantities as specified on the purchase order and shall comply with the following specifications.
Material furnished under this item shall be limestone as specified on the order. Material shall be washed and free from excessive or detrimental amounts of metal, concrete, clay, clay lumps, loam, roots, vegetable matter, rubbish, wood, muck, or other non-stable materials. Material furnished shall not contain any furnace slag or cinders. Material shall be uniformly moist.
1) Gradation schedules for #1, #2, #8, and #57 limestone shall comply with Table 703-1 in the City of
Akron Construction and Material Specifications.
2) The 304 aggregate shall be crushed limestone or crushed gravel. Crushed limestone or crushed gravel shall meet the following gradation requirements.
Sieve Designation Percent Passing
2 inch 100% 1 inch 70-100% 3/4 inch 50-90% No. 4 30-60% No. 40 7-30% No. 200 0-13%
3) Limestone screenings:
A. Clean, hard, durable particles or fragments of limestone, and a filler of sand or other finely divided mineral matter. When produced from gravel, 50 percent, by weight, of the material retained on a No.
4 sieve, shall have one fractured face.
B. The portion retained on the No. 4 sieve shall have a maximum percentage of sear of 50 at 500 revolutions as determined by AASHTO T96-77.
C. The portion passing the No. 40 sieve shall have a maximum liquid limit of 25 and a maximum plasticity index of 7, as determined by AASHTO T89-81 and AASHTO T90-81, respectively.
D. Free from clay lumps, vegetable matter and deleterious material.
E. Limestone screenings shall meet the following gradation requirements:
Percentage by Weight Passing Square Mesh Sieve AASHTO T-11-92 and T27-83
Sieve Designation Percent Passing
3/4 inch 100% 3/8 inch 50-80% No. 4 35-65% No. 10 25-60% No. 40 15-30% No. 200 5-15%
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