Special Project Specs.pdf

SPS

GWJ105.1 (8/94)

105.03 First paragraph, change the first sentence to read:

Sampling

& Testing "For the contractor-furnished source(s) listed below, the contractor shall submit weight tickets which state Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) gradation and are in compliance with same Quality Assurance Program. This requirement constitutes aggregate source certification for sampling and testing in accordance with AASHTO requirements through the VDOT sampling and testing program. However, the VDOT quality assurance program shall not relieve the contractor of the responsibility for furnishing material which conforms to the specifications and may be rejected as non-compliant in whole or part.

GWJ106.1 (1/87)

106.02 Add: "The tonnage for aggregate weighed for payment may be reduced, if

Determination moisture content in excess of 12 percent.

of Quantities

GWJ306.02

306.02 Replace the first paragraph with the following:

“The traveled way and shoulders shall be scarified and shaped at locations indicated in the description of work and to a depth of 6 inches. Any rocks larger than 4 inches in its greatest dimension brought to the surface during scarification shall be removed.

Delete the second third and fourth paragraphs and replace with the following:

“Rocks with exposed surface area in the roadbed, shoulders and ditch exceeding 1 square foot shall be removed to at least 6 inches below subgrade or as shown on the plans.”

603.5 (9/85)

603.08 Delete the last sentence of the second paragraph and add:

Backfilling

"The density shall be Method A, B, or C as shown in the SCHEDULE

OF ITEMS."

Add the following method after Method B.

"Method C. Backfill density shall be that obtained by compacting each layer with mechanical equipment designed for this purpose.

Compaction shall continue until visual displacement of each layer ceases."

GWJ625.1 (1/98)

625.03 In the second sentence, after the word "frozen" add the words "or snow

Seeding covered."

Seasons

Add the following: "All disturbed areas shall be seeded and mulched either temporarily or permanently within 7 months of disturbance. The Contractor shall notify the COR at least 24 hours prior to all seeding."

625.05 Add: "The seed mixture shall be uniformly applied as follows:

Application

Methods for

Seed, Fertilizer, & Limestone Seed Mixture

Material Quantity/Acre

Perennial Rye Grass

(Manhatten, Pennfire, or Linn)

40 lb.

*Flatpea (Lathco) 30 lb.

*White Dutch Clover 4 lb.

Creeping Red Fescue 10 lb.

Annual Ryegrass 10 lb.

Fertilizer (10-10-10) 1500 lb.

Agricultural Lime 3000 lb.

Mulch

Wood or Cellulose Fiber or Recycled Paper or

Hay or Straw

2000 lb.

4000 lb.

*To be innoculated per manufacturer. Germination plus hard seed must be equal to or greater than 75% and the percentage of hard seed no greater than 15%.

When seeding from October 15 to March 1, 50 lb/acre of Cereal Rye (Abruzzi) shall be added to the mixture."