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1 . I NTRODUCTI ON. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1 . 1 Pur pose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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STOCKPILEDM TERI L . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

T BLEOF

CONTENTS

STOCKPILEDM TERI LEV LU TI ON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3

3

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Ti er

1

S t o ck pi l e s )

of Gr anul ar

Mat eri al s

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3 . 4 . 2 Ti er 2 St ockpi l es)

of

Gr anul ar

Mat eri al s

f r o m

Sources

of Fi l e

and Coar se

Aggr egat es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5

3 . 4 . 3

Ti er

3 S t o ck pi l e s ) Cont ai ni ng

Recycl ed

Por t l and Cement Concr et e . . . . . . . . 1 5

Case

Det er m nat i on

C r i t e r i a - Ti er 1

and

Ti er 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5

3 . 5 . 1

General

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3 . 5

. 2

Case C r i t e r i a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

3 . 5 . 2 . 1 St ockpi l es cont ai ni ng

onl y crushed

l edge rock,

b l a s t

f ur nace

sl ag or

Recycl ed Port l and Cement Concr et e . . . .

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3 . 5 . 2 . 2

St ockpi l es cont ai ni ng

onl y gr a v el or crushed gr a v el . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

3 . 5 . 2 . 3 St ockpi l es cont ai ni ng bl ends

of

crushed l edge rock ;

b l a s t

f umace

s l a g ,

gr a v el

or

crushed

gr a v el

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2 . 1 Gener al . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2 . 2 St o c k pi l e s ) Const r uct ed f o r a Spec i f i c P r o j ec t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2 . 3

St o c k pi l e s )

Const r uct ed Wthout

Ref erence

t o a S p e c i f i c

P r o j e ct

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Sampl ul g of

St o c k pi l e s ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2 . 4 . 1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2 . 4 . 2 Sampl i ng

Procedure

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2 . 5

St ockpi l e

Wai ver s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2 . 5 . 1 Mat eri al Tr anspor t ed by Bar ge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2 . 5 . 2 Mat eri al f o r

Tempor ar y

Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2 . 6 Document at i on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 o

2 . 7

Use

of

St o c k pi l e s )

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2

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Transfer

of

S t o ck pi l e s )

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2 . 9 Di sposal of

S t o ck pi l e s )

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3

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Gener al

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3

. 2 Mat eri al

Test i ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3

3

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St ockpi l e

Eval uat i on C r i t e r i a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

3 . 3 . 1

agnesi um

S u l f a t e Soundness

Loss

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3 . 3 . 2

P l a s t i c i t y

I ndex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

3 . 3 . 3

Gr adat i on

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3

. 4 Mat eri al Source

Type s)

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3

. 6 Case

Desi gnat i ons 16

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1

Case

16

3 . 6 . 2

Case

B 17

3

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3

Case

C 17

4 NON STOCKPI LEDMATER AL 18

5 NON STOCKPI LED

MATER ALEVALLj ATION

20

5

1 Gener al

2

5

. 2

Eval uat i on

C r i t e r i a

20

5 . 2

1

Magnesi um

S u l f a t e Soundness Loss

20

5

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P l a s t i c i t y I ndex 20

5

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Gr adat i on 20

REFERENCES

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APPENDX

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NYSDOTSt ockpi l ed Mat er i al Shi pment

Document at i on

: 4 1

4

1

Gener al 18

4 . 2

Sampl i ng of

Source 18

4 . 3

Sampl i ng

Opt i ons

18

4

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1

Mat er i al Transpor t ed

by

Bar ge 18

4 . 3 . 2 Mat er i al f o r Tempor ar y

Use

18

4 . 3 . 3 Vi sual 19

4 . 4

Document at i on 19

4 . 5

Use

of Source 19


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1

INTRODUCTION

1

1 Purpose

Thi s manual e s t a bl i s h es

st at ewi de

c o n t r o l and document at i on procedures f o r eval uat i ng granul ar

and

r ecycl ed port l and

cement

concr ete mat eri al s

used

f o r const r uct i on

i t e m

The

c ont r o l s f o r t h e var i ous const r uct i on ma t e r i a l s a r e s p e c i f i c t o t h e t ype

and

use on a

p r o j e ct

The

mat eri al

t ypes a r e s e ns i t i v e t o permeabi l i t y segregat i on and cont amnat i on and t he r equi r ement s a r e

ai med a t mni mzi ng t h e i mpact on

per f or mance

of t h e pr oduct i n

i t s

f i n a l p o s i t i o n Subbase mat eri al

f o r a s i n g l e

p r o j e c t

must have

s i m l a r

drai nage

and

s t a b i l i t y

c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s

so t h a t t h e pavement

s t r u c t u r e i s adequat el y drai ned and

support ed

A l l sampl es submt t ed

t o

t h e Ge ot e c l n i i c al Engi neer i ng Bur eau

s h a l l be

not ed on t h e

cur r ent

G r a n t i l c i r A l a t e r i c i l s

E i v a l l

ot i on

Form

The

eval uat i on

of

each

s t o c kp i l e wi l l

be

i n di c at e d

on

t h e cur r ent

Gr anul ar

1 a t e r i a l

Docut nent at i onFor ni

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2

STOCKPILEDM TER L

2 1 General

The

Cont ractor/ Suppl i er may

e l e c t

t o s t o c k p i l e a mat eri al t h a t i s n o t requi r ed t o be st ockpi l ed

by

t h e

i t e m s p e c i f i c a t i o n I f t h e Cont r act or/ Suppl i er so e l e c t s ,

t h a t

ma t e r i a l wi l l be eval uat ed a s st ockpi l ed

materi al

Cont ractor/ Suppl i er has t h e opt i on t o c o n s t r u c t

s t o c kpi l e s ) w t hout

r e f e r e n c e t o a s p e c i f i c

p r o j e c t

The i nt ent of t h i s

opt i on i s

t o suppl y

Depar t ment al pro j ects - A i t h

a l l of t he mat er i al i n a

s tockpi l e

Perm ss i on

t o c o n s 4 r u c t

s t o c kpi l e s)

i s based on conf or mance w t h t h e i n t e n t of

h i s

opt i on

and

a l l t h e r equi r ement s

The Regi onal

Geot echni cal

Engi neer

has t h e opt i on

of

i ns pe c t i ng

the const ructi on

of

each s t o c k p i l e

t o

ensure

t h a t

t h e r equi r ement s

of t h i s

manual a r e s l t

F ai l ur e

t o

compl y can

r e s u l t i n

t he

r e j e c t i o n

of he

s t o c k p i l e

by

t h e

Regi onal Ge ot e c l ul i c al Engi neer

t o c k p i l e

may

be

r e j e c t e d

by

a

Depar t ment al

Geot echni cal

Engi neer

w thout

sampl i ng

based

on

v i s u al i nspecti on

2 . 2

St ockpi l e

s ) Const r uct ed

f o r

a

S p e c i f i c

P r o j e c t

For a l l s t o c k p i l e s , the Contractor s h a l l n o t i f y t h e Engi neer- hl - Char ge so t h a t t h e

Regi onal Geot echni cal

Engi neer

can be n o t i f i e d

by

t h e Engi neer- I n- Char ge at

l e a s t

t h r e e 3) wor k days pr i e r t o begi nni ng

const ructi on of

any s t o c k p i l e

For s t o c kpi l e s

of RCA, t h e Contractor wi l l no t i f y t h e Engi neer- I i i - Charge,

who

wi l l n o t i f y t h e Regi onal Geot ecl n i c a l Engi neer , when a s t o c k p i l e has

been

compl et ed and

i s r eady to be sampl ed The

Regi onal

Geot ecl ul i cal

Engi neer

wi l l

n o t i f y t h e Geot echni cal Engi neer i ng Bur eau

p r i o r

t o a l l

sampl i ng

B

At

a l l t i mes t h e source of t h e mat er i al

s h a l l

be

s t r i ppe d of a l l

s o d ,

t o p s o i l and o t h e r

de l e t e r i o us mat er i al f o r a mnimumdi st ance of 30

f t

9 m f r o m t h e t o p of t h e

wor ki ng face

St ockpi l es s h a l l be l ocat ed s o as t o provi de a di s t a nc e of not l e s s t han 50 f t

( 15

m

f r o m

t h e

nearest

edge

of a storage pi l e bui l t z i p

under t h e

processi ng

p l a nt conveyor

- u i d f r o m

t h e toe

of

t h e wor ki ng

face

of t h e source S u f f i c i e n t access s hal l be

provi ded around t h e

e n t i r e s t o c k p i l e

t o

sampl e and r emove

mat eri al

D St ockpi l es

s h a l l

be

constructed

of unf r ozen

mat er i al i n

s t a ge s n o t exceedi ng

4

t

1 . 2

m

i n

t hi ckness

However ,

i f a

s t o o l - p i l e

i s constructed

by

al t e r n at e l y pl aci ng coarse

and

f i n e mat e r i a l ,

each

l aver of

coarse

o r f i n e mat er i al

i n

a s t a g e s hal l not exceed 2

f t

0

. 6

m

i n

t hi ckness The

t o t a l hei ght

of

he

s t o c k p i l e s h a l l

not exceed t h e reach

of

t h e equi pment empl oyed t o

r emove

mat er i al f o r

sampl i ng

and u s e nor be g r e a t e r

t han

15

f t

? 111)

The

MNML?N

s i z e

of a s t o c kpi l e

s h a l l

be 1, 000

yd ( 800

r n) Unl ess t he p r o j e c t

quant i t y

i s

l e s s

t han 1, 000 yd

( 800

m ) h1 t h i s

case

t h e Contractor

may

c o n s t r u c t a

s t o c k p i l e smal l er

t han

t h e m ni ni um s i z e , but n o t l e s s

t han

t h e

p r o j e c t

quant i t y

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F

Ramps

f ormed

f or s tockpi l e

const r uct i on s hal l be the sam mat eri al

as that

bei ng

st ockpi l ed

and wi l l be consi der ed part of the

s tockpi l e

: AZy cont am nat ed

sur f ace

mat eri al

shal l

be remvedbef ore deepeni ng ramp

r emoval )

and/ or

sampl i ng

G Al l stockpi l es shal l be

i dent i f i ed

w t h a

durabl e

l egi bl e si gn

pl aced pr i or

t o sampl i ng

and shal l r emai n u n t i l t he

stockpi l e i s

depl et ed or di sposed of i n accor dance

w t h

Secti on

2

. 9

The

i t i f ormat i on

on

t he si gn

s hal l

i ncl ude

t he

:

contract number,

stockpi l e

number, and

i t e m number ( s)

2 3

St ockpi l e(s)

Const r ucted Wthout

Ref er ence

t o a Speci f i c Pr oj ect

The

Cont r actor / Suppl i er

i s r equi r ed t o

suppl y

Depar t ment al Proj ects w t h a subst ant i al

port i on

of a l l

mat eri al fromappr oved stockpi l e(s)

The

Cont r actor / Suppl i er s h a l l met

t he

f o l l ow ng requi r ement s

i n the

const r uct i on of

each s tockpi l e

:

For a l l

stockpi l es ,

the Cont r act or/ Suppl i er shal l not i f y the Regi onal

Geotechni cal

Engi neer at

l e a s t

three

(3) work

days pr i or t o begi nni ng

const r uct i on of any

s tockpi l e

For

stockpi l es

of RC t he

Cont r act or/ Suppl i er shal l

not i f y the

Regi onal

Geotec l ul i cal Engi neer

when a

st ockpi l e has been

compl et ed and i s r eady t o be

samp ed

The Regi onal Geot ec l ui i cal Engi neer w l l not i f y

the Geotechni cal

Engi neer i ng

Bureau

pr i or

t o a l l sampl i ng

B At a l l

t i mes

the source of t he mater i al shal l be st r i pped of a l l sod topsoi l and other

del eter i ous

mat eri al

f o r

a mni ruumdi st ance of 30 ( 9 m f romthe

top

of

t he

worki ng ace

St ockpi l es s hal l be l ocat ed so as t o

provi de

a di st ance of

not

l e s s t han 50

f f

(15

m)

fromthe nearest

edge

of a storage pi l e bui l t up under the processi ng

pl ant conveyor

and f rom

the toe

of

the

worki ng

f ace

of

the

source

Suf f i c i ent

access

s hal l

be

provi ded

ar ound the ent i re

stockpi l e

t o sampl e andremvemat er i al

D

St ockpi l es s h a l l

be

constructed

of

unf r ozen

mat eri al

i n

st ages

not

exceedi ng

4

t

1

. 2

m

i n t hi ckness However i f a

stockpi l e

i s constructed

by

al t ernat el y pl aci ng coarse

and f i n e mat er i al , each l aver of coarse or f i n e

mat eri al

i n a st age shal l

not exceed

2

( 0 . 6 m n t hi ckness The o t a l hei ght

of

t he stockpi l e

s h a l l

not exceed the reach of

the equi pment emp oyed t o remve

mat er i al

f o r sampl i ng and use

nor

be

greater

t han

15 t

5 m

E

The

MNMUMs i z e of a

stockpi l e

s hal l be 3, 000

yd

2500M

The

MXXMUM

s i z e

of

a

stockpi l e shal l be 10, 000 yd_ 8000 unl ess t he Cont r actor ,

Suppl i er

subm t s,

i n

wri t i ng, an accept abl e dual i t y cont r ol p l a t s

t o

the

Regi onal

Geotechni cal

Engi neer

The qual i t y cont ro l

pl an

mst

be

appr oved

by

the

Regi onal

Geotec l ul i cal

Engi neer

andt he

Geot echni cal Engi neer i ng Bureaupr i or t o

the Cont r actor / Suppl i er

begi nni ng

t he const r uct i on of t he

s tockpi l e

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F

Ramps

f or med f o r s t o c k p i l e constr ucti on s h a l l

be t h e same

mat er i al a s t h a t

bei ng

st ockpi l ed and

wi l l be

consi dered p a r t

of

t h e s t o c k p i l e .

Any

cont am nat ed

surface

mat er i al

s h a l l be r emoved bef ore

deepeni ng ( r amp

r emoval ) and/ or sampl i ng

.

G A l l s t o c kpi l e s sha l l

be

i d e n t i f i e d w t h a

durabl e,

l e g i b l e

s i g n n

pl acedp r i o r t o sampl i ng

and s h a l l r emai n

u n t i l

t h e s t o c kpi l e i s

depl et ed

or di sposed of i n accordance w t h

Sect i on

2

. 9

The

i n f o r ma t i o n

on

t h e si gh

s h a l l

i ncl ude

t h e

:

s t o ck pi l e number, and

i t e mnumber( s )

p r i o r

t o suppl yi ng mat er i al t o a Depar t ment al p r o j e c t , t h e

Contr act or/ Suppl i er s h a l l add t h e c on t r a c t number s t o t h e

s i gn

.

H The Cont r act or / Suppl i er of s tockpi l es )

i s

requi red t o provi de a

compl et ed

1Vew York

S t a t e

Depar t ment of

Transport at i on St ockpi l ed

Mat er i al ~ hi pnl ent

Docun?en-

t a t i o n form

Thus f o rm

mus t

be submtted

t o

t h e Regi onal

Geot echni cal

Engi neer

no

l a t e r

t han t h r e e

( 3 ) work

days

a f t e r

t h e

i r s t

and

f i f t e e n t h

of each

mont h t h a t mat er i al

was t aken

f rom

a s t o c k p i l e

The

ockp i l ed Mat er i al S l i i p r r l e w Docl apl ent at i on

form

i s ' i n c l u ded i n t h e

appendi x

of

h i s

manual .

Mat eri al suppl i ed t o

non-Depar t ment al

pr o j ec t s r e qu i r e s document at i on

i n d i c a t i n g onl y d a t e s , q u a n t i t i e s

of mat er i al

and s t o c k p i l e

number

.

I

Unl ess a l l r equi r ement s a r e compl i ed

w i t h ,

t h e s t o c k p i l e wi l l be r e j e ct e d by t h e

Regi onal Ge ot e c hu n i c a l

Engi neer

and di sposed

of

n accordance

wi t h

Sect i on 2 9

The

Regi onal

Geot echni cal

Engi neer

wi l l n o t i f y t h e Contr act or/ Suppl i er of a

s t o c kpi l e r e j e c t i o n f o r

non- compl i ance N A ? i t h

t h e i n t e n t and/ or requi r ement s Thi s

n o t i f i c a t i o n

mus t

be

made

i n

wri t i ng

and

a copy

f orwar ded

t o

t h e D rector

of t h e

Geot echuni cal Engi neer i ng Bur eau

. The


Engi neer wi 1 1

prohi bi t t he Contr act or / Supp l i er f rol n

const ruct i ng

a

st ockpi l e

wi t hout

r ef er ence

t o a

s p e c i f i c proj ect fo r a per i od

of two ( 2 ) years Duri ng t h i s

per i od

when

t h e C o n t r a c t o r / ' Suppl i er i s r e s t r i c t e d t o bui l di ng onl y p r o j e c t s p e c i f i c

s t o c k p i l e s , t hose s t o c kp i l es wi l l

be

l i i i n i t e d

t o t h e pr o j e ct

quant i t y

The

Contr act or/ Suppl i er may appeal t h e

deci si on

t o t h e

D rector of

t h e

Geot echni cal Engi neer i ng Bureau

by

r e qu es t i n g,

i t n

w r i t i n g , a meet i ng bet ween

t hemel ves, t h e

Regi onal

Geot ecl i n i c a l

Engi neer and Geo t e ct i n i c a l

Engi neer i ng

Bureau s t a t i n g t he b as i s of t h e appeal Thi s request mus t be

made

w t hi n

two

( 2 )

weeks o f t h e

wr i t t e n

n ot i f i c at i o n of r e j e ct i on

The

Co nt r a ct o r , ' ' SUppl i e r may

request

r e p r e se nt a t i o n f i oi n t h e Empi r e

S t a t e Concr et e and Aggregat e Producers

A s s o c i a t i o n , I n c and/ or t h e Ass oci at ed General Cont ract or s

The

meet i ng wi l l be

sc hedul ed

w t hi n

one

week of

r e c e i p t

of t h i s request

The

Contr act or/ Suppl i er wi l l

p r e s e n t

h i s appeal a t t h i s meet i ng f i n a l det erm nat i on wi l l be made by t h e

D rector of t h e Geot echni cal Engi neer i ng

Bur eau and f orwar ded

i n

wri t i ng t o t h e

Contr act or/ Suppl i er w t hi n

one

( 1 ) weekof t h e dat e of h e

meet i ng

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2

. 4 Sampl i ng of S t o c l L p i l e s )

2

. 4

1 General

Sampl es

f o r bi t um nous s t a b i l i z e d c o u r s e , moni t or i ng and/ or chem cal t e s t i ng

s h a l l

cont ai n

equal p a r t s of

mat eri al f r om

each

of

t h e four 4 )

sampl i ng

l o c a t i o n s . Test i ng

conduct ed

on

t hese

sampl es

does

n o t

a f f e c t

t h e

accept ance of

t h e

s t o c k p i l e

Mat eri al

s h a l l

not

be

added t o a s t o c k p i l e

a f t e r

sampl i ng I f

mat eri al

i s added

a f t e r

t h e

s t o c kp i l e

has been

sampl ed or t h e s t o c k p i l e i s ot herwi se t ampered

wi t h ,

t h e Regi onal

Ge ot e c l ul i c a l Engi neer

wi l l

decl are t h e s t o c k p i l e r e j e c t e d and

i t

s h a l l

be

di sposed

of

i n

accordance

wi t 1 1 Sect i on 2 . 9

2 . 4 . 2 Sampl i ng

Pr ocedur e

The

Regi onal

Geot ectut i cal

Engi neer i s

responsi bl e f o r

sampl i ng

a l l s t o c kp i l e s

The Engi neer - i n- Char ge wi l l

n o t i f y t h e Regi onal

Geot echni cal

Engi neer

when

a

s t o c kp i l e

constructed f o r a SPECI FI CPROECThas

been

compl et ed and i s ready

t o

be sampl ed

.

Depart ment al Ge ot e c l u i i c a l Engi neer

wi l l

sampl e t h e

s t o c kp i l e

wi t hi n

f i v e 5) work

days of n o t i f i c a t i o n

The

Cont ractor / Suppl i er

wi l l

n o t i f y t h e Regi onal Geot echni cal

Engi neer

when

a

s t o c kp i l e const r uct edWTHOUTREFERENCETO

SPECI FI CPROECT

has

been

compl et ed and i s ready t o

be

sampl ed

Depart ment al

Ge ot e c l ui i c a l

Engi neer

wi l l sampl e

t he s t o c k p i l e wi t hi n

f i v e

5)

work

days

of n o t i f i c a t i o n

D

Depart ment al

Geot echni cal

Engi neer

wi l l d i r ec t a l l

sampl i ng

operat i ons .

The

Cont ract or / Suppl i er

s h a l l

provi de t h e personnel and equi pment necessar y t o a s s i s t i n

sampl i ng

E t o c k pi l e wi l l be d i v i d e d , by e y e , i n t o four 4 ) quadrant s

appr oxi matel y

equal i n

s i z e

One

1 ) sampl e wi l l

be

obtai ned

f r om

each

quadrant f o r a s t o c k p i l e eval uat i on

F The Cont ractor / Suppl i er s h a l l

r emove

a l l frozen mat eri al

p r i o r

t o

sampl i ng

The

Cont ractor / Suppl i er

s h a l l f o rm

a sl ope

by gr adi ng

t h e R i l l h ei g ht of t h e s t o c kp i l e

such

t h a t mat eri al

does n ot c o l l a ps e and

r e s u l t i n segregated mat er i al at

t h e t o e

a t

a

l o c a t i o n wi t hi n

each quadrant

f r ont - and l o ad er of s u f f i c i e n t s i z e t o chai f l l e l t h e

s l o pe

f r om

wi t hi n h f t

. 0 . 3 m

of h e bottom

t o

t h e t o p

i n

one

operat i on s h a l l

be used

t o

f i l l

t h e bucket

The

bucket

s h a l l

t hen

be

l owered

t o ground

l e v e l and empt i ed

by

r o t a t i o n t o f o rm

a

p i l e at

each quadrant

G

sampl e

wi l l be

obt ai ned

f r om

each

p i l e by

1 Di vi di ng t h e p i l e ,

by

e y e ,

i n t o four

4 ) quadrant s appr oxi matel y

equal

i n

s i z e

2 Di vi di ng t h e h ei g ht of t h e p i l e ,

by e ye , i n t o

t h r e e 3 ) p a r t s

appr oxi matel y

equal i n hei ght

3

Establ i shi ng

a

cont i nuous

s l o p e

wi t hi n

t h e

m ddl e

t h i r d

of

t h e

p i l e

i n

each

quadrant

wi t h

a shovel

such

t h a t

mat eri al

does n ot c o l l a ps e and r e s u l t i n

segregated mat eri al at t he t oe

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Obtai ni ng s u f f i c i e n t

mat eri al f r om

the cont i nuous sl ope wi t hi n t h e m ddl e

t h i r d

of

each

quadr ant and pl aci ng

i t

i n

an

o f f i c i a l s a n n pl e bag suppl i ed

by

t h e

Geot echni cal Engi neer i ng

Bur eau

t o

provi de a mnimum

45

l b s

( 20

kg)

sampl e

f r o m

each p i l e .

The

sampl es

obt ai ned s h a l l be transported by

a

Depar t mental

Ge ot e c ht l i c a l Engi neer f o r t e s t i n g and eval uat i on

H

I f

a

sampl i ng

e r r o r

i s

al l eged

and

i t

i s

not

r esol ved

a t

t h e

s i t e

t h e al l eged

e r r o r

s h a l l

be

r esol ved by

t h e

Regi onal

Geot echnni cal

Engi neer

.

The

Cont r actor Suppl i er s h a l l ,

wi t hi n one 1)

work day,

provi de a de t a i l e d wr i t t e n d es c r i pt i o n

of

t h e e r r o r t o t h e

Regi onal

Geot echni cal

Engi neer

I sampl e

s h a l l

be obtai ned and subm t t ed t o t h e Geot echni cal Engi neer i ng Bur eau

f r o m

each

of t h e

f i r s t

25

s t o c kpi l e s

f i

oma product i on sour ce of

Recycl ed

Por t l and

Cement Concrete . sampl e may

be r equi r ed on more

t han

25 s t o c kpi l e s f r om a

pr oducti on source

dependi ng

on t h e r e s u l t s of chem cal

t e s t i n g .

2

. 5 St ockpi l e

Wai ver s

The f ol l owi ng pr ocedur es can be i mpl ement ed by t h e

Regi onal

Geot echni cal

Engi neer

t o l i e u of

s t o c kpi l e

r equi r ement s

:

2

. 5

. 1

Mat eri al Transpor t ed by Bar es

The

met hod

used t o l oad

t h e bar ge s h a l l be appr oved

by t h e

Regi onal Ge ot e c l u ni c a l

Engi neer

The

Regi onal Geot echni cal Engi neer wi l l s t i p u l a t e t h e pr ocedure f o r and d i r e c t

t h e sampl i ng

of

he bar ge.

The Cont r actor/ Suppl i er s h a l l

suppl y t h e

per sonnel

and

equi pment

necessar y t o a s s i s t i n sampl i ng

mnimum

of one 1) sampl e

s h a l l

be obt ai ned

I t

may be

obt ai ned e i t h e r bef or e or

a f t e r

l oadi ng t h e bar ge I f t h e

mat eri al

i s sampl ed before bei ng

l oaded,

t h e

sampl e(, ) s h a l l

be

obt ai ned f r o m

a l o c a t i o n

wher e mater i al

can n o t be

added

or

r emoved before bei ng d i r e c t l y l oaded

i n t o

t h e bar ge .

Mat eri al t e s t i ng and eval uat i on

s h a l l

be i n accordance

wi t h

t h e r equi r ement s f o r stockpi l ed

mater i al

The

mat eri al

s h a l l

be

unl oaded f r o m

t h e

bar ge

f o r t r a n s p o r t a t i o n

t o

t h e

p r o j e c t s o

t h a t t h e mat eri al pl aced on t h e grade c o n f o r n i s t o t h e s p e c i f i c a t i o n r equi r ement , of t h e

i t e m s )

2 . 5 . 2 Mat eri al f o r Tel npor ar y

Use

The

f ol l ownng pr ocedure may

be

used

f o r

appr oval

of gr anul ar mat eri al

i t ems

used i n

t h e

const r uct i on of

t empor ar y

work

Thi s pr ocedure

s h a l l n o t appl y

i f

t h e mat eri al f r o m t h e

t empor ar y

work

s

t o

become

i ncor por at ed i n t o

t h e

f i n a l

p r o j e c t

Depar t mental

Geot echni cal

Engi neer

wi l l

v i s ua l l y i n s pe ct each pr oposed source

of

mater i al f o r

compl i ance wi t h s p e c i f i c a t i o n r equi r ement s and subm t

an

eval uat i on of t h e

ma t e r i a l , i n

wr i t i ng ,

i ncl udi ng

any

l i m t i n g c on d i t i o ns , t o

t h e

Engi neer - i n- Char ge

I f

i

n

t h e j udgment of t h e Depar t mental Geot echni cal Engi neer , t h e pr oposed

mat eri al

i s n o t

s a t i s f a c t o r y

f o r t he

i nt ended

i t e m

t h e

Contractor

must f ol l ow t h e procedures i n thus manual

f o r eval uat i on

of t h e ma t e r i a l

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2

. 6 Documentat i on

The sampl es s u bi n ni t t e d t o t h e Geot echni cal Engi neer i ng Bur eau

s h a l l be

not ed

on

t h e Gr anul ar

Al ateri al s Eval uat i on orm Test r e s u l t s

wi l l be

not ed

on

t h e orm

by

t h e Geot echni cal Engi neer i ng

Bur eau and returned t o t h e

Regi onal

Geotechni cal

Engi neer

The

r e s u l t s

of

t he

eval uat i on

of

t h e

s t o c k p i l e w i l l

be

not ed

on

t h e

Gr anul ar

Mat er i al

Document a

t i o n

For n1 and t hen d i s t r i b u t e d

by

t he Regi onal

Geotecl uni cal

Engi neer

t o

t he

Engi neer- i n- Charge

Contractor

and

Suppl i er f o r s pe ci f i c

p r o j e c t

s t o c kpi l e s

and

t o

t h e

Cont r actor/ Suppl i er f o r s t o c k p i l e s

constructed wi t hout r e f e r e n c e

t o a s p e c i f i c

pr o j e ct

Stockpi l es v i s u a l l y r e j e c t e d by

a Depart ment al Ge o t e c hu n i c a l Engi neer must be document ed

i n

w r i t i n g ,

i n di c at i n g t h e ba s i s

of g i e c t i o n

and

d i s t r i b ut e d as i n di c at e d above

2

. 7

Use

of

St o c kp i l e s )

Onl y s t o c kp i l e s o r po r t i o ns t her eof t h a t

have

been

approved

i l l wr i t i ng s h a l l be

used

a s sour ces

of

stockpi l ed

mat er i al

f o r

Depar t ment al

p r o j e c t s

Stockpi l ed

mater i al

may

be used f o r any

i tem

f o r whi ch t he t e s t r e s u l t s i n di c at e t h e

mat er i al

meet s

t h e s p e c i f i c a t i o n r equi r ement s

The

Engi neer - I n- Char ge usi ng

mat er i al

f roma st ockpi l e

approved

wi t hout

r eference

t o a s p e c i f i c

proj ect

must

obt ai n documentat i on

of

st ockpi l e

appr oval f rom

t he


Engi neer pr i or

t o

pl aci ng t he mat er i al

on

t he

grade

Approval

of

a St o c k p i l e

s h a l l

not r e l i e v e t h e

Contractor of

t h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y

t o

pl ace

i n

i t s

f i n a l

p o s i t i o n a

mat er i al

conf or m ng

t o a l l

t h e s p e c i f i c a t i o n r equi r ement s

f o r

t h e

unt ended

i tem

I f t h e

Engi neer - i n- Char ge obser ves mat er i al

bei ng pl aced on t h e grade

t h a t

appears

t o

be

outsi de of

t h e

s p e c i f i c a t i o n r equi r ement s or av i s u a l d i f f e r e nc e i n t h e ma t e r i a l , t h e Engi neer- i n- Chargemay request

t h e Regi onal Geotech n i c a l Engi neer

t o

o bt a i n

qual i ty assurance

sampl es

at

any l o c a t i o n and

r e j e c t

a l l mat er i al

n o t c o nf o r t n ni n g t o t h e s pe ci f i c at i o n r e c l L a r e me n t s

I f t h e

Cont ractor/ Suppl i er

f a i l s t o provi de t h e

per sonnel

and equi pment

necessary

t o a s s i s t i n

sampl i ng

i n accordance wi t h t h u s p r o v i s i o n , t h e

s t o c k=pi l e

wi l l be r e j e c t e d and di sposed of i n

accor dance

wi t h

Sect i on 2 . 9

Mat er i al r emoved f o r p r o j e c t use f r omaccept ed s t o c kp i l e s s h a l l

be by s i de

excavat i on f o r t h e f u l l

hei ght of he s t o c k p i l e , u nl e s s other wi se approved by t h e

S o i l s

Engi neer i ng Laborat ory Super vi sor

A l l

s t o c k p i l e s wi l l e xp i r e two 2) years f r om t h e dat e of accept ance her he expi rat i on

d a t e ,

t h e

s t o c k p i l e

s h a l l

be di sposed of i n

accor dance

` v i t l n Sect i on 2 . 9

- Approved

s t o c kp i l e s

or por t i ons of approved

s t o c kp i l e s

may n o t bemoved t o a newl o c a t i o n wi t hout

t h e

w=r i t t e n

per mssi on

of

t h e Regi onal Ge o t e chi n i c a l Engi neer

i n conf or mance

wi t h t h e f ol l owi ng

r equi r ement s :

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Regul ar v i s ua l i ns pe ct i o n

of

he

operat i on at

bot h t h e source and t he

new

l o cat i o n

by

a

Depar t mental

Repr esent ati ve

r el ocat ed

s t o ck pi l e

s h a l l

onl y c ons i s t

of mat er i al

f r o m t h e approved

s t o c kpi l e

bei ngmoved

Ot her mat er i al

s h a l l n o t be

added

t o t h e r e l o c at e d s t o c k p i l e

The

r e l o c at e d s t o ck pi l e s hal l be pl aced

on

a prepar ed surf ace t o prevent

c on t a t nnu i a -

t i o n o f

t h e materi al

S u f f i c i e n t

a c c e s s

s h a l l

be

provi ded

ar ound

t h e

e nt i r e

r e l o c at e d

s t o c kpi l e t o r emove

mat er i al

i n accor dance

w t h

t h e provi si ons i ncl uded i n Sect i on

2 , Stockpi l ed Mat er i al

D The r e l o c at e d s t o c kpi l e s h a l l be const r uct ed of

unf r ozen

ma t e r i a l i n s t a g e s n o t

exceedi ng 4 ( 1 . 2

m

i n

t hi ckness

The

t o t a l h ei g ht

of

t h e r e l o c at e d s t o c k p i l e

s h a l l

n o t exceed t h e reach of t h e

equi pment

empl oyed t o

r emove

mat er i al f o r use

nor

be

g r e a t e r

t han 13

( >

m

Ramps f or med f o r s t o c k p i l e c on st r uc t i o n at t he

new

l o cat i o n s h a l l be t h e satnne

mat er i al as t h a t bei ng st ockpi l ed

and

wi l l be consi dered part of t h e s t o ck pi l e Any

cont amnat ed

sur f ace mat er i al

s h a l l be r emoved bef ore

st eepeni ng

and/ or use

on

t h e

p r oj e ct

F

Rel ocated s t o c kp i l es

s h a l l

be i d e n t i f i e d w t h

a dur abl e,

l e g i b l e

s i g n ,

pl aced p r i o r

t o

r e l o c a t i o n

The

i nformat i on

on

t h e

si gn

s h a l l i ncl ude t he

:

c o n t r a c t

number ,

s t o c kpi l e number ,

and

i t e m

number s)

2 . 8

Transfer of

St o ck pi l e( s )


Engi neer

may approve t r a n s f e r

of a l l

or a port i on of t h e

mat er i al froman

approved

s t o c k p i l e t o

another pr o j e ct accor di ng

t o

t h e f ol l ow ng procedure

:

The

Contr act or r equest i ng t h e t r a n s f e r s h a l l submt t h e fol l ow ng i nformat i on t o t h e

Engi neer - i t n- Char ge

:

The

l o cat i o n

and

number

of

t h e

s t o c k p i l e

2 The

pr o j e ct

f o r whi ch t h e s t o c kpi l e was o r i g i n a l l y appr oved, i f known

3

The

present owner

of t h e ma t er i a l ,

i ncl udi ng addr ess

4 The est i mated quanti t y of mat er i al i n t h e s t o c k p i l e

5 The quant i t y of mat er i al t o be u t i l i z e d f r om t h e s t o c k p i l e on t h e a pp l i c a nt s

p r o j e ct

6 The

i t e m s )

f o r whi ch t h e mat er i al wi l l be

used

by t h e Cont r act or

B

The

Engi neer - i n- Char ge s h a l l

submt t h e

i nformat i on

f r o m t h e Contr act or

t o t h e

Regi onal Geot echni cal Engi neer and

r e que st , i n wr i t i ng, a t r a n s f e r

of ma t e r i a l

froth

t h e

s t o c k p i l e

The Regi onal

Geot echni cal

Engi neer

s h a l l contact

t h e

Engi neer - i n- Char ge

of t h e

c o n t r a c t

f o r

whi ch

t h e

s t o c kpi l e

was

o r i g i n a l l y

appr oved

and

d i s c u s s t h e

i mpact of

t r a n s f e r r i n g mat er i al f rom

t h e

s t o c k p i l e

D

The

Regi onal Geot ecl uni cal Engi neer

s h a l l

r evi ew t he records f r o m t h e s t o c k p i l e t o

deter m ne t h e

quanti t y used

and

t h e

quanti t y

r emai ni ng

w t h t h e

i n i t i a l

e s t i ma t e of

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t h e

quant i t y

eval uat ed

i n

t h e

s t o ck pi l e

I f

t h e r evi ew uncover s

di screpanci es i n

t h e

quant i t y

of

materi al

eval uated i n t h e s t oc kpi l e, t h e r equest f o r t r a n s f e r of approval

wi l l be

deni ed

E The Regi onal

Geot echni cal

Engi neer

s h a l l

provi de a - v r i t t e i i n o t i f i c a t i o n t o

each

i nvol ved Engi neer- i n- Charge and t h e Cont ractor/ Suppl i er s t a t i n g

f i n a l det erm nat i on

on

t h e

s t o ck pi l e

t r a n s f e r

request

I f

t h e request

i s

a pp r o- \ l ed

.

t h e

t r a n s f e r

approval

s h a l l

i ncl ude t he

l ocat i on

and number of t h e s t oc kpi l e , a

copy of

t h e o r i g i n a l

approval

a l i s t

of t h e previ ous p r o j e c t s usi ng t h e s t o ck pi l e and a l l appropri ate

r e s t r i c t i o n s

F

The

Engi neer- i n- Charge of t h e

pr o j e ct

recei vi ng t h e t r a n s f e r s h a l l provi de t h e

Regi onal Geot echni cal Engi neer w t h t h e

quant i t y of materi al

a c t u a l l y

used

on t h e

p r oj ec t

f i omt h e s t o ck pi l e

2 . 9 Di sposal of

St o c kp i l e s )

Materi a l f r o m a r e j e ct e d or expi r ed s t o ck pi l e maybe di sposed of or maybe used i n t h e const r uct i on

of anot her

s t o c kp i l e

provi ded

no port i on

of t h e

news t o ck pi l e over l aps

t h e l o ca t i o n

of

t h e ex i s t u i g

s t o ck pi l e St ockpi l es r e j e ct e d

because

of d el e t er i o us s o d ,

t o ps oi l

et c . ) or

hazardous

f u e l , a s b e s t o s

et c . )

ma t e r i a l s h a l l n o t

be

used

i n

t h e

const ructi on of

anot her s t o ck pi l e

I f r equest ed by

t he

Contr act or/ Suppl i er materi al f i om

an expi r ed

s t o c kp i l e t h at

does not contai n

hazardous

materi al may at

t h e

d i r e ct i on

of

t h e

Regi onal

Geot eel m eal Engi neer be

reshaped

t o

r emove surf ace gr owt h and be eval uat ed

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3

STOCKPILEDM TER L EV LU TION

3 . 1 General

Thus

process

i nvol ves

t e s t s

on

t h e

sampl es of

ma t e r i a l ,

r evi ew

of

t h e

t e s t r e s u l t s ,

deci si on

on

t h e

c u r r e n t

s t o c kpi l e

and

det erm nat i on of

he

case

desi gnat i on

f o r

t h e

materi al

source

The case

desi gnat i on determnes t h e course

of

acti on t o

be

f ol l owed f o r subsequent s t o c k p i l e s )

Case

nd i c a t e s

t h a t materi al

t e s t i n g

wi l l

be

per f or med

i n

t h e

Regi on,

Case B

i n d i c a t e s

t h a t

t h e

mater i al

t e s t i n g wi l l be per f or med i n t h e

Regi on

and a moni t or i ng

sampl e wi l l

be

f or warded

t o t h e Geot echni cal Engi neer i ng

Bur eau

f o r

t e s t i n g ,

and

Case Ci n d i c a t e s t h a t t h e

t e s t i n g

wi l l be

per f or med

at t h e

G e o t e c l n i i c a l

Engi neeri ng

Bur eau

Test

r e s u l t s obt ai ned

f r o m

moni t or i ng sampl es

do

n o t a f f e c t the accept ance

of

t he s t o c kp i l e bei ng

eval uat ed but may

change

t h e case desi gnat i on f o r

subsequent

s t o c k p i l e s

3 . 2 Mat er i al Test i ng

The

sampl es

f i omeach s t o c k p i l e a r e t e s t e d

and

t he r e s u l t s a r e eval uat ed i n accordance w t h t h e

subsequent po r t i o ns of

h i s

s e c t i o n

Laboratory t e s t i n g

f or :

Magnesi um

S u l f a t e Soundness ,

P l a s t i c i t y I n d e x ,

and

Gr adat i on

wi l l be

conduct ed i n accordance w t h

current

Depar t ment al procedures

A l l

i ndi v i dual t e s t

r e s u l t s and t h e mean of t h e r e s u l t s

wi l l

be

r ounded t o

a

whol e

number

I f t h e

deci mal port i on i s l e s s t han 0

. 5 ,

round

downward

t o t h e n e a r e s t whol e

number

; i f t h e deci mal

port i on

i s

g r e a t e r

t han

5

round

upwar d

t o

t h e

near est

whol e

number

;

i f

t h e

deci mal

port i on

i s

0

. 5 ,

round t o t h e near est

even

whol e

number

I f a t e s t i ng er r o r i s a l l e g e d , t h e Cont ractor / Suppl i er s h a l l , wi t hi n t e n

10) work

days

of

he r e c e i p t

of

t h e Gr anul ar

Mat eri al s Document at i on

Form submt a w r i t t e n d e t a i l e d d e s c r i p t i o n

of

t h e al l eged

t e s t i n g e r r o r

t o t he Engi neer - i n- Char ge f o r

s t o c k p i l e s

constructed f o r a s p e c i f i c

p r o j e c t

o r t o t h e

Regi onal Geotecl m cal Engi neer f o r p r o j e c t s constructed w t hout r e f e r e n c e

t o

a

s p e c i f i c

pr o j e c t

The

Regi onal G e o t e c l u l i c a l Engi neer

wi l l

r e f e r

t h e i l l f o n n a t i o n t o t h e

S o i l s

Engi neeri ng

Labor at ory

Super vi sor f o r resol ut i on I f r e- sampl i ng i s o r d e r e d , a l l

p r i o r sampl es

and/ or t e s t r e s u l t s wi l l be

consi der ed

voi d and t h e

s t o c kpi l e wi l l

be r e- sampl ed

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3

. 3 St ockpi l e

Eval uat i on

C r i t e r i a

The e s t r e s u l t s

a r e eval uat ed

i n

accordance

N v i t h

f o l l ow ng

c r i t e r i a

:

3 . 3

. 1

agnesi um

Su l f a t e Soundness Loss

Themean

soundness

l o s s

of t h e sampl es submtted s h a l l be w t hi n t h e s p e c i f i c a t i o n l i m t s

Nomor e t han one 1) of t h e soundness

l o s s

val ues

of

t h e sampl es submtted s h a l l exceed t h e

val ue of t h e

maxi mum

s p e c i f i c a t i o n

l i m t

. I n

no case s h a l l

t h e

maxi mum


l i m t

be exceeded

by

mor e t han

f i v e

5)

.

3 . 3 . 2 P l a s t i c i t y I ndex

Themean

P l a s t i c i t y I ndex

of

t h e sampl es submtted

s h a l l

be w t hi n t h e


l i m t s

.

Nomore

t han one

1 ) of t h e P l a s t i c i t y I ndex val ues of t h e

sampl es

submtted s h a l l exceed t h e

val ue of t h e

maxi mum


l i m t

. I n

no case s h a l l

t h e

maxi mum


l i m t

be

exceeded by

mor e

t han one

1 )

.

3 . 3 . 3

Gr adat i on

The gr adati on of

each s ampl e

f r o m t h e s t o c k p i l e , excl udi ng

moni t ori ng

sampl es, s h a l l meet

t h e s p e c i f i c a t i o n r equi r ement s f o r t h e i t e m

3

. 4 Mat er i al

Source Type(s)

Themateri al

sources a r e di vi ded

a s shown i n

t h e f o l l ow ng c h a r t :

3 . 4 . 1 Ti er 1 -

St o c k pi l e s )

of

Gr anul ar

Mat eri al s

On

any

12 month c y c l e ,

sampl es

f i o t n

one

1) s t o c k p i l e must be

submtted

t o t h e

Geot echni cal Engi neeri ng Bur eau f o r

Magnesi umSu l f a t e Soundness,


and

Gr adati on

. Typi cal l y, t h i s

i s

t h e f i r s t s t o c k p i l e of t h e constr uct i on season . The Geot echni cal

Engi neer i ng

Bur eau

wi l l s e l e c t a

course of a c t i o n

t o

be f o l l owed

f o r

sampl es

f r o m

subsequent

s t o c k p i l e s obt ai ned f r o m t h e same sour ce dur i ng t h e next 12 mont h per i od . Test

r e s u l t s f r o m

s t o c k pi l e s of

underdr ai n f i l t e r

wi l l

onl y

be

used

i n determ ni ng

t h e course

of

a c t i o n f o r

subsequent s t o c k p i l e s

of

under drai n

f i l t e r mat er i al . The

r e s u l t s and course

of

a c t i o n wi l l be recorded

on

t h e

Granuki r

I Wa t e r i c r l a l u a t i o n

Form

and returned t o t h e

appropr i ate

Regi onal

Geot ecl nni cal

Engi neer

.

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Ti er

1

Ti er 2

Ti er

3

St ockpi l es

of

Gr anul ar

St ockpi l es

of Gr anul ar

St ockpi l es

Cont ai ni ng

Mat er i al s Mat er i al s Fronn

Recycl ed

Port l and

Sources of Fi ne

and Coarse

Aggr egat es

Cement Aggr egat e


16/24

A l l pr oduct i on sources

t h a t

have had sampl es f r o m t h e f i r s t

s i x

( 6 )

s t o c kpi l es

f or war ded

t o

t h e

G e o t e c l l l l i c a l

Engi neeri ng Bur eau mus t submt

a

moni t ori ng sampl e

t o

t h e

Geot echni cal

Engi neer i ng

Bur eau

f r o m

each subsequent

s t o c k p i l e

3 . 4 . 2

Ti er

2 - St oc kp i l e ( s ) of Gr anul ar Mat eri al s

f r o m

Sources

of

Fi ne and Coar se

Agg r e g a t e s

The Geotect n11cal Engi neeri ng Bur eau wi l l

i n i t i a l l y

wai ve

t h e t e s t i n g o f t h e

Magnesi um

S u l f a t e Soundness and P l a s t i c i t y I ndex of

mat eri al

f r o mthose areas

of

sources pl aced

on

t h e

New

York

S t a t e

Mat eri al s

Bur eau appr oved l i s t ( s ) ( s t o n e

or

gr avel onl y) cont ai ned

i n t h e

publ i cat i on

e n t i t l e d

Sour ces of Fi ne and Coar se Aggr egat es .

The

Geo t ec l n l i c a l Engi neeri ng

Bur eau

wi l l

desi gnat e Case

Bas the course

of

a ct i o n t o be

f ol l owed f o r sampl es f r o ms t o c kp i l es obt ai ned

f r o m

t h e s e sources

Sources ` v i l l remahi i n

Ti er

ml es :

The

source

i s

r emoved

f r o m

t h e appr oved

l i s t

e n t i t l e d Sources

of

Fi ne and Coar se

Aggr egat es

.

Mat eri al

i s

bei ng

used

t o c o n s t r u c t

s t oc kp i l es

f r o mareas z i t h e r not eval uat ed or n o t

appr oved

by

the Mat er i al s

Bur eau

Test r e s u l t s f r o m moni t ori ng

sampl es

meet s or exceeds t h e

maxi mum


val ue

f o r Magnesi um

Sul f a t e Soundness

or


Sources

that are

removed fromTi er

2 s h a l l

be

pl aced i n Ti er

1 and

reni ai n l l s

Ti er

1

f or a

mnununi of s i x ( 6) s t o ck - pi l es

3

. 4 . 3 Ti er 3

- St ockpi l es) Cont ai ni ngRecycl ed

Por t l and

Cement Concr et e

The

sampl es

f r o m

t h e f i r s t s i x ( 6 ) s t o c kpi l es of a

new

pr oduct i on l o c a t i o n

wi l l be

f or war ded

t o

t h e Geot ec h i l i c a l

Engi neer i ng

Bur eau

I n ad d i t i on ,

t h e

sampl es

f r o m

t h e

f i r s t

s t o c kpi l e

i n

each 12

month

peri od

f r o m

a product i on source

wi l l

be f or warded

t o

t h e Geot echni cal

Engi neer i ng Bur eau

A l l pr oduct i on sources t h a t

have

had t h e sampl es f r o n t t h e f i r s t s i x ( 6 ) s t o c kpi l e s

f or war ded

t o t h e Geot echni cal Engi neeri ng Bur eau mus t submt a moni t ori ng sampl e t o t h e

G e o t e c l n l i c a l

Engi neer i ng

Bur eau

f r o m

each

s u bs e c l u e nt s t o c kp i l e

3 . 5 Case Det e r t i l ul a t i on Cr i t e r i a - Ti er 1

and

Ti er 3

3

. 5

. 1

Gener al

I f

Case

or

B

i s

ass i gned

t o

t h e s o ur c e , but v i s ua l

obser vat i on

of

subsequent

s t o c kpi l es

i n di c at e s a change

i n

t h e ma t e r i a l ,

a

Depar t ment al Geo t ec l n l i c a l Engi neer may

s e l e c t

a

course of a ct i o n i n

accor dance

w t h Case Bor C

When

h i s

change o c c u r s ,

t h e

sampl es

wi l l

be subm t t ed

t o

t h e

Geot echni cal Engi neeri ng

Bur eau f o r t e s t i n g and

determ nat i on of

a

course of a c t i o n

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I f

the

i naxfnum

spec i f i cat i on

l i m t i s

met

or exceeded

by one or more sampl es, Case

C

wi l l be

assi gned

3

. 5 . 2 Case C r i t e r i a

The f ol l ow ng

wi l l be

appl i ed t o

t h e

t e s t r e s u l t s

combi ned

w t h

t h e

t e s t r e s u l t s

f r o m

t h e p a s t

f i v e ( 5 ) s t o c k p i l e s t h a t have

had four

( 4 )

sampl es

t e s t e d

when

determ ni ng t h e case

desi gnat i on f o r each subsequent stockpi l es)

f r o m

a source :

3 . 5 . 2 1 St ockpi l es cont ai ni ng

onl y

crushed l edge r o c k , b l a s t f urnace

Recycl ed

Port l and

Cement Concr et e

3 . 5 . 2 . 2 St ockpi l es cont ai ni ng

onl y

ravel or

crushed

gr a v el

Case

C( A A v - c r y

s )

s l a g or

3

. 5 . 2 . 3 St ockpi l es cont ai ni ng

bl ends

of

crushed l edge r o c k _

b l a s t

f ur nace s l ag

gr a v el

or

crushed Gr a v el

3

. 6

Case

Desi gnat i ons

A l l

sources provi di ng

materi al

t o

Depart ment al

Pr o j e ct s wi l l be pl aced i n one

of t h e

f ol l ow ng

case

desi gnat i ons

:

3 . 6 1

Case

A

I f

Case

A

s

assi gned

t o t h e s o u r c e ,

t h e

Magnesi um

S u l f a t e

Soundness

and/ o r P l a s t i c i t y

I ndex of

t h e

sampl es f n - omsubsequent

stockpi l es) wi l l be accept ed

on

t h e

b a s i s of

t h e

mos t

r e c e n t

eval uati on of

t h e

source

Gr adat i on

of

t h e

sampl es

wi l l be t e s t e d

and

eval uated by t h e

Regi onal

Ge ot e c l u z i c al

Engi neer

There wi l l be

no

Case Acourse of

a ct i o n

f o r s t o c k p i l e s cont ai ni ng

Recycl ed

Port l and

Cement Concret e

EB07 039 Page 6 of 22

Case

Soundness Loss

Mean)


Mean)

= 10 NP

B

- - -

15

< T

C

_

S p e c i f i c a t i o n

Li m t = 5

Case

Soundness

Loss Mean)


Mean)

A 10 NP

r 7

B

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