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MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS GENERAL
SPECIFICATIONS FOR ROAD AND SPECIFICATIONS BRIDGE WORKS (Fifth Revision)
MATERIALS
WORKS
QUALITY CONTROL
GENERAL 100 100
Gene Genera rall
Q.C. NATURAL AND/OR FACTORY SUPPLIED 700
CONSTRUCTION
MAINTENANCE 2800 Repair Repair Of Structur Structures es
Geosynthetics
3000 Maintenance Of Road
1000 Material Materialss For Structures
ROADS
1300 Br B rick Masonry
FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS
1500 1500 Formw Formwor ork k
300
Earth Works
1600 1600 Stee Steell Reinforcement
200 Site Site Clear Clearanc ance e
1100 1100 Pile Pile Foundations
1700 1700 Struct Structur ural al Concrete
300 300
Eart Earth h Wor Works ks
1200 1200 W We ell ll Foundations
1900 Structural Steel
400
Sub-bases & Bases
500 500
2000 2000 Beari Bearings ngs 2600 Expansion Joints
MoRTH 5 th Revision Published in 2013.
BRIDGES 2400 Su S urface And Sub-Surface Geotechnical Investigation
1400 1400 Stone Stone And And Concrete Block Masonry
FACTORY FINISHED
900 Quali Quality ty Contro Controll For Road Works
Base Basess and and Surface Courses
RIGID PAVEMENTS
800
Traffic Signs, Markings And Other Road Appurtenances
2100 2100 Open Open Foundations
PROTECTION
2200 Substructure
2500 River Training Work And Protection Work
2300 2300 Concre Concrete te Super Structure 2700 2700 Weari Wearing ng Coat Coat And Appurtenance
Site Clearance
3100 3100 Reinfo Reinforce rced d Earth
300
Earth Works
1800 Prestressing
400 400
SubSub-ba base sess & Bases
600 600
Conc Concre rete te Pavement
200
SAFETY
3200 3200 Soil Soil Nailin Nailing g
CULVERTS 2900 Pipe Culverts
It Has 32 Sections, 385 Clauses in 884 Pages. 19 New important Specifications are added in this Revision. In Bituminous works "Theoritical Maximim Specific Gravity" to compare Field density is newly added.
V. VENKATA NARAYANA B.E,. D.A.C. EXECUTIVE ENGINEER (R&B),
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MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS -- SPECIFICATIONS SPECIFICATIONS FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE WORKS (Fifth (Fifth Revision) CONTENTS Section No Section 100
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GE NERAL 101 Introduction (1) 102 Definitions (1) 103 Materials And Test Standards (5) 104 Sieve Designations (5)
Scope Of Work (6) Construction Equipment (10) Drawings (11) Site Information (11) Setting Out (11) Public Utilities (13) Precautions For Safe Guarding The Environment (15) Arrangement For Traffic During Construction (19) General Rules For The Measurement Of Work For Payment (22) 114 Scope Of Rates For Different Items Of Work (24) 115 Methodology And Sequence Of Work (26) 116 Crushed Stone Aggregates (28) 117 Supply Of Quarry Samples (28) 118 Approval Of Materials (28) 119 Use Of Surfaces By Traffic (28) 120 Field Laboratory (29) 121 Supply Of Project Record (33) SITE CL EARANCE 201 Clearing And Grubbing (37) 202 Dismantling Culverts ,Bridges And Other Structures/Pavements (39) EARTHWORK, EARTHWORK, EROSION EROSION CONTROL CONTROL AND DRAINAGE DRAINAGE
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QUAL ITY CONT ROL FOR ROAD WO RK S General (415) 901 Control Of Alignment, Level And Surface Regularity 902 (417) Quality Control Tests During During Construction (421) 903
Bituminous Macadam (170) 1000 MATERIALS FOR STRUCTURES Dense Bitumen Macadam (174) 1001 General (439) Sand Asphalt Base Course (183) 1002 Sources Of Materials (439) Bituminous Concrete (188) 1003 Bricks (439) Close Graded Pre Mix Surfacing/Mixed Seal 1004 Stones And Blocks (440) Surfacing (192) 1005 Cast Iron (440) Surface Dressing (194) 509 1006 Cement (440) Open Graded Premix Facing (198) Coarse Aggregates (442) 510 1007 Seal Coat (205) Aggregates (443) 511 1008 Fine Aggregates Slurry Seal (207) 512 1009 Steel (443) Fog Spray (213) 513 1010 Water (447) Micro-Surfacing (215) 514 1011 Timber (449) Stone Matrix Asphalt (219) 515 1012 Concrete Admixtures (449) Mastic Asphalt (225) 516 1013 Reinforced And Prestressed Concrete Pipes (451) Crack Prevention Courses (231) 517 1014 Storage Of Materials (451) Bituminous 518 Cold Mix(Including Gravel Emulsion) 1015 Tests And Standard Of Acceptance (453) (234) 1100 PILE FOUNDATIONS Recycling Of Bituminous Pavement (242) 519 1101 Description (457) 520 Supply Of Stone Aggregates For Pavement Courses 1102 Subsurface Investigations (457) (249) 1103 Type Of Piles (458) CONCRETE PAVEMENT 1104 Materials (458) Dry Lean Cement Concrete Sub Base (255) 601 1105 Test Piles (459) Cement Concrete Pavement (263) 602 1106 Precast Concrete Piles (459) GEOSYNTHETICS 1107 Cast Insitu Concrete Piles (461) Geosynthetics For Road And Bridge Works (299) 701 1108 Steel Piles (465) Geotextiles For Drainage, Separation And Erosion 702 1109 Timber Piles (466) Control (302) 1110 Driving Equipment (466) Geogrid (307) 703 1111 Driving (467) Geocomposite Drains (309) 704 1112 Raker (Inclined) Piles (470) Geocell For Slope Protection (312) 705 1113 Pile Tests (470) Geosynthetic Mat (314) 706 1114 Pile Cap (472) Precautions For Different 707 Natural Geotextile (316) 1115 Important Considerations, Types Of Piles (472) Paving Fabrics /Glass Grids (318) 708 TRAFFIC SIGNS,MARKINGS AND OTHER ROAD 1116 Tolerances (474) APPURTENANCES 1117 Tests And Standards Of Acceptance (475) Traffic Signs (325) 801 1118 Measurements For Payment (475) Overhead Signs (335) 802 1119 Rate (475) Road Markings (338) 803 1200 WELL FOUNDATIONS Reflective Pavement Markers And Solar Powered 804 1201 Description (479) Road Markers (353) 1202 General (479) Distance Indicator Posts (356) 805 1203 Setting Out And Preparations For Sinking (479) Road Delineators (357) 806 1204 Cutting Edge (480) Boundary Stones (357) 807 1205 Well Curb (481) Fencing (358) 808 1206 Floating Caissons (482) Tubular Steel Railing (359) 809 1207 Well Steining (483) Structural Steel Railing (359) 810 1208 Well Sinking (483) Crash Barriers (360) 811 1209 Bottom Plug (494) Road Traffic Signals (364) 812 1210 Sand Filling (495) Traffic Control And Safety Devices In Construction 813 1211 Top Plug (495) Zone (366) 1212 Well Cap (495) Traffic Impact Attenuators (371) 814 1213 Tolerances (495) Semi Automatic Toll Collection System (372) 815 1214 Tests And Standards Of Acceptance (496) Advanced Traffic Management Systems (381) 816 1215 Measurements For Payment (496) 1216 Rate (497)
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Excavation For Road Way And Drains (45) Blasting Operations (53) Presplitting Rock Excavation Slopes (56) Excavation For Structures (59) 305 Embankment Construction (63) 306 Soil Erosion And Sedimentation Control (77) 307 Turfing With Sods (79) 308 Seeding And Mulching (82) 309 Surface/Sub-Surface Drains (85) 310 Preparation And Surface Treatment Of Formation (89) 311 Works To Be Kept Free Of Water (90) 312 Water Course At Culverts (90) 313 Rockfill Embankment (91) 314 Ground Improvement For Weak Embankment Foundation Using Geosynthetic Drains And Stone Columns (92) SUB -BASES AND BASES(NON-BITUMINOUS) AND SHOULDERS 401 Granular Sub Base (109) 402 Lime Treated Soil For Improved Sub-Grade/Sub-Base (112) 403 Cement Treated Soil And Cement-Flyash Treated Sub Base/Base (116) 404 Water Bound Macadam Sub-Base /Base (121) 405 Crushed Cement Concrete Sub-Base (129) 406 Wet Mix Macadam Sub-Base/Base (131) 407 Crusher-Run Macadam Base (136) 408 Shoulders, Islands And Median (139) 409 Cement Concrete Kerb And Kerb With Channel (142) 410 Footpaths And Separators (143)
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B ASE S AND SURFACE COURSE S(B ITU MINO US) General Requirements For Bituminous Pavement 501 Layers (149) Prime Coat Over Granular Base (166) 502 Tack Coat (168) 503
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BR IC K MA SONRY 1301 Description (501) 1302 Materials (501) 1303 Personnel (501) 1304 Cement Mortar (501)
Soaking Of Bricks (502) Joints (502) Laying (502) Jointing Old And New Work (503) Curing (503) Scaffolding (503) Equipment (504) Finishing Of Surfaces (504) Coping Of Wing/Return/Parapet Walls (505) Acceptance Of Work (506) Measurements For Payment (506) Rate (506)
STONE AND CONCRETE BLOCK MASONRY
1401 Description (509) 1402 Materials (509) 1403 Personnel (509) 1404 Type Of Masonry (509) 1405 Construction (509) 1406 Pointing (515) 1407 Curing (515) 1408 Scaffolding (515) 1409 Weep Holes (515) 1410 Jointing With Existing Structures (516) 1411 Coping For Wing/Return/Parapet Walls (516) 1412 Tests And Standard Of Acceptance (516) 1413 Measurements For Payment (516) 1414 Rate (516) FORMWORK 1501 Description (519) 1502 Materials (519) 1503 Design Of Form Work (519) 1504 Work Manship (519) 1505 Lining Of Form Work (521) 1506 Precautions (521) 1507 Preparation Of Formwork Before Concreting (522) 1508 Removal Of Form Work (522) 1509 Re-Use Of Form Work (523) 1510 Specialized Form Work (523) 1511 Tests And Standards Of Acceptance (524) 1512 Measurements For Payment (524) 1513 Rate (524) STEEL REINFORCEMENT 1601 Description (527) 1602 General (527) 1603 Protection Of Reinforcement (527) 1604 Bending Of Reinforcement (527) 1605 Placing Of Reinforcement (528) 1606 Bar Splices (529) 1607 Testing Acceptances (531) 1608 Measurement For Payment (531) 1609 Rate (532) STRUCTURAL CONCRETE 1701 Description (535) 1702 Materials (535)
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS -- SPECIFICATIONS SPECIFICATIONS FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE WORKS (Fifth Revision) CONTENTS Section No Section 1703 1704 1705 1706 1707 1708 1709 1710 1711 1712 1713 1714
Title/ Clause No. (Page No) Grades Of Concrete (535) Proportioning Of Concrete (538) Admixtures (543) Size Of Coarse Aggregate (544) Equipment (545) Batching, Mixing, Transporting, Placing And Compaction (546) Construction Joints (550) Concreting Under Water (551) Concreting In Extreme Weather (552) Protection And Curing (553) Finishing (555) Concrete With Blended Cements Or Mineral Admixtures (555)
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High Performance Concrete (556) Tolerances (558) 220 0 1717 Tests And Standards Of Acceptance (558) 1718 Measurements For Payment (562) 1719 Rate (562) PRESTRESSING 1801 Description (565) 1802 General (565) 1803 Materials (565) 1804 Testing Of Prestressing Steel (568) 1805 Workmanship (568) 1806 Supervision (572) 1807 Tensioning Equipment (572) 230 0 1808 Post Tensioning (573) 1809 Grouting Of Prestressed Tendons (574) 1810 Pre-Tensioning (575) 1811 Protection Of Ends (579) 1812 Safety Precautions During Tensioning (579) 1813 Surface Preparation (579) Transportation Storage And Handling Of Precast 1814 Girders (580) 1815 Tolerances (581) 1816 Tests And Standards Of Acceptance (581) 1817 Measurements For Payment (581) 2400 1818 Rate (582) STRUCTURAL STEEL 1901 Description (585) 1902 General (585) 1903 Materials (585) 1904 Fabrication (589) 1905 Erection (605) 1906 Painting (614) 1907 Tests And Standards Of Acceptance (618) 1908 Measurements For Payment (619) 1909 Rate (620) 1715 1716
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BEARINGS 2001 Description (623) 2002 General (623) 2003 Steel Bearings (624) 2004 Special Bearings (631)
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2005 Elastomeric Bearings (633) 2006 Pot Bearings (648) 2007 Inspection And Testing (659) 2008 Tests And Standards Of Acceptance (659) 2009 Measurements For Payment (659) 2010 Rate (660) OPEN FOUNDATIONS 2101 Descriptions (663) 2102 Materials (663) 2103 General (663) 2104 Workmanship (663) 2105 Tests And Standards Of Acceptance (666) 2106 Tolerances (666)
Testing Of Materials For Foundations Of Guide Bund s And High Embankments Embankments (698) 2414 Measurement For Payment (698) 2415 Rate (700) 2500 RIVER TRAINING WORK AND PROTECTION WORK 2501 Description (703) 2502 Guide Bund (703) 2503 Apron (704) 2504 Pitching/Revetment On Slopes (709) 2505 Rubble Cement Concrete Block Flooring Over Cement Concrete Bedding (711) 2506 Dry Rubble Flooring (712) 2507 Curtain Wall And Flexible Apron (712) 2413
2107 Measurement For Payment (666) 2108 Rate (666) SUBSTRUCTURE 2201 Description (669) 2202 Materials (669) 2203 General (669) 22 04 Piers And Abutments (669) 2205 Pier Cap And Abutment Cap (670) 2206 Dirt Wall, Ret urn Wall And Wing Wall (671) 2207 Tests And Standards Of Acceptances (671) 2208 Tolerances In Concrete Elements (671) 2209 Measurements For Payment (672) 2210 Rate (672) CONCRETE SUPER STRUCTURE 2301 Description (675) 2302 Materials (675) 2303 General (675) 2304 Reinforced Concrete Construction (675) 2305 Prestressed Concrete Construction (676) 2306 Cast In- Place Voided Slabs (682) Tolerances (682) 2307 2308 Tests And Standards Of Acceptance (683) 2309 Measurement For Payment (683) 2310 Rate (684) SURFACE AND SUB-SURFACE GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION 24 01 Description (687) 2402 Extent And No Of Bores (687) 2403 Depth Of Bores (688) 2404 Detailed Investigation (688) Investigation For Bridge Foundations 2405 Detailed Resting On Rock (689) 2406 Boring (692) 2407 Records For Boring And Trail Pits (692) 2408 Methods Of Sampling (694) 2409 Procedure For Taking Samples (694) 2410 Preservation, Handling And Labelling Of Samples (696) Of 2411 Tests For Investigation For Shallow Foundations Bridges (697) 2412
Tests For Investigation For Deep Foundations Of Bridges (697)
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Tests And Standards Of Acceptance (713) Measurements For Payment (713) Rate (713) 2600 EXPANSION JOINTS 2601 Description (723) 2602 General (723) 2603 Performance Requirements (724) 2604 Filler Joints (725) 3000 2605 Reinforced Elastomeric Joint (726) 2606 Single Strip/Seal Joint (728) 2607 Modular Strip/Box Seal Expansion Joints (730) 2608 Asphaltic Plug Joint (732) 2609 Compression Steel Joint (734) 2610 Installation Of Expansion Joints (736) 2611 (744) 3100 2612 Testing And Acceptance Standards (744) 2613 Tests And Standards Of Acceptance (748) 2614 Measurements For Payment (748) 2615 Rate (748) 2700 WEARING COAT AND APPURTENANCES 2701 Description (751) 2702 Wearing Coat (751) 2703 Railings And Crash Barrier (752) 2704 Approach Slab (754) 2705 Drainage Spouts (754) 2706 Weep Holes (755) 3200 2707 Tests And Standards Of Acceptance (755) 2708 Measurements For Payment (755) 2709 Rate (756) 2800 REPAIR OF STRUCTURES 2801 Description (759) 2802 General (759) 2803 Sealing Of Cracks By Injection Of Epoxy Resin (759) Concrete By Epoxy/Polymer 2804 Replacement Of Spalled Mortar (766) 2805 Epoxy Bonding Of New Concrete To Old Concrete (769) 2508 2509 2510
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Cement Grouting (769)
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Guniting/Shotcreting (771) Protective Surface Coating Of Concrete By Acrylic Elastomeric Coating (773)
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Title/ Clause No. (Page No) Protective Surface Coating Of Concrete By Patented Systems Of Coating (775)
2810 Replacement Of Bearings (776) 2811 Repair And Replacement Of Wearing Coat (776) 2812 External Prestressing (777) 2813 Tests And Standards Of Acceptance (778) 2814 Measurements For Payment (779) 2815 Rate (779) PIPE CULVERTS 2901 Scope (783) 2902 Materials (783) 2903 Excavation For Pipe (783) 2904 Bedding For Pipe (784)
Laying Of Pipe (784) Jointing (785) Backfilling (785) 2908 Headwalls And Other Ancillary Works (786) 2909 Opening To Traffic (786) 2910 Measurement For Pavement (786) 2911 Rate (786) MAINTENANCE OF ROAD 3001 General (789) 3002 Restoration Of Rain Cuts (789) 3003 Maintenance Of Earthen Shoulders (790) 3004 Bituminous Work In Connection With Maintenance And Repair (791) 3005 Maintenance Of Cement Concrete Road (797) REINFORCED EARTH 3101 Scope (801) 3102 Design (801) 3103 Reinforcing Element (801) 3104 Earth Fill (804) 3105 Facia Material (805) 3106 Construction Details (807) 3107 Reinforced Soil Slopes (810) 3108 System Responsibility, Performance Bond (811) 3109 Measurement For Payment (812) 3110 Rate (812) SOIL NAILING 3201 Scope (821) 3202 Nail Installation Methods (821) 3203 Construction Materials (821) 3204 Facing Types (822) 3205 Construction Sequence (823) 3206 Geotechnical Aspects (823) 3207 Analysis Of Failure Modes (824) 3208 Initial Design Considerations (824) 3209 Other Design Considerations (825) 3210 Field Pullout Testing (826) 3211 Measurement For Pavement (826) 3212 Rates (827) 3213 References (829) 2905 2906 2907
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MoRT&H - SPECIFICATIONS FOR ROAD AND BRIDGE WORKS (Fifth Revision) CLASSIFICATION
S.No Section of Name 100 General
GENERAL
GENERAL
200 Site Clearance
WORKS
300 Earth Works
CLASSIFICATION
S.N o Section of Name
MATERIALS NATURAL AND/OR FACTORY SUPPLIED
CONSTRUCTION ROADS
1700 Structural Concrete 1800 Prestressing
WORKS
CONSTRUCTION
1900 1900 Stru Struct ctu ural ral Ste Steel
MATE MATERI RIA ALS NATURAL AND/OR FACTORY SUPPLIED
400 400 SubSub-ba base sess & Bases 500 500 Bases Bases and and Surfa Surface ce Courses 600 600 Conc Concre rete te Pavement 700 Geosynthetics
WORKS
CONSTRUCTION
2000 Bearings
MATERIALS FACTORY FINISHED
WORKS
CONSTRUCTION
WORKS
CONSTRUCTION
800 800 Traff Traffic ic Sig Signs ns,, Markings And Other Road Appurtenances
WORKS
900 900 Qual Qualit ity y Contr Control ol For Road Works
QUALITY CONTROL
1000 1000 Materi Materials als For Structures 1100 Pile Foundations
MATERIALS NATURAL AND/OR FACTORY SUPPLIED
FLEXIBLE & RIGID PAVEMENTS ROADS & FLEXIBLE & RIGID BRIDGES PAVEMENTS ROADS FLEXIBLE & RIGID PAVEMENTS ROADS FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS ROADS RIGID PAVEMENTS
MATERIALS NATURAL AND/OR FACTORY SUPPLIED CONSTRUCTION SAFETY
QUALITY CONTROL
WORKS
CONSTRUCTION BRIDGES
1200 Well Foundations WORKS
CONSTRUCTION BRIDGES
WORKS
CONSTRUCTION
BRIDGES
2100 Open Foundations WORKS
CONSTRUCT IO ION
BRIDGES
2200 Substructure
WORKS
CONSTRUCTION
BRIDGES
2300 Co Concrete Super Structure 2400 Su S urface And SubSurface Geotechnical Investigation
WORKS
CONSTRUCTION
BRIDGES
WORKS
CONSTRUCTION
2500 2500 River River Traini Training ng Work And Protection Work 2600 Ex Expansion Joints
WORKS
CONSTRUCTION
2700 Wearing Coat And Appurtenances 2800 Repair Of Structures 2900 Pi P ipe Culverts 3000 Maintenance Of Road
WORKS
CONSTRUCTION
WORKS
MAINTENANCE
WORKS WORKS
CONSTRUCTION MAINTENANCE
CULVERTS
PROTECTION
MATERIALS FACTORY FINISHED BRIDGES
1300 Br B rick Masonry 1400 1400 Ston Stone e And And Concrete Block Masonry 1500 Fo F ormwork
MATERIALS NATURAL AND/OR FACTORY SUPPLIED MATERIALS NATURAL AND/OR FACTORY SUPPLIED
MATERIALS NATURAL AND/OR FACTORY SUPPLIED
3100 R Re einforced Earth
WORKS
CONSTRUCTION
BRIDGES
1600 1600 Stee Steell Reinforcement
MATERIALS NATURAL AND/OR FACTORY SUPPLIED
3200 Soil Nailing
WORKS
CONSTRUCTION
PROTECTION
V. VENKATA NARAYANA B.E,. D.A.C.
[email protected]
EXECUTIVE ENGINEER (R&B), vvnhighways.blogspot.in
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