SECTION 02300
EARTHWORK
PART 1 - GENERAL
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WORK INCLUDED:
The Contractor shall make excavations of normal depth in earth for trenches and structures,
shall backfill and compact such excavations to the extent necessary, shall furnish the
necessary material and construct embankments and fills, and shall make miscellaneous
earth excavations and do miscellaneous grading.
RELATED WORK:
Section 01110, CONTROL OF WORK AND MATERIALS
Section 01570, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Section 02252, SUPPORT OF EXCAVATION
Section 02324, ROCK EXCAVATION AND DISPOSAL
Section 02745, PAVING
Section 02920, LOAMING AND SEEDING
REFERENCES:
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
ASTM C131 Test Method for Resistance to Degradation of Small Size Coarse
Aggregate by Abrasion and Impact in the Los Angeles Machine.
ASTM C136 Method for Sieve Analysis of Fine and Coarse Aggregates.
ASTM — C330 Specification for Lightweight Aggregate for
Structural Concrete.
ASTM ~~ D1556_ Test Method for Density of Soil in Place by the Sand Cone
Method.
ASTM D1557 __ Test Methods for Moisture-density Relations of Soils and Soil
Aggregate Mixtures Using Ten-pound (10 Lb.) Hammer and
Eighteen-inch (18") Drop.
ASTM D2922 ~=Test Methods for Density of Soil and Soil-aggregate in Place by
Nuclear Methods (Shallow Depth).
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