SECTION 02324
ROCK EXCAVATION AND DISPOSAL
PART1-GENERAL
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WORK INCLUDED:
The Contractor shall excavate rock, if encountered, to the lines and grades indicated on the
drawings or as directed, shall dispose of the excavated material, and shall furnish the
required material as specified in Section 02300 EARTHWORK for backfill in place of the
excavated rock.
RELATED WORK:
Section 02300, EARTHWORK
Section 02252, SUPPORT OF EXCAVATION
Section 03302, FIELD CONCRETE
DEFINITIONS:
The word "rock," wherever used as the name of the excavated material or material to be
excavated, shall mean only boulders and pieces of concrete or masonry exceeding one
cubic yard in volume, or solid ledge rock which, in the opinion of the Engineer, requires for its
removal, drilling and blasting, wedging, sledging, barring, or breaking up with a
power-operated tool. No soft or disintegrated rock which can be removed by normal earth
excavation methods, no loose, shaken, or previously blasted rock or broken stone in rock
fillings or elsewhere, and no rock exterior to the maximum limits of measurement allowed,
which may fall into the excavation, will be measured or allowed as "rock."
The word "earth," wherever used as the name of an excavated material, or material to be
excavated shall mean all kinds of material other than rock as above defined.
QUALITY ASSURANCE:
The Contractor shall conform to all municipal ordinances and state and federal laws
relating to the transportation, storage, handling, and use of explosives. In the event that any of
the above mentioned laws, ordinances, or regulations require a licensed blaster to
perform or supervise the work of blasting, said licensed blaster shall, at all times, have his
license on the work site and shall permit examination thereof by the Engineer or other
officials having jurisdiction.
The Contractor shall procure all permits required for blasting.
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