SECURITY AND SAFENESS VRAMP – CONTRACT PACKAGE RAP/CP15 – MAINTENANCE OF NH6 FROM KM193÷KM233 IN SON LA PAVEMENT TABLE OF CONTENTS I EQUIPMENT USED FOR ASPHALT MIX WORK II EXECUTION OF PRIME COAT III[.]
VRAMP – CONTRACT PACKAGE:RAP/CP15 – MAINTENANCE OF NH6 FROM KM193÷KM233 IN SON LA PAVEMENT PHUONG THANH TRANCONSIN VRAMP – CONTRACT PACKAGE:RAP/CP15 – MAINTENANCE OF NH6 FROM KM193÷KM233 IN SON LA TABLE OF CONTENTS I EQUIPMENT USED FOR ASPHALT MIX WORK II EXECUTION OF PRIME COAT III EXECUTION OF TACK COAT IV CONSTRUCTION OF ASPHALT CONCRETE LAYERS V SAFENESS AND PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT PHUONG THANH TRANCONSIN VRAMP – CONTRACT PACKAGE:RAP/CP15 – MAINTENANCE OF NH6 FROM KM193÷KM233 IN SON LA I EQUIPMENT USED FOR ASPHALT MIX WORK The contractor will organize an area for Asphalt mixing plant far from residents The area is large enough to favourably mobilize and transport material, asphalt concrete to the site The Contractor shall submit to the Engineer and relevant authorities relating documents prior execution Plant General The mixing plant should be a weigh-batching type (the use of a continuous drummixing plant requires the Engineers approval) and shall have a capacity sufficient to supply the finisher on the road continuously when spreading the asphalt mix at normal speed and required thickness The plant shall be so designed, coordinated and operated as to produce a mixture within the job mix tolerances Unless otherwise approved by the Engineer, the plant shall be provided with Automatic or Computer Controlled batching systems with batch print out records The plant must meet the applicable environmental requirements of Vietnam and be in accordance with applicable provisions of Specification section part E.1 “Environmental Control and Protection” Plant Scales Scales for any weigh box or hopper should be of the spring-less dial type, load cell, or as approved by Engineer and shall be of standard make and design accurate to within one-half of one percent of the maximum load that will be required When spring-less dial scales are used, the end of the pointer shall be set close to the face of the dial and shall be of a type that will be free from excessive parallax The scale shall be provided with adjustable pointers for marking the weight of each material to be weighed into the batch The scales shall be substantially constructed, and those that easily get out of adjustment shall be replaced All dials shall be so located that they will be in plain view of the operator at all times Scales for weighing bituminous material shall conform to the specifications for scales for aggregate The value of the minimum graduation in any case shall not be greater than one kilogram Dial scales for weighing the bituminous material shall not have a capacity of more than twice the weight of the material to be weighed and shall read to nearest kilogram Scales shall be approved by the Engineer and shall be checked as often as the Engineer may deem necessary to assure their continued accuracy The Contractor shall provide and have at hand sufficient standard weights for frequent testing of all scales to their full capacity PHUONG THANH TRANCONSIN VRAMP – CONTRACT PACKAGE:RAP/CP15 – MAINTENANCE OF NH6 FROM KM193÷KM233 IN SON LA Equipment for Storage of Bituminous Material Tanks for storage of bituminous material shall be equipped for heating the material under effective and positive control at all times to a temperature within the range specified Steel coils, electricity shall accomplish the heating, or other means such that no flame shall come in contact with the heating tank The circulating system for the bituminous material shall be of adequate size to ensure proper and continuous circulation during the entire operating period Suitable means shall be provided, either by steam jackets or other insulation, for maintaining the specified temperature of the bituminous material in the pipe lines, meters, weight buckets, spray bars, and other containers of the flow lines Upon approval of the Engineer, bituminous material may be partially heated in the tanks and brought to the specified temperature by means of booster heating equipment between the tanks and the mixer The total storage of the tanks shall be sufficient to provide 10 hours of full operation of the asphalt mixing plant If more then one storage tank is used, they shall be so connected to the circulatory system that each tank can be separately isolated without interference to the circulation of bitumen to the mixer Feeder for Drier A separate feeder shall be provided for each aggregate to be used in the mix Fine aggregate feeders shall be of the belt type Other types may be used, with the Engineer’s approval, only if they are able to deliver wet materials at a constant rate without clogging All feeders shall be calibrated and the gate opening and speed settings for each approved job mix clearly indicated on the gates and on the plant control panel Once established, the feeder settings shall not be altered without the approval of the Engineer Unless approved by the Engineer, a system of “No Flow” switches shall be installed on each aggregate feeder to stop the plant if no material is flowing from the feed bin after 30 seconds The cold feed bins shall have high enough walls and be wide enough depending upon the loading equipment used to prevent intermingling of materials from adjacent bins Drier A rotary drier of any satisfactory design for drying and heating the material aggregate shall be provided The drier shall be capable of drying and heating the mineral aggregate to the specified temperature PHUONG THANH TRANCONSIN VRAMP – CONTRACT PACKAGE:RAP/CP15 – MAINTENANCE OF NH6 FROM KM193÷KM233 IN SON LA Screen Plant screens, capable of screening all aggregate to the specified sizes and proportions and having normal capacities slightly in excess of the full capacity of the mixer, shall be provided They shall have an operating efficiency such that the aggregate deposited in any bin shall not contain more than 1.0 percent of oversize or undersize material Bins The plant shall include storage bins of sufficient capacity to supply the mixer when it is operating at full capacity - Bins shall be divided into at least four compartments and shall be arranged to ensure separate and adequate storage of appropriate fractions of the aggregate, not including mineral filler - Each compartment shall be provided with an overflow pipe that shall be of such size and at such location as to prevent any backing up of material into other bins - Bins shall be so constructed that the gates not leak and samples can be readily obtained Bituminous Control Unit - An independent weighing scale shall be provided to obtain the proper amount of bituminous material in the mix within the tolerance specified for the job mix - The liquid bituminous material shall be delivered to the mixer through one or more spray bars, whose individual lengths shall not be less than 75% of the length of the pugmill - The independent weighing scale shall be fitted with an automatic bitumen pump to ensure consistent batching during asphalt production - Means of testing the quantity or rate of flow of bituminous material into the mixer shall be provided - The weighing device shall be designed and constructed to automatically measure the required amount of liquid asphalt into each batch within a tolerance of 0.4% - The weighing scale shall be so constructed that the weighing setting may be locked and it will automatically reset after the addition of bituminous material into each batch - The weighing scale shall be calibrated before any asphalt mix is produced to ensure accuracy of batching Re-calibration of the weighing scale shall be conducted when necessary or as directed by the Engineer PHUONG THANH TRANCONSIN VRAMP – CONTRACT PACKAGE:RAP/CP15 – MAINTENANCE OF NH6 FROM KM193÷KM233 IN SON LA - Thermometric Equipment - An armored thermometer reading from 100 to 200°C shall be fixed in the bituminous feed line at a suitable location near the discharge valve at the mixer unit - The plant shall be further equipped with either, an approved dial scale mercuryactuated thermometer, and an electric pyrometer, or other approved thermometric instrument so placed at the discharge chute of the drier as to register automatically or indicate the temperature of the heated aggregates A thermocouple or resistance bulb shall be mounted near the bottom of the bin to measure the temperature of the fine aggregate before entering the mixer - Unless otherwise approved by the Engineer, automatic temperature controls for the plant’s drier burner shall be used The thermocouple used for discharge and for the fine aggregate bin shall be wired to a temperature recording apparatus Charts showing time and temperature from the temperature recording devise will be given to the Engineer daily - Replacement of any thermometer by an approved temperature recording apparatus may be required by the Engineer, and he may further require that the daily temperature charts be filed with him Dust Collector The plant shall be equipped with dust collector so constructed as to waste or return uniformly to the elevator all or any part of the material collected, as directed by the Engineer 10 Control of Mixing Time The plant shall be equipped with a positive means to govern the time of mixing and to maintain it constant unless changed at the direction of the Engineer 11 Electronic Weight Systems with Automatic Ticket Print out 11.1 General The asphalt plant shall be equipped with one of the following three electronic weight systems capable of automatically printing a delivery ticket: - Automatic batch plant with print out - Electronic weight system on hopper beneath a surge or storage bin - Electronic weight system on the truck scales - The printed delivery ticket shall contain the following information, or as required by the Engineer, as a minimum: PHUONG THANH TRANCONSIN VRAMP – CONTRACT PACKAGE:RAP/CP15 – MAINTENANCE OF NH6 FROM KM193÷KM233 IN SON LA 11.2 - Sequential load number - Date and time - Name or location of plant - Type of mix - Truck number - Gross, tare, net weights or batch weights (as applicable) - Accumulated total of mix for that day, as directed by the Engineer - Temperature of mix (may be hand recorded) at plant and site - Places for location (chainage or station) of where mix was placed - Places for signatures (as directed by the Engineer) - The ticket shall be printed with an original and at least copies, one of which shall be provided to the Engineer Truck Scales and Weight House The scale shall be of the type which indicates directly the total weight of the loaded truck The scales shall meet the requirements in accordance with this Specification section The scale desk shall be long and wide enough to weigh all axles simultaneously of any haul truck used on the project The truck scale shall periodically be calibrated and certified by the competent authority (State Committee for Measurement and Quality) The weight house shall be completely enclosed, weather proof and with air conditioner/heater There shall be sufficient window opening as directed by the Engineer 11.3 Automatic Printer System for Batch Plant The batch plant’s automatic printer system shall print the individual weights of aggregate and bituminous material delivered to the pug-mill and the total weight of batches contained in a truckload The automatic printer system shall be used only in conjunction with automatic batching and mixing control systems which have been approved by the Engineer In the event of a printer or other equipment failure, hot mix shall not be shipped unless the Engineer provides approval in writing but in no case shall this continue for more than 12 hours 12 Accessibility and Safety Requirements - Adequate and safe stairways to the mixer platform and guarded ladders to other plant units shall be placed at all points required for accessibility to all plant PHUONG THANH TRANCONSIN VRAMP – CONTRACT PACKAGE:RAP/CP15 – MAINTENANCE OF NH6 FROM KM193÷KM233 IN SON LA operations 13 14 - Accessibility to the top of truck bodies shall be provided by means of a platform built to the length and height of the truck’s dump body to enable the Engineer to obtain sampling and mixture temperature data - To facilitate handling, scale calibration equipment, sampling equipment, etc., a hoist or pulley system shall be provided to raise or lower the equipment from the ground to platform or vice versa - All gears, pulleys, chains, sprockets, and other dangerous moving parts shall be thoroughly guarded and protected - Ample and unobstructed passage shall be maintained at all times in and around the truck loading space This space shall be kept free from drippings from the mixing platform Weigh Box or Hopper - The equipment shall include a means to accurately weigh each bin size of aggregate in a weigh box or hopper, suspended on scales, ample in size to hold a full batch without hand raking or running over - The weigh box or hopper shall be supported on fulcrums and knife edges, so constructed that they will not be easily thrown out of alignment or adjustment - All edges, ends, and sides of weigh hoppers shall be free from contact with any supporting rods and columns or other equipment that will in any way affect the proper functioning of the hopper - There shall also be sufficient clearance between hoppers and supporting devices to prevent accumulations of foreign materials - The discharge gate of the weigh box shall be so that the aggregate will not be segregated when dumped into the mixer and shall close tightly when the box is empty so that no material is allowed to leak into the batch in the mixer during the process of weighing the next batch Mixer - The batch mixer shall be an approved twin pugmill type capable of producing a uniform mixture within the job-mix tolerances - It shall be heat-jacketed with steam, hot oil, or other means approved by the Engineer - It shall be of such design as to permit visual inspection of the mix - The mixer capacity shall be not less than a ton batch and shall be so constructed as to prevent leakage of contents If not enclosed, the mixer box shall be equipped PHUONG THANH TRANCONSIN VRAMP – CONTRACT PACKAGE:RAP/CP15 – MAINTENANCE OF NH6 FROM KM193÷KM233 IN SON LA with a dust hood to prevent loss of dust by dispersion 15 16 - The mixer shall have an accurate time clock to control the operation of a complete mixing cycle by locking the weigh box gate after the charging of the mixer until the closing of the mixer gate at the completion of the cycle It shall lock the bitumen bucket throughout the dry and wet mixing periods The dry mixing period is defined as the interval of time between opening of the weigh box gate and the start of application of bitumen The wet mixing period is the interval between the time the bituminous material is spread on the aggregate and the time the mixer gate is opened - The control of the timing shall be flexible and capable of being set at intervals of not more than seconds throughout cycles up to minutes A mechanical batch counter shall be installed as a part of the timing device and shall be so designed as to register only completely mixed batches - The mixer shall be equipped with a sufficient number of paddles or blades with proper arrangement to produce a proper and uniformly mixed batch - The clearance of blades from all fixed and moving parts shall not exceed cm except in the case of aggregates having a nominal maximum size of over 2.5 cm, in which case the clearance shall be so adjusted as to prevent undue breakage of the coarse aggregate during the mixing operation Hauling Equipment - Trucks for hauling bituminous mixtures shall have tight, clean and smooth metal beds that have been sprayed with a minimum amount of soapy water, vegetable, oil, or lime solution to prevent the mixture from adhering to the beds Each load shall be covered with a canvas or other suitable material of such size as to protect the mixture from the weather - Any truck causing excessive segregation of material by its spring suspension or other contributing factors, or that shows oil leaks in detrimental amounts, or that causes undue delays, shall upon direction of the Engineer be removed from the work until such conditions are corrected - When necessary, in order that the mixture will be delivered on the road at the specified temperature, truck beds shall be insulated to obtain workable temperature of the mixture and all covers shall be securely fastened Spreading & Finishing Equipment - The equipment for spreading and finishing shall be approved mechanical, selfpowered pavers, capable of spreading and finishing the mixture true to the line, grade, and cross section required on the Drawings or as directed by the Engineer PHUONG THANH TRANCONSIN VRAMP – CONTRACT PACKAGE:RAP/CP15 – MAINTENANCE OF NH6 FROM KM193÷KM233 IN SON LA 17 - The pavers shall be equipped with hoppers and distributing screws of the reversing type to place the mixture evenly in front of adjustable screeds They shall be equipped with quick and efficient steering devices and shall have reverse as well as forward traveling speeds - The pavers shall be equipped with screed controls which can be adjusted for manual, semi-automatic and fully automatic operation, to ensure that a smooth asphalt mat can be placed regardless of irregularities in the surface being paved The automatic screed control device must be able to sense the required grade from either a taut piano wire guideline or a long (length as required by Engineer) sliding ski - The pavers shall also be equipped with mechanical devices such as equalizing runners, straightedge runners, evener arms, or other compensating devices, to maintain the trueness of grade and to form the edges of the pavement to true lines without the use of stationary side forms - Pavers shall be equipped with activated screeds, of either the tamping or vibrating type, and devices for heating the screeds to the temperature required for the laying of the mixture without pulling or marring - If, during construction, it is found that the spreading and finishing equipment in operation leaves surface tracks in the pavement or indented areas or other objectionable irregularities that are not satisfactorily corrected by scheduled operations, the use of such equipment shall be discontinued and other satisfactory spreading and finishing equipment shall be provided by the Contractor Compacting Equipment Contractor must provide adequate equipment to compact the asphalt mixture to meet the requirements stipulated under sub-section” Manufacture and Production of the Mixture”, and sub-section, “Placing the Mixture”, of this Specification section Each paving operation shall have as a minimum: - One tandem steel wheel roller for breakdown rolling, weighting between 4.5 to 11 tons - One pneumatic-tired roller for secondary rolling weighting between 14 to 16 tons This roller will have at least smooth, tread tires of equal size and diameter The tires shall be spaced so that the following tires will cover the gaps between adjacent tires The use of wobble-wheeled rollers will not be permitted - One vibration rollers with minimum vibration weight of 12 ton - One tandem steel wheel roller for finish rolling, weighting between and 11 tons PHUONG THANH TRANCONSIN 10 VRAMP – CONTRACT PACKAGE:RAP/CP15 – MAINTENANCE OF NH6 FROM KM193÷KM233 IN SON LA The bitumen distributor shall be inspected and tested as follows: - Prior to the commencement of spraying works on the Contract; - For each 20 tons of product as specified; - Following any accident or modification to the distributor, or any other occurrence, which in the opinion of the Engineer warrants rechecking the distributor The result of the wet sieve testing of the proposed cover aggregate shall be submitted to the Engineer for approval prior to any use of that aggregate A detailed written record of daily surfacing operations, including the location, binder used on each sprayer run, application rates achieved, and area covered shall be made and submitted to the Engineer IV CONSTRUCTION OF ASPHALT CONCRETE LAYERS Reference Standards The following current Vietnamese standards or Standards in their latest edition shall be particularly applied to Works covered by this Specification TCVN 8818-2011 Liquid asphalt – Technical requirements and Test methods TCVN 8819-2011 Hot asphalt concrete pavement construction and acceptance TCVN 8820-2011 Hot asphalt concrete mixture – Design according to Marshall method TCVN 8860-2011 Asphalt concrete – Test methods TCVN 7572-2006 Aggregates for concrete and mortar – Test methods TCVN 8864:2011 Standard test method for measuring road pavement surface roughness using a 3m straight edge TCVN 8865:2011 Method for measuring and assessment roughness by international roughness index (IRI) TCVN 8866:2011 Standard test method for measuring pavement macrotexture depth using a volumetric technique AASHTO T176 Platic fines in graded aggregates and soils by use of the sand equivalent test TCVN 7493:2005 Bitumen – Technical requirements TCVN 7494:2005 Bitumen – Method for sampling TCVN 7504:2005 Bitumen – Test method for determination of adhesion with paving stone – Requirements on AASHTO T324-04 Hamburg wheel-track testing of compacted hot – Mix asphalt (HMA) PHUONG THANH TRANCONSIN 19 VRAMP – CONTRACT PACKAGE:RAP/CP15 – MAINTENANCE OF NH6 FROM KM193÷KM233 IN SON LA Material requirements 2.1 Coarse Aggregate for Asphalt Mixtures The aggregates to be used in the work shall be of such a nature that the asphalt mixture, proportioned in accordance with the job mix formula, will have a retained strength of not less than 75 percent when tested for loss of cohesion resulting from the action of water No aggregate shall be used until the engineer has approved them Materials shall be stockpiled in accordance with the requirements for material storage and the methods of rain tilt and drainage are required Coarse aggregate shall conform to the requirements of this section and shall consist of crushed stone However, the coarse aggregate used for any mix type shall be accepted by the Engineer only if it is demonstrated by laboratory trials that all the specified aggregate property requirements given in the Specification are met and the mix properties as the Specification 2.2 Fine Aggregate for Asphalt Mixtures Sand to be used for asphalt concrete must be the natural sand, crushed sand or mixture of natural sand and crushed sand Natural sand to be used must be free of organic mixtures (wood, coal ) Crushed sand to be used must be the one crushed from stone with the impaction strength not under the one of the stone for producing the crushed stone When the fine aggregate of crushed stone and natural sand to be used, each material shall be put in separate bucket for mixing under strict control of mixing proportion The physical and mechanical characteristics of the sand shall meet the requirements of Specification project 2.3 Filler for Asphalt Mixtures Mineral filler is the product of crushed stone from carbon stone ( calcite limestone, dolomite …) with the compaction strength bigger than 20Mpa, from base slag of the refiner of cement Carbon stone to bu used for produce the filler shall be the clean and free of organic mixtures, with the dust-mud-clay content not excess 5% Filler shall be dry, light and not crumbling and the mineral filler from the mixing plant shall not be used The physical and mechanical characteristics of the filler shall meet the requirements of Specification project PHUONG THANH TRANCONSIN 20