Specification Compliance
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| Part 215 Master Road Specification PM1, PM2, PM 3 |
| Particle Size Distribution |
PM1/20 |
PM2/20 |
PM3/20 |
Typical Result |
| Sieve size (mm) |
Percent Finer |
Percent Finer |
Percent Finer |
|
| 26.5 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
| 19 |
95-100 |
90-100 |
90-100 |
98 |
| 13.2 |
77-93 |
74-96 |
|
87 |
| 9.5 |
63-83 |
61-85 |
|
70 |
| 4.75 |
44-64 |
42-66 |
40-65 |
56 |
| 2.36 |
29-49 |
28-50 |
|
35 |
| 0.43 |
13-23 |
11-27 |
|
20 |
| 0.08 |
5-11 |
4-14 |
5-15 |
7 |
| Atterberg Limits |
|
|
|
|
| Liquid Limit (LL) |
max 25% |
max 28% |
35 |
25 |
| Plasticity Index (PI) |
1%-6% |
1%-8% |
15 |
2 |
| Linear Shrinkage (LS) |
max 3% |
max 4% |
8 |
1 |
| Los Angeles Abrasion |
|
|
|
|
|
max 30 |
max 45 |
max 45 |
37 |
| Foreign Materials |
|
|
|
|
| High density materials, brick, glass |
20 |
20 |
20 |
|
| Low density materials such as plastic, rubber, plaster, clay lumps and other friable material |
max 1% |
max 1% |
max 1% |
OK |
| Wood and other vegetable or decomposable matter |
max 0.5% |
max 0.5% |
max 0.5% |
OK |
| Bitumen Content |
max 1% |
max 1% |
max 1% |
Nil |
| Section 820 Light Duty Basecourse CC2, CC3, CC4 |
| Particle Size Distribution |
CC2 |
CC3 |
CC4 |
Typical Result |
| Sieve size (mm) |
Percent Finer |
Percent Finer |
Percent Finer |
|
| 26.5 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
| 19 |
95-100 |
95-100 |
|
98 |
| 13.2 |
78-92 |
75-95 |
|
87 |
| 9.5 |
63-83 |
60-90 |
|
70 |
| 4.75 |
44-64 |
42-76 |
|
56 |
| 2.36 |
30-48 |
28-60 |
42-76 |
35 |
| 0.43 |
13-21 |
10-28 |
10-28 |
20 |
| 0.08 |
5-9 |
2-10 |
2-10 |
7 |
| Atterberg Limits |
|
|
|
|
| Liquid Limit (LL) |
35 |
35 |
40 |
25 |
| Plasticity Index (PI) |
6 |
10 |
20 |
2 |
| Los Angeles Abrasion |
|
|
|
|
|
max 35 |
max 40 |
max 45 |
37 |
| California Bearing Ratio (CBR) |
|
|
|
|
|
min 100 |
min 80 |
min 20 |
120 |
| Foreign Materials |
|
|
|
|
| High density materials such as metal, brick and glass |
2 |
3 |
5 |
|
| Low density materials such as plastic, rubber, plaster, clay lumps and other friable material |
0.5 |
1 |
3 |
OK |
| Wood and other vegetable or decomposable matter |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
OK |
| Specification R1, R2 (2009 greenspec) |
| Particle Size Distribution |
R1 |
R2 |
Typical Result |
| Sieve size (mm) |
Percent Finer |
Percent Finer |
|
| 26.5 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
| 19 |
95-100 |
85-100 |
98 |
| 13.2 |
70-90 |
70-90 |
87 |
| 9.5 |
|
|
|
| 6.7 |
50-70 |
45-70 |
60 |
| 4.75 |
|
|
|
| 2.36 |
35-55 |
30-55 |
35 |
| 0.43 |
10-30 |
10-30 |
20 |
| 0.08 |
5-15 |
5-15 |
7 |
| Atterberg Limits |
|
|
|
| Liquid Limit (LL) |
27 |
|
25 |
| Plasticity Index (PI) |
5 |
|
2 |
| Strength Characteristics |
|
|
|
| Wet Strength |
min 70 |
min 50 |
57 |
| Wet Dry Strength variation |
max 35 |
max 40 |
23 |
| Max Dry Compressive Strength |
min 1.7 |
min 1.0 |
2.4 |
| Unconfined compressive strength |
max 1.5 |
max 1.5 |
0.5 |
| Foreign Materials |
|
|
|
| Metal, glass and ceramics |
3 |
5 |
|
| Plaster, clay lumps and other friable materials |
0.2 |
0.2 |
|
| Rubber, plastic, bitumen, paper, cloth, paint, wood and other vegetable matter |
0.1 |
0.1 |
|
| Particle Size Distribution |
Limits |
Typical Result |
| Sieve size (mm) |
Percent Finer |
Percent Finer |
| 26.5 |
100 |
100 |
| 19 |
71-100 |
98 |
| 13.2 |
|
|
| 9.5 |
|
|
| 6.7 |
|
|
| 4.75 |
36-65 |
56 |
| 2.36 |
|
|
| 0.43 |
|
|
| 0.08 |
2-14 |
7 |
| Atterberg Limits |
|
|
| Liquid Limit (LL) |
45 |
25 |
| Plasticity Index (PI) |
|
2 |
| Linear Shrinkage |
4 |
|
| Strength Characteristics |
|
|
| California Bearing ratio (CBR) |
min 50 |
120 |
| Unconfined compressive strength |
max 1.0 |
0.5 |
| Foreign Materials |
|
|
| High Density Materials (brick, glass, etc) |
15 |
|
| Low Density Materials (plastic, plaster, etc) |
3 |
|
| Wood and other vegetable matter |
1 |
|
