29.07.2013 Views

particular specifications (road works) - CIDCO Maharashtra Ltd.

particular specifications (road works) - CIDCO Maharashtra Ltd.

particular specifications (road works) - CIDCO Maharashtra Ltd.

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

<strong>CIDCO</strong> OF MAHARASHTRA LTD<br />

C.A.No.01/<strong>CIDCO</strong>/SE(KHR)/EE(KHR-I)/2010–11 Pg. No. 490<br />

iv) The aggregates both fine and coarse shall be hard, strong,<br />

durable clean, free from veins and adherant coatings. The<br />

use of flaky and elongated pieces of aggregates shall be<br />

prohibited.<br />

v) The aggregates shall not contain deleterious materials such as<br />

iron pyrite, coal, mica, shale or similar laminate material,<br />

clay, alkali, soft fragments, sea shells, organic impurities etc.<br />

in such quantity as to affect the strength of durability of<br />

concrete or the reinforcement embedded in such reinforced<br />

concrete.<br />

vi) The maximum quantities of deleterious material they may be<br />

permitted shall conform to the following limits by weight.<br />

Deleterious substance<br />

Fine aggregates<br />

percent by weight<br />

Coarse aggregates<br />

percent by weight<br />

Uncrushed Crushed Uncrushed Crushed<br />

1. Coal and lignite 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00<br />

2. Clay lumps 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00<br />

3. Soft fragments -- -- 3.00 --<br />

4. Material passing<br />

through 75 microsieve<br />

3.00 3.00 3.00 1.00<br />

5. Shale 1.00 -- -- --<br />

vii) The total of various deleterious materials occurring in any<br />

sample shall, in no case, exceed 5 per cent.<br />

viii) If the aggregate supplied in unclean, it shall be washed. If it<br />

is not properly graded, it shall be screened by hand or by<br />

mechanical means and the various sizes proportioned to get<br />

the required grading.

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!