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APPENDIX 1/5: TESTING TO BE CARRIED OUT BY THE CONTRACTOR (CONTINUED)<br />

Clause Work, Goods or Material Test<br />

Frequency of<br />

Testing<br />

Series 600<br />

601, Acceptable material<br />

631 to Class General Description<br />

637, 1 General granular fill Grading/uniformity<br />

Twice a week<br />

640<br />

coefficient<br />

mc/MCV (N)<br />

2 per 1000 m 3 up to<br />

max of 5 per day<br />

SMC of chalk (N)<br />

Twice a week<br />

1C only Resistance to fragmentation Weekly<br />

(N)<br />

2 General cohesive fill Grading Twice a week<br />

mc/MCV/PL Undrained 2 per 1000 m 3 up to<br />

shear strength (N)<br />

max of 5 per day<br />

3 General Chalk fill mc (N) 2 per 1000 m 3 up to<br />

max of 5 per day<br />

4 Landscape fill Grading/mc/MCV (N) Daily<br />

5 Topsoil Grading Daily<br />

Test Certificate<br />

Required<br />

Comments<br />

6 Selected granular fill Grading/uniformity<br />

coefficient<br />

1 per 400 tonnes<br />

PL/LL(N)<br />

Resistance to fragmentation<br />

(N)<br />

Daily<br />

Weekly for on-site<br />

material*<br />

SMC (N)<br />

omc/mc, mc or MCV (N)<br />

Weekly<br />

1 per 400 tonnes<br />

Organic matter/ water<br />

soluble sulfate (WS) (N)<br />

Oxidisable sulfides (OS)<br />

and total potential sulphate<br />

(TPS) content (N)<br />

pH/ chloride ion contents<br />

(N)<br />

Resistivety (N)<br />

Undrained and drained<br />

shear parameters<br />

Weekly<br />

Weekly<br />

Weekly<br />

6F4<br />

and<br />

6F5<br />

Size designation and overall<br />

grading catogory<br />

Maximum fines and<br />

oversize catogories<br />

Volume stability of blast<br />

furnace slag<br />

Volume stability of steel<br />

(BOF and EAF) slag<br />

Other aggregate<br />

requirements<br />

1 per week<br />

1 per week<br />

6 monthly<br />

6 monthly<br />

Annex C of BS EN<br />

13242<br />

124

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