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LARIMER COUNTY RURAL AREA ROAD STANDARDS

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Appendix D – Construction StandardsSection D.2 Revisions to CDOT Standards Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction(a)Mix Design. The Contractor shall submit the following to the Engineer:A proposed plant mix pavement mix design from an independent Laboratory prepared inaccordance with Colorado Procedure 52, including a proposed job-mix gradation foreach mixture required by the Contract which shall be wholly within the Master RangeTable, Table 703-3A, B, and C, before the tolerances shown in Table 401-1 are applied.The weight of lime shall be included in the total weight of the material passing the No.200 sieve. The restricted zone boundaries given in the Asphalt Institutes’ SuperPaveSeries No. 2 (SP-2) Manual are to be used as guidelines in mix design development.However, the job-mix gradation is not required to pass above or below the restrictedzone boundaries.The job-mix formula for each mixture shall establish a single percentage of aggregatepassing each required sieve size, a single percentage of bituminous material to beadded to the aggregate, and a single temperature for the mixture at the discharge pint ofthe plant.No hot mix asphalt (HMA) shall be placed prior to submittal of a mix design and approvalof the job-mix formula.Subsection 401.02(b) shall include the following:The top layer of HBP shall not contain any reclaimed asphalt pavement. Layers belowthe top layer shall not contain more than 15 percent reclaimed asphalt pavement. Thereclaimed asphalt pavement shall meet the requirements for subsection 703.04.Delete subsection 401.11 and replace with the following:401.11 Tack Coat. When ordered by the Engineer, a tack coat shall be applied betweenpavement courses. Tack coat shall be applied to all existing asphalt surfaces that are morethan 12 hours old or have not been kept clean.Subsection 401.16 shall include the following:Thickness Tolerance. In place pavement thickness shall be determined as follows. Thepavement shall be cored at 500 foot intervals, or fraction thereof, in each 12 foot lane (nominal),with a minimum of 3 cores taken for any area. The County may require additional cores todefine deficient areas. Any deficiency in the total thickness of the asphaltic pavement shall notexceed ½ inch for any one sample with the average deficiency for all samples not to exceed ¼inch. Final decision for correction of deficiencies shall be made by the Engineer.In Subsection 401.16 delete paragraph nine (9) and replace with the following:The Engineer will delineate the areas to be evaluated and inform the contractor of the locationand extent of these areas.In Subsection 401.16 delete the last paragraph and replace with the following:Coring will be done at the expense of the Contractor.Larimer County Rural Area Road Standards Page D-14October 22, 2007

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