Engineering Design Specifiications

1 CAMDEN COUNCIL Engineering Design SPECIFICATION Adopted 10 February, 2009 CAMDEN COUNCIL Engineering Design SPECIFICATION Page 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS GLOSSARY ..7 SECTION 1 - INTRODUCTION ..10 PREAMBLE ..10 DEVELOPMENT CONTROL AND CONDITIONS ..10 Engineering PLANS AND CERTIFYING AMENDMENTS TO CORRESPONDENCE ..11 SUPERINTENDENTS/CONTRACTORS ..11 Public Liability Workers Professional Indemnity Insurance ..12 SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS ..12 Size of Plans ..13 Drawing Title ..13 Drawing Details ..14 Approval of Engineering Standard Notes ..15 SECTION 2 - ROAD Design ..18 DETAILED ROAD Layout Plans ..19 Longitudinal Section ..20 Road Cross Sections ..20 Intersection, Cul-De-Sac and Turning Head Plans.

2 21 Kerb Return Longitudinal Sections ..21 Kerb Return Plan View ..22 PLANNING STANDARDS ..22 Road Network Design Characteristics ..22 CAMDEN COUNCIL Engineering Design SPECIFICATION Page 3 Half Width Roads ..26 Staged Road Construction ..26 GEOMETRIC Design ..26 Principles of Road Road Horizontal Alignment ..27 Longitudinal Gradient ..27 Vertical Curves ..28 Carriageway Crossfall and Offset Crown ..28 Batters ..31 Batter Road Intersections ..32 Cul-De-Sac Heads ..33 Roundabouts ..33 Kerb & Gutter ..33 Vehicular Footway Crossings (Kerb to Boundary) ..34 Kerb Returns ..34 Perambulator Ramps ..35 Bus Bays & Parking ..35 Car Parking ..35 PAVEMENT Design ..35 Design Traffic Loading ..37 Evaluation of Subgrade.

3 37 Road Surfacing ..38 Pavement Materials ..39 PRIVATE ROADS ..39 Private Road Reserve and Road Widths ..39 Geometric Design of Private UNDERGROUND UTILITIES AND SERVICES ..40 Water and Sewer Utilities and Services ..41 Electricity Utilities and Services ..41 Telephone Utilities and Service ..42 Gas Shared CAMDEN COUNCIL Engineering Design SPECIFICATION Page 4 SECTION 3 - DRAINAGE Major Minor Concept ..44 DETAIL DRAINAGE DRAWINGS ..44 Catchment Drainage Layout Drainage Calculations ..45 Longitudinal Sections ..45 Cross Sections ..46 Special Drainage Structures ..46 DRAINAGE Design STRUCTURES ..46 Approved Materials ..46 Pits ..48 Culverts ..49 Subsoil Drainage ..49 Natural Watercourses/Open Channels.

4 50 Bridges ..51 Retention/Detention Constructed Wetlands ..52 Filtering Devices and Screening Devices ..53 DRAINAGE Design PROCEDURES ..55 Rainfall Intensities ..55 Design Annual Exceedance Probabilities ..57 Catchment Areas ..57 Impervious Percentages ..57 Design Methods ..57 Design Considerations ..59 Pit INTERALLOTMENT DRAINAGE ..62 ON-SITE DETENTION ..62 DRAINAGE Width of Easements ..64 FLOOD LIABLE LAND ..65 CAMDEN COUNCIL Engineering Design SPECIFICATION Page 5 SECTION 4 - SITE MANAGEMENT DETAILS ..67 ENVIRONMENTAL SITE Erosion and Sediment Control Plan ..67 Erosion and Sediment Control Measures ..69 Sediment Basins ..70 Tree ECOLOGICALLY SUSTAINABLE Riparian Corridor Conservation of Natural Wetlands.

5 71 Rehabilitation of Farm Dam Wetlands ..72 WATER SENSITIVE URBAN Design ..73 Site Investigations and Salinity Management Plans ..75 Salinity Control Measures ..75 SITE REGRADING ..77 Site Regrading Plan ..78 Topsoiling ..78 Flood Prone Existing Dams and Watercourses ..79 TRAFFIC Traffic Management Plans ..79 Traffic Control Traffic Control Street Lighting ..81 Signs and Stencilling ..81 Guide Posts and Protection Fencing ..81 Sign Posting and Pavement Markings ..81 Parking Plan ..81 SECTION 5 - Design DRAWINGS ..82 STRUCTURAL OTHER STRUCTURES ..82 CAMDEN COUNCIL Engineering Design SPECIFICATION Page 6 APPENDIX A CHECKLIST FOR Engineering PLANS ..83 APPENDIX B LANDSCAPE DESCRIPTION ..88 Design GUIDELINES.

6 88 Public Parks and Reserves ..88 Landscaping Plans ..89 Street Tree Planting ..89 CONSTRUCTION Clearing ..90 Ground Improvements ..91 Topsoiling ..91 Trimming and Rotary Hoeing ..91 Trees and/or Shrubs ..91 APPENDIX C STREET LIGHTING ..93 APPROVAL OF PROPOSED SCHEMES ..93 Arterial Roads and Sub-Arterial Residential Roads and Public Places ..93 Rural Roads ..93 Subdivisions ..94 Traffic Management Devices ..94 Energy Efficiency ..94 APPENDIX D LIST OF STANDARD DRAWINGS ..95 CAMDEN COUNCIL Engineering Design SPECIFICATION Page 7 GLOSSARY 1(V):6(H) refers to a slope of 1 vertical to 6 horizontal. AC refers to asphaltic concrete. Accredited Certifier shall refer to a person who is accredited by an accreditation body under section 109T of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act, 1979 (as amended) in relation to matters of a particular kind.

7 AEP refers to the Annual Exceedance Probability, which is the probability that a given rainfall total accumulated over a given duration will be exceeded in any one year. AHD refers to Australian Height Datum and is the datum to be used for all levels. Applicant shall refer to any person/s, company or entity being the Owner, or representing the Owner or Applicant, for the purpose of applying for approval to construct the Works. The Applicant may also be the Council. Approved material shall refer to materials approved by the Council Engineer before use in or on the work. AR&R refers to the current edition of Australian Rainfall and Runoff prepared by the Institution of Engineers Australia. ARQ refers to Australian Runoff Quality, currently in draft format, prepared by the Institution of Engineers Australia.

8 AS refers to the designation used for Australian Standards published by the Standards Association of Australia and being current at the time of application. BCA refers to current edition of the Building Code of Australia prepared by the Australian Building Codes Board CBR refers to California Bearing Ratio. Certifying Authority shall refer to an entity either being a consent authority, the Council or an accredited certifier that with the benefit of a development consent or complying development certificate for development involving building work or subdivision work may make various certificates under the EP&A Act for a development. Consultant shall refer to a company or individual engaged by the Applicant, Council or Superintendent to provide advice or services in a particular field of expertise as part of the works proposed by the Applicant and as cited and approved by Council in a Construction Certificate.

9 Contractor shall refer to a company or individual engaged by the Applicant, Council or Superintendent to undertake a specific job as part of the works proposed by the Applicant and as cited and approved by Council in a Construction Certificate. Council shall refer to Camden Council as represented by its employees or as defined in the EP&A Act can also be referred to as either a Certifying, Consent, Principal Certifying and Determining Authority. Under the Roads Act (1993) the Council is also the Roads Authority. Council s Engineer shall refer to either the Development Control Engineer or the Director of Engineering , or similar title, of Camden Council or a representative thereof unless otherwise stated.

10 CPTED refers to Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design . DC or Consent shall refer to the Notice of Determination giving subdivision or development approval. CAMDEN COUNCIL Engineering Design SPECIFICATION Page 8 DEC refers to the New South Wales Department of Environment and Conservation or its name change ( New South Wales Environment Protection Authority). Determining Authority shall refer to either Council and/or a Public Authority. DNR refers to the New South Wales Department of Natural Resources or its name change ( New South Wales Department of Infrastructure Planning and Natural Resources or Department of Land and Water Conservation). Documents shall refer to all Specifications, Standards, Drawings and Correspondence which are related to the works and referred to by Council or issued by Council.