STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND …

1 TexasDepartmentof Transportation STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF HIGHWAYS, STREETS, AND BRIDGES Adopted by the Texas Department of Transportation June 1, 2004 Published in June 2004. This document has been created to further the purposes of (b)(7) Texas Transportation Code to maximize federal funding for highways, public transportation, and aviation purposes, and to help the Department achieve its performance measures set out in the General Appropriations Act, 1, 76th Legislature, Regular Session. This publication has been filed with the State Publications Clearinghouse in the State Library in accordance with the Texas State Depository Law. RecycledPaper i Foreword To purchase a copy of this book, go to TxDOT s web page, , General Services Division or call TxDOT s General Services Division. For additional information on SPECIFICATIONS and updates or information on Departmental Material SPECIFICATIONS (DMS), Manual of Testing Procedures, Material Inspection Guide and other material information go to Outline of SPECIFICATIONS Each specification is outlined by Articles and Sections.

2 The basic Articles required for a specification are: Description. Materials. Equipment. CONSTRUCTION or Work Methods. Measurement. Payment. Here XXX represents the Item number. Some Articles are not used in every Item. Measurement and Payment Articles are combined when the work described is subsidiary to bid items of the Contract. Hierarchy of Organizational Elements The hierarchy of organizational elements available below the Item level is as follows: Article. A. Section. 1. Section. a. Section. (1) Section. (a) Section. The term Section is used for all breaks below the Article. ii iii TABLE OF CONTENTS ITEMS 1-9 General Requirements and Covenants ITEM 1. Definition of Terms .. 1 2. Instructions to Bidders .. 16 3. Award and Execution of 25 4. Scope of Work .. 28 5. Control of the Work.

3 32 6. Control of 38 7. Legal Relations and 42 8. Prosecution and Progress .. 56 9. Measurement and Payment .. 66 100 ITEMS Earth Work and Landscape ITEM 100. Preparing Right of Way .. 75 103. Disposal of 76 104. Removing Concrete .. 78 105. Removing Stabilized Base and Asphalt Pavement .. 79 106. Obliterating Abandoned Road .. 80 110. Excavation .. 80 112. Subgrade 82 132. Embankment .. 83 134. Backfilling Pavement Edges .. 89 150. 90 152. Road Grader 91 154.

4 Scraper Work .. 92 156. Bulldozer Work .. 93 158. Specialized Excavation Work .. 94 160. Topsoil .. 95 161. 98 162. Sodding for Erosion 101 164. Seeding for Erosion Control .. 103 166. 115 168. Vegetative Watering .. 116 169. Soil Retention Blankets .. 117 170. Irrigation System .. 118 180. Wildflower Seeding .. 121 192. Landscape Planting .. 122 193. Landscape 128 iv TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) 200 ITEMS Subgrade Treatments and Base ITEM 204.

5 133 210. Rolling .. 133 216. Proof 138 247. Flexible 138 251. Reworking Base Courses .. 146 260. Lime Treatment (Road-Mixed) .. 152 263. Lime Treatment (Plant-Mixed) .. 159 265. Fly Ash or Lime Fly Ash Treatment (Road-Mixed).. 166 275. Cement Treatment (Road-Mixed) .. 174 276. Cement Treatment (Plant-Mixed) .. 180 292. Asphalt Treatment (Plant-Mixed) .. 186 300 ITEMS Surface Courses and Pavement ITEM 300. Asphalts, Oils, and Emulsions .. 199 301. Asphalt Antistripping 215 302.

6 Aggregates for Surface 218 305. Salvaging, Hauling, and Stockpiling Reclaimable Asphalt Pavement .. 222 310. Prime Coat .. 223 314. Emulsified Asphalt Treatment .. 224 315. Fog Seal .. 225 316. Surface Treatments .. 226 318. Hot Asphalt-Rubber Surface Treatments .. 232 320. Equipment for Asphalt Concrete Pavement .. 237 330. Limestone Rock Asphalt Pavement .. 242 334. Hot-Mix Cold-Laid Asphalt Concrete 255 340. Dense-Graded Hot-Mix Asphalt (Method).

7 265 341. Dense-Graded Hot-Mix Asphalt (QC/QA) .. 278 342. Permeable Friction Course (PFC) .. 312 344. Performance-Designed Mixtures .. 329 346. Stone-Matrix 364 350. Microsurfacing .. 398 351. Flexible Pavement Structure 405 354. Planing and Texturing Pavement .. 408 356. Fabric Underseal .. 410 v TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) 358. Asphalt Concrete Surface Rehabilitation .. 413 360. Concrete Pavement .. 416 361. Full-Depth Repair of Concrete Pavement .. 432 368. Concrete Pavement Terminals .. 434 400 ITEMS Structures ITEM 400.

8 Excavation and Backfill for Structures .. 437 401. Flowable 450 402. Trench Excavation 452 403. Temporary Special Shoring .. 453 404. Driving Piling .. 454 405. Foundation Test Load .. 462 406. Timber Piling .. 463 407. Steel 465 409. Prestressed Concrete 470 416. Drilled Shaft Foundations .. 472 420. Concrete 482 421. Hydraulic Cement 516 422. Reinforced Concrete Slab .. 535 423.

9 Retaining Walls .. 537 424. Precast Concrete Structures (Fabrication).. 547 425. Precast Prestressed Concrete Structural Members .. 572 426. Prestressing .. 575 427. Surface Finishes for Concrete .. 593 428. Concrete Surface Treatment .. 601 429. Concrete Structure 603 430. Extending Concrete Structures .. 608 431. Pneumatically Placed 610 432. Riprap .. 616 434. Elastomeric Bridge Bearings .. 627 438. Cleaning and Sealing Joints and Cracks (Rigid Pavement and Bridge Decks) .. 634 439. Concrete Bridge Deck Overlays .. 636 440. Reinforcing Steel .. 643 441. Steel Structures.

10 653 442. Metal for Structures .. 672 445. 678 446. Cleaning and Painting Steel .. 682 447. Structural 702 vi TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued) 448. Structural Field Welding .. 708 449. Anchor Bolts .. 729 450. 734 452. Removing Railing .. 737 453. Temporary Railing .. 738 454. Bridge Expansion Joints .. 739 458. Waterproofing Membranes for 742 459. Gabions and Gabion 747 460. Corrugated Metal Pipe .. 751 461. Structural Plate 760 462.