STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF …

1 STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS AND BRIDGES ON federal highway PROJECTS FP-14 Department of Transportation federal highway Administration federal Lands highway STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS for CONSTRUCTION of Roads and Bridges on federal highway Projects FP-14 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION federal highway Administration i PREFACE These STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS for the CONSTRUCTION of Roads and Bridges on federal highway Projects are issued primarily for constructing roads and bridges on federal highway projects under the direct administration of the federal highway Administration.

2 These SPECIFICATIONS are cited as "FP-14" indicating " federal Project" STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS issued in 2014 and contain both United States Customary and Metric units of measure. When designated in a contract, the FP-14 becomes part of the contract and binding upon all parties to the contract. CONSTRUCTION contracts of the federal highway Administration are also governed by the following regulations: federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Title 48, Code of federal Regulations, Chapter 1; and Transportation Acquisition Regulation (TAR), Title 48, Code of federal Regulations, Chapter 12.

3 The FAR and TAR regulations are not included in the FP-14. A complete copy of the FAR is available from the Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. Customary units of measure are used in the FP-14 as provided in the November 25, 2008 Memorandum from Jeffrey F. Paniati entitled Update on Metric Use Requirements for FHWA Documents. Metric units are noted in parentheses following the Customary Units.

4 The references to Metric or Metric units apply only when the project or portion of the project expressly calls for Metric units of measure. ii METRIC TO CUSTOMARY CONVERSION FACTORS (approximate) Symbol When You Know Multiply By To Find Symbol LENGTH m micrometers 10-5 inches in mm millimeters inches in m meters feet ft m meters yards yd km kilometers miles mi AREA mm2 square millimeters square inches in2 m2 square meters square feet ft2 m2 square meters square yards yd2 ha hectares acres ac km2 square kilometers square miles mi2 VOLUME mL milliliters fluid ounces fl oz L liters gallons gal m3 cubic meters cubic feet ft3 m3 cubic meters cubic yards yd3 MASS g grams ounces oz kg

5 Kilograms pounds lb Mg megagrams short tons T (or "t") (or "metric ton") (2000 lb) TEMPERATURE (exact) C Celsius temperature +32 Fahrenheit temperature F ILLUMINATION lx lux foot-candles fc cd/m2 candela/m2 foot-Lamberts fl MISCELLANEOUS J joule foot poundforce ft lbf N newtons poundforce lbf kPa kilopascals Poundforce per square inch lbf/in2 iii TABLE OF CONTENTS DIVISION 100 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS .. 1 Section 101. TERMS, FORMAT, AND DEFINITIONS .. 2 Section 102. BID, AWARD, AND EXECUTION OF CONTRACT.

6 11 Section 103. SCOPE OF WORK .. 14 Section 104. CONTROL OF WORK .. 16 Section 105. CONTROL OF MATERIAL .. 22 Section 106. ACCEPTANCE OF WORK .. 25 Section 107. LEGAL RELATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITY TO THE PUBLIC .. 36 Section 108. PROSECUTION AND PROGRESS .. 41 Section 109. MEASUREMENT AND PAYMENT .. 45 DIVISION 150 PROJECT REQUIREMENTS .. 57 Section 151. MOBILIZATION .. 58 Section 152. CONSTRUCTION SURVEY AND STAKING .. 59 Section 153. CONTRACTOR QUALITY CONTROL .. 66 Section 154. CONTRACTOR SAMPLING AND TESTING.

7 70 Section 155. SCHEDULES FOR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS .. 72 Section 156. PUBLIC TRAFFIC .. 81 Section 157. SOIL EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL .. 85 Section 158. WATERING FOR DUST CONTROL .. 91 DIVISION 200 EARTHWORK .. 93 Section 201. CLEARING AND GRUBBING .. 94 Section 202. ADDITIONAL CLEARING AND 96 Section 203. REMOVAL OF STRUCTURES AND OBSTRUCTIONS .. 98 Section 204. EXCAVATION AND EMBANKMENT .. 102 Section 205. ROCK BLASTING .. 114 Section 206. RESERVED .. 123 Section 207. EARTHWORK GEOSYNTHETICS.

8 124 Section 208. STRUCTURE EXCAVATION AND BACKFILL FOR SELECTED MAJOR STRUCTURES .. 128 Section 209. STRUCTURE EXCAVATION AND BACKFILL .. 133 Section 210. RESERVED .. 138 Section 211. ROADWAY OBLITERATION .. 139 Section 212. LINEAR GRADING .. 141 Section 213. SUBGRADE STABILIZATION .. 143 iv DIVISION 250 SLOPE REINFORCEMENT AND RETAINING 149 Section 251. RIPRAP .. 150 Section 252. ROCKERY, SPECIAL ROCK EMBANKMENT, AND ROCK BUTTRESS .. 153 Section 253. GABIONS AND REVET MATTRESSES .. 158 Section 254.

9 RESERVED .. 161 Section 255. MECHANICALLY-STABLILIZED EARTH WALLS .. 162 Section 256. PERMANENT GROUND ANCHORS .. 168 Section 257. CONTRACTOR-DESIGNED RETAINING WALLS .. 176 Section 258. REINFORCED CONCRETE RETAINING WALLS .. 180 Section 259. SOIL NAIL RETAINING WALLS .. 182 Section 260. ROCK BOLTS AND DOWELS .. 192 Section 261. REINFORCED SOIL SLOPES .. 200 DIVISION 300 AGGREGATE AND BASE COURSES .. 203 Section 301. UNTREATED AGGREGATE COURSES .. 204 Section 302. MINOR CRUSHED AGGREGATE .. 212 Section 303.

10 ROAD RECONDITIONING .. 215 Section 304. FULL DEPTH RECLAMATION .. 218 Section 305. FULL DEPTH RECLAMATION WITH CEMENT .. 221 Section 306. FULL DEPTH RECLAMATION WITH ASPHALT .. 227 Section 307. RESERVED .. 237 Section 308. RESERVED .. 237 Section 309. EMULSIFIED ASPHALT-TREATED BASE COURSE .. 238 Section 310. COLD IN-PLACE RECYCLED ASPHALT BASE COURSE .. 243 Section 311. STABILIZED AGGREGATE SURFACE COURSE .. 252 Section 312. DUST PALLIATIVE .. 258 Section 313. AGGREGATE-TOPSOIL COURSE .. 260 Section 314.