Andhra Pradesh State Highways Project

Box and Slab Culverts and Headwalls

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Box and Slab
Culverts and Headwalls

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Andhra Pradesh State Highways Project

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GENERAL

The work shall consist of the supply of materials and installation of new or extension
of existing slab and box culverts and headwalls for box pipe and slab culverts.
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MATERIALS

All materials shall comply to the relevant sections of this specification. Granular fill
beneath concrete in Culvert flooring shall be Class II filter material in accordance
with Table 300-3.
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MEASUREMENT FOR PAYMENT

Payment shall be made for the following items :

Cement concrete
m3
HYSD Reinforcement
tonnes
PCC beneath masonry foundations m3
Masonry foundations m3
Flooring to slab culverts
m2
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RATE

The contract unit rates shall include full compensation for furnishing all labour
materials, tools, equipment and incidental costs for completing the work. The rates
shall include for all excavation, backfill, levelling and compaction of foundations,
blinding and dewatering.
Where existing culverts are to be extended the rates shall include the clearing out of
the existing culvert to the satisfaction of the Engineer and breaking back the existing
structure to effect a bond with the new work as shown on the drawings or as directed
by the Engineer.
The items for culvert headwalls and wingwalls will include painting the structure
number in black letters 100 mm high on a yellow background, on the headwall in a
location approved by the Engineer. The rate shall also include construction of all
joints as shown on the Drawings.
The item for flooring to slab culverts shall include full compensation for excavation
back filling, compaction of subgrade to 95% MDD (IS 2720 Part 8), 150 mm thick
selected granular fill and 150 mm thick concrete flooring as detailed on the drawings.

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