CLEARING AND GRUBBING:

This work shall consists of of removing all objectionable material from within the right of way,
embankment and touch grade areas, easement areas for bridge construction, road
approaches, channels and ditches or as specified on plans.

Within the limits specified, the areas above the natural ground surface shall be cleared of
vegetation growth, such as trees, stumps, plants, bushes and all other objectionable
material except items marked by the Engineer to remain.

Within the limits of clearing, the areas below the natural ground shall be grubbed to a
minimum depth of twenty (20) centimeters, or as may be necessary, to remove tree stumps,
roots and other objectionable material.
Disposal of Removed Material:
Cleared and grubbed material shall not be left in or under embankments or other
constructed facility. All removed materials shall be disposed of at locations outside the right-
of-way and not visible from the roadway.
Method of Payment:
Clearing and grabbing will be measured for payment on a unit price basis by square meter
for the work within limits.
No measurement will be made when there is no item for Clearing and
Grubbing or Individual Tree Removal listed in the Bill of Quantities

EXCAVATION
Excavation, regardless of the nature or characteristics of the materials encountered, shall
consist of all excavation necessary for the construction of roadways, tunnels, intersections,
approaches, slope rounding, benching, channels and ditches and finishing the excavation
slopes in accordance with the lines, grades and cross sections shown on the Plans.
Roadway Excavation:
Roadway excavation shall include all materials excavated from within the staked
construction limits except as covered in Section 2.08, "Structural Excavation and Backfill," in
these General Specifications.
Roadway Excavation - includes all material encountered regardless of its nature or
characteristics.
Roadway Excavation – Unsuitable Material:
Unsuitable material shall include:
1. Material classified as A-7 or A-6 according to MRDTM 21 0.
2. Unstable materials incapable of being compacted to the specified density at optimum
moisture content using ordinary compaction methods for the equipment being used
for compaction.
3. Dune sand shall be considered as unsuitable material for subgrade,

Roadway Excavation in Cut Sections:

In all areas of roadway excavation in cut areas, rock and other materials in the planned
subgrade layer (bottom thirty (30) centimeters of the completed excavation) that do not
conform to the specified in the Subsection 2.05.2, "Materials,".

In case of earth cut in sand dunes, requiring confinement for stabilization purpose, the
roadway foreslope and backslope steeper than six horizontal to one vertical (6 H to 1 V)
shall be constructed using soils of AASHTO Class A-1 -a, A-1 -b, -2-4 having Plasticity Index
of four (4) minimum, as specified in AASHTO M145.
EMBANKMENT
This work shall consist of preparing ft original ground on which embankment is to be
constructed; loading, handling, transporting and placing acceptable materials excavated
from the roadway or imported from borrow sites in horizontal layers of uniform thickness for
the full width of the embankment; compacting each layer, and finishing the top of the
embankment in accordance with specified tolerances. It shall also cc>nsist of maintaining
and draining the embankment layers, trimming embankment slopes, all as shown on the
plans, specified in these specifications and the special specifications.

1 Embankment Materials:
Embankment materials shall meet the following requirements:
1. Material classified by MRDTM 21 0 as A-5 or better.
2. In areas subject to flood and prolonged inundation of the embankment, such as at
bridge sites, the material used in the embankment, unless rock, shall be classified by
MRDTM 21 0 as A-1 -a(O), A-1 -b(O) or A-2-4(0).
3. Materials from roadway excavation, tunnel excavation or imported borrow meeting
the appropriate specification requirements shall be used to construct embankments
in accordance with the typical sections contained in the plans.

When construction of rock embankment is required, one (1) or more of the following
additional items of equipment shall be furnished:
1. Vibratory Rollers. Minimum eighteen thousand (18,000) kilogram impact per
vibration and minimum one thousand (1,000) vibrations per minute.
2. For Dune Sand Embankment construction, the additional equipment furnished by the
Contractor shall include vibratory rollers with minimum fourteen thousand (14,000)
kilogram impact per vibration and minimum one hundred (100) vibrations per minute.
3. The Contractor shall limit the speed of compression rollers to a maximum of six and
one-half (6.5) kilometres per hour and shall limit the speed of vibratory rollers to a
maximum of two and one-half (2.5) kilometres per hour (kph).

Foundation Preparation:
The foundation shall have been cleared and grubbed and re-compacted as specified in
Section 2.01, "Clearing and Grubbing," in these General Specifications, before the
foundation is prepared to receive the embankment. The surface upon which the
embankment is to be placed shall be scarified to a minimum depth of twenty (20)
centimetres, brought to a uniform moisture content within the specified range, and
compacted to the density specified for the overlying embankment.
Up to a depth of twenty (20) centimetres, the sod and vegetation removal is considered
subsidiary to other items. Sod and vegetable matter removal in excess of the twenty (20)
centimetres depth, as well as the removal of other non compactable material, will be
measured for payment as roadway excavation only when ordered in writing by the Engineer.
The underlying soil shall be scarified, brought to a uniform moisture content within the
specified range, and compacted to the density specified for the overlying embankment.
When the embankment height is less than sixty (60) centimetres, the original ground shall
be scarified to a depth of twenty (20) centimetres, watered or dried to obtain uniform
moisture content and compacted to Type 95 density if the top thirty (30) centimetres of
original ground meets the requirements for "Embankment Materials" in Paragraph 2.05.2.1,
in these General Specifications.
If the top thirty (30) centimetres of original ground does not meet these requirements or
there is excessive moisture present, the top thirty (30) centimetres shall be removed and
replaced with material meeting these requirements.
This material shall be compacted to Type 95 density after the top twenty (20) centimeters of
the underlying material is scarified, watered and compacted to Type 90 density.

If the original surface upon which embankment is to be placed is an old roadbed, the
surface shall be plowed, scarified, or broken up to a depth of twenty (20) centimeters and
recompacted to the density specified for the overlying embankment.
No separate payment will be made for this work as it is considered subsidiary to the various
items in the Bill of Quantities.

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