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00 SWITCHYARD SURFACING Entire area of switchyard shall be provided with broken stone filling which shall consist of 75mm thick stone metal filling of 40 mm stone aggregate on the top and 75mm thick filling of 20 mm stone aggregate below. Each layer shall be compacted by using half ton roller with 4-5 passes and suitable water sprinkling. Before laying the broken stone fill, the top layer of the soil shall be treated for anti-weed considering the type of weeds found in the vicinity. The antiweed - soil sterilisation details such as manufacturer's name, their specification, test certificate, etc. shall be furnished for Owner's approval. Any modification if required in the proposed antiweed treatment chemical shall have to be done by the contractor at no extra cost to the Owner. The contractor shall be required to furnish a performance guarantee of three years for the antiweed treatment. This guarantee shall be commenced from the date of completion of work or date of handing over, whichever is later. 11.00.00 SWITCHYARD TRENCHES Cable trenches shall be provided for routing of cables to equipments through a common marshalling box for each bay. Each cable trench shall cater to two bays on either side. The cable trench shall be of adequate size. The trenches located within switchyard shall project at least 300 mm above the finished formation level so that no storm water shall enter into the trench. The bottom of trench shall be provided with a longitudinal slope of 1:500. The downstream end of cable trenches shall be connected through pipe drains to the nearby RCC manholes (to convey water from trenches) of storm water drainage system. The precast covers shall not be more than 300mm in width and shall not be more than 65 kg. Lifting hooks shall be provided in the precast coveres. Trenches shall be given a slope of 1:50 in the direction perpendicular to the run of the trenches. PVC water stop shall be provided at all expansion joints of all trenches. Angle of size 50x50x6 mm (minimum) with lugs shall be provided in the edges of RCC cable trenches supporting cover, edges of manhole supporting, supporting edges of precast RCC cover and any other place where breakage of corners of concrete is expected. 12.04.01 CHAIN LINK FENCING The fence shall comprise of PVC coated G.I. chain link fencing of minimum 8G (including PVC coating) of mesh size 75 mm and of height 2.4 m above toe wall with a 600 mm high galvanised concertina at the top, such that total fence height of 3.0m above toe wall is achieved. The diameter of the steel wire for chain link fence (excluding PVC coating ) shall not be less than 12G. The PVC coated chain link will be stretched by the clips at 0.5m intervals to three strands of galvanised high tensile spring steel wire ( HTSSW ) of 12G interwoven chain link wire mesh and kept under tension which in turn are attached to the fence post with security nuts and bolts. On every fourth post a clamping strip will be threaded through the links of chain link and bolted to the fence post with the help of security nuts and bolts. Above the chain link a 600 mm high tensile serrated galvanised wire (HTSW) concertina will be stretched to 6m and attached to two strands of galvanised HTSSW by means of clips at 1 m intervals. These two HTSSW strands will be attached to the fence posts with 1 / 2" security fasteners.

All nuts, bolts, fasteners, clamping strips, clamps, clips, etc. shall be hot dip galvanised. Weight of zinc coating shall be at least 900 gm / Sq. M. All fence posts shall be 65x65x6 MS angles spaced at 2.5mC/C. All straining posts shall be 65x65x6 ms angles. All corner posts will have two stay posts and everytenth post will have transverse stay post suitable RCC foundations for the post and stays shall be provided based on the prevailing soil conditions. Toe walls either of brick masonry with bricks of class designation 50 with minimum crushing strength 50 Kg / M2 or of hollow concrete block masonry shall be provided between the fence posts all along the run of the fence with suitable foundation. Toe wall shall be minimum 200 mm above the formation level with 50 thick PCC coping (1 : 2 : 4) and shall extend minimum 300 below formation level. Toe wall shall be plastered with cement sand mortar (1 : 6) on both sides and shall be painted with coats of texture cement paint (Sand tex matt or equivalent) of approved colour & make. Toe wall shall be provided with weep holes at appropriate spacings.

12.04.02 M. S. GATE M. S. Gate of 3.0 M wide x 2.6 M height shall be provided to provide access through the fencing to the switchyard. It shall be made in two leaf, with locking arrangements. The gate shall be made with outer frame of 50 NB (Medium) M. S. Pipe, vertical & horizontal runners with 40x6 M. S. flat and weld mesh of opening size 50 x 25 mm and nominal size of mesh 4 mm dia. Hinges, al-drops and other accessories shall be provided for effective working of the gate.

Crushed metal (or gravel) of 20mm size with a layer of 0.10 mtr or 0.15 mtr as per design should be spread above the soil. Normally surface resistivity of metal /gravel, we use, is considered as 3000 _-Mtr. 0.1 mtr layer may contain 0.05 mtr layer of crushed fine powder of metal or sand and 0.05 mtr layer of 20 mm dia metal/gravel