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All thermoplastic pipes shall be shaded/protected from direct sunlight during

handling, transportation, storage and laying.
The Contractor shall ensure that thermoplastic pipes do not come into
contact with bituminous or other hydrocarbon based materials.
Determination of Ring Stiffness of Thermoplastic Pipes shall be tested at
Dubai Central Laboratory in accordance with BS EN ISO 9969:2007
(Mechanical Testing)
4.3

GRANULAR MATERIAL FOR PIPE BEDDING

Granular material for pipe bedding shall be free-draining, hard, clean,
chemically stable gravel or crushed stone to BS EN 12620 and shall be
graded in accordance with BS EN 12620 as shown in the following table:Table 4-3. Grading of Granular Material for Pipe Bedding
Test Sieve
( mm)
63
37.5
20
14
10
5
2.36

Percentage by Weight Passing Sieve

For Pipe
For Pipe Diameters
Diameters upto 600 mm 400 mm and above
100
100
85 - 100
85 - 100
0 - 50
0 - 25
0 - 10
0- 5
-

Notes:

4.3.1

1)

For pipes 400 mm to 600 mm diameter, either grading is acceptable.

2)

Total acid soluble content of the material when tested in accordance

with BS1377 shall not exceed 0.3 percent by weight of sulphate
expressed as SO3 (sulphur trioxide).

3)

The material shall have a Compaction Fraction value not exceeding

0.15.

4)

For uPVC pipes only rounded aggregates will be permitted but for all
other pipe materials crushed aggregates may also be used.

Stone for Land Drains

Stone for land drains shall be nominal single size 20 mm in accordance with
the following table or the manufacturers recommendations if different, and
placed as shown on the drawings. The stone shall also comply with the
general requirements of Clause 4.3.

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Table 4-4. Grading of Stone for Land Drains

Test Sieve
(mm)
75
63
37.5
20
14
10
5
2.36
4.3.2

Percentage by Weight Passing Sieve

100
85-100
0 - 25
0- 5
-

Compaction Fraction Test

For testing pipe bedding material, a representative sample of about 40 kg
shall be heaped onto a clean surface and quartered to obtain approximately
10 kg. The moisture content of the sample should not differ materially from
that of the main body of material, at the time of use in the trench.
A 150 mm internal diameter open ended cylinder 250 mm high, shall be
placed on a firm flat surface and loosely filled, without tamping, from the 10
kg sample. Any surplus material shall be struck off level with the top of the
cylinder. The area around the filled cylinder shall be cleared of all surplus
material and the cylinder then lifted clear of its contents and placed
alongside the material.
Approximately one quarter of the material shall then be replaced into the
cylinder and compacted by tamping vigorously with a 40 mm diameter metal
rammer weighing about 1 kg until no further compaction can be obtained.
This operation shall then be repeated for each of the remaining quarters,
tamping the final surface as level as possible.
The distance from the top of the cylinder to the surface of final layer shall
then be measured and this value, divided by the height of the cylinder, shall
be taken as the Compaction Fraction.

4.4

CONVENTIONAL (OPEN TRENCH) PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION

4.4.1

General
This section applies to conventional open-trench pipe works. Nonconventional pipeworks have been detailed in Sections 14 and 16.

4.4.2

Nominal Trench Widths

Nominal trench widths for single pipelines shall be defined as 1.50 times the
diameter plus 500 mm, subject to a minimum trench width of 750 mm.
Nominal trench widths for two or more pipes in the same trench (laid in
parallel with similar invert levels) shall be defined as the sum of the internal
diameters plus 450 mm between the pipes, plus 750 mm.

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