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PART 1
1.01
1.02
GENERAL
INTRODUCTION
A.
The process of creating soilcrete in place with stabilizing fluids delivered at high
velocity through nozzle(s) at the end of a monitor inserted in a borehole. The
soilcrete is created by rotating and lifting the monitor defined above at slow,
smooth, constant speeds, eroding the soil with fluid (water or grout slurry) and air,
and, if using water as the erosion media, tremie feeding an engineered grout slurry
through the base of the monitor to achieve more thorough mixing and a consistent
continuous geometry and quality. This section includes specifications for creating
soilcrete for ground stabilization for tunneling, seismic stabilization, and other
ground treatment.
B.
C.
Applications:
INTENT
The intent of the Jet Grouting specified herein is to provide soil improvement within the
limits indicated on sheets 37 and 38 to achieve the required degree of improvement
detailed in section 3.02 of these specifications.
1.03
The most recent version of the following testing methods may be employed:
1.
2.
3.
4.
B.
This specification.
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2.
Project drawings:
a.
b.
c.
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1.05
3.
4.
Contract documents.
DEFINITIONS
A.
Monitor (adjust for single, double, and triple systems): A single, double, or triplephase fluid drill pipe designed to deliver one to three elements of the Jet Grouting
process: air, water, and grout. The monitor has one or more injection points. The
nozzle(s) injects fluid at high velocity into the soil to erode and mix it with
cementitious slurry. The cutting action of the fluids is enhanced by surrounding it
with a concentric collar of compressed air.
B.
SCOPE OF WORK
A.
The work shall consist of installation, monitoring and testing of Jet Grouting within
the limits indicated on sheets 37 and 38 to meet the acceptance criteria presented in
Section 3.02 of these specifications.
B.
In connection with the Jet Grouting program, as shown on the drawings, the Jet
Grouting contractor shall provide all labor, materials and equipment to accomplish
the following items of work:
1. Detect the location of reinforcing bars in existing culvert slabs.
2. Determine the location of grout holes to avoid all the existing reinforcing
bars.
3. Drill grout holes to the soil below the bottom of culvert as indicated on
sheets 37 and 38.
4. Perform the jet grout in accordance with this specification.
5. Seal the grout holes in accordance with TXDOT specification item 429,
Concrete Structure Repair.
C.
1.06
SUBMITTALS
A.
1.
B.
4.
5.
C.
1.07
QUALITY ASSURANCE
A.
B.
2.
3.
C.
PART 2
2.01
b.
EQUIPMENT
A.
GENERAL:
1. All equipment used for drilling boreholes; lowering, raising and
rotating jet monitors; mixing grout; supplying pressurized grout and
air-water to jet monitors; and jet monitors used to perform the
seepage barrier shall have proven performance records for use in Jet
Grouting work, as demonstrated by the information to be submitted
under Article 1.03 herein.
2. Spare parts and equipment shall be available on site to maintain
Jet Grouting equipment in satisfactory operation condition at all
times during execution of the Jet Grouting work.
B.
DRILLING EQUIPMENT:
1. Use drilling equipment of a type and capacity suitable for drilling
required hole diameters and depths, and lowering, raising, and
rotating jet grout monitors to the depths and at the rates required to
perform the work as shown on the Contract Drawings and as
specified herein.
C.
D.
E.
QUALITY CONTRROL
1. Have available acceptable soilcrete sampling devices to collect and cast samples
as required in section 3.03.
2.02
GROUT MATERIALS
A.
PART III
3.01
3.2
EXECUTION
SITE EXAMINATION
A.
Prior to submitting a bid price for the Jet Grouting, the grouting contractor shall
conduct a site inspection.
B.
C.
JET GROUTING
A.
Jet Grouting shall be performed in accordance with the approved grout injection
area layout scheme to achieve the following acceptance criteria in the in situ soil
within the work area:
1. Volume coverage of 100% of the quantity shown on the drawings.
2. Strength by wet sampling/cast molds to average 150 psi after 28 day core
period. Up to 5% of the test results may be less than this value
3. Strength by core sampling to average 150 psi after 28 days core period. Up to
5% of the test results may be less than this value.
B.
C.
D.
and dispose of all spoil debris, water, and spilled material. Spoil
stockpiling overnight is permitted prior to transfer to a
predetermined waste or fill location.
3.03
Any jet grout hole lost or damaged as the result of mechanical failure of equipment,
inadequacy of grout, air, or water supplies, or improper drilling or injection
procedures shall be backfilled with cement grout and replaced by another hole,
drilled and injected by the Contractor at no additional cost to the Owner.
D.
Grout injection and monitor rotation and extraction rates shall be sufficient to
produce grout columns meeting the diameter, depth, overlap, and material property
requirements specified herein.
E.
F.
1. The Owner may retain a soil testing firm or ask the Jet Grouting contractor to
perform the in situ testing as directed by the Owners engineer. Test sections
will be performed before and during production work, as follows:
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a.
b.
c.
d.
RESTRICTIONS
A.
B.
The owner will be responsible for the precise delineation of all above and below
ground utilities and obstructions.
C.
The following shall also be listed within this section when applicable:
1.
Environmental restrictions.
2.
Work boundaries.
3.
PART 4
4.01
PAYMENT
METHOD OF PAYMENT
A.
Layout of grout injection locations and installation under the Contractorproposed grout injection point layout scheme, and any required secondary
grouting within the limits indicated as requiring Jet Grouting on sheets 37
and 38 shall be lump sum.
B.
C.
D.
Testing may be priced as a lump sum or unit price based on the methods specified.